[7][8] Over the past twenty years, he has also worked with numerous bands and artists as producer, engineer, writer, arranger, and performer.

at age six, Thal claimed his earliest musical goal was to be able to play "like Gene Simmons if someone decided to do a Kiss version of Beatlemania".

[10] By the time Thal was thirteen years old, he was playing cover songs in clubs, later focusing on creating original material on his home 8-track.

With its clever melodies, contrapuntal lines, intricate rhythms, and ultra-complex ensemble sections, Ron's sheer musicality will surely gain him much acclaim.

[9] In late 1997, Thal started a production company called "Hermit, Inc.", then fully adopting the band name Bumblefoot while releasing Hands in March 1998.

[9] Bumblefoot released an early version of the album Uncool exclusively in France, touring in the country in March and April 2001.

[9] In late 2001, amidst difficulties keeping a steady lineup, Thal broke up Bumblefoot and adopted it as a solo stage name.

[9] During this time, Thal also recorded and mixed the audio of live performances on the TV show Talking Metal on Fuse.

[9] Thal's song "Firebrand" was used as the opening theme for the TV show MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge), the American adaptation of Takeshi's Castle.

Thal has licensed several of his recordings to television shows on MTV and VH1 such as Hogan Knows Best, The Real World, Made, The Osbournes, and others.

Other artists on the album include Devin Townsend, Chris Poland, Shane Gibson, Dave Martone, Paul Waggoner, and James Murphy.

[34][35] Thal released his sixth single, an original song called "Cat Fight", in June 2011 featuring Mark Tornillo of the band Accept on vocals.

[38] In December 2011, Thal released the ninth and final single in the series, a cover of "The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini.

[41] In December 2013, Thal collaborated with online education site JamPlay.com to put together a series of lessons for aspiring guitarists.

[44] The album was composed, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered entirely by Bumblefoot himself in his in-home studio, and features Dennis Leeflang on drums.

[52] Thal scored the soundtrack and portrayed Jack Hayes in the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment thriller The Evangelist formerly Clean Cut and was released worldwide in May 2017[53][54][55] In recent years, Thal has been featured as a guest guitarist in both live performances and recordings with artists such as The Trip, The Midnight Preachers, T.T.

[56][57] In 2004, after a recommendation by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, Thal began talking to Guns N' Roses keyboardist Chris Pitman and sent in a tape of his music.

[59] In a 2015 Interview, Thal claimed he initially turned down joining the band in 2004, citing commitments to part-time teaching and his solo work.

Thal appeared on the Guns N' Roses video release Appetite for Democracy 3D, including a solo spot of his song "Objectify" from Abnormal.

Thal has performed solo songs such as "Objectify", "Abnormal", "Glad to Be Here", and a cover of The Pink Panther Theme during Guns N' Roses concerts.

In November 2008, Thal hosted the official listening party for the recently released album Chinese Democracy in New York City.

In August 2017, he joined a progressive metal supergroup named Sons of Apollo with bassist Billy Sheehan, keyboardist Derek Sherinian, vocalist Jeff Scott Soto and drummer Mike Portnoy.

[78] In December 2023, keyboardist Derek Sherinian and guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal unveiled a new progressive metal project named "Whom Gods Destroy".

They announced recruitment of Dino Jelusick on vocal duties, along with Yas Nomura on bass, and Bruno Valverde as their drummer.

[61][82] Thal has also teamed up with CaJohns Fiery Foods to release a brand of hot sauces, with proceeds going to women's health organizations.

[3][87][88] In late 2011, Thal chose to tour instead of take time off to heal in order "keep Guns N' Roses alive",[89] later stating the decision resulted in him having nerve damage in both arms in addition to chronic pain 'for the rest of [his] life'.

[3] In a 2013 interview, Thal mentioned attempting suicide by drinking himself to death while on tour in 2011, stating "when you torture yourself for a year—post traumatic stress is a real thing, and to have been completely disassociated and becoming very reckless and destructive—getting past that was a really tough time".

[3] Thal changed his diet in order to cope with the chronic pain, stating "Food did what medicine couldn't.

[67] Thal lists his favorite musical artists as Kiss, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Engelbert Humperdinck, Nirvana, Tom Jones, Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Iron Maiden, Busta Rhymes, Thank You Scientist and Tom Jobim, along with the genre of lounge music.

[11][90][91][92] Thal also noted Bowie, Iron Maiden, Stevie Wonder, Guns N' Roses, George Harrison and Manowar as influences on his solo material.