Bumblefoot is NOT in Guns N' Roses.

OCT 5 - hey all. Regarding the GnR thing... here's the deal. I was contacted in late July first by Chris Pitman, then Axl's manager then their recording engineer. I was speaking to the 3 of them adding up to daily emails and phone calls, I was told I might be recording guitar parts in early September. Told the boss at the college I teach at that we might have to get a sub when the semester starts, told him why, all was cool. Didn't go blabbin' about it. Checked in with the camp weekly lettin' them know I was ready when they were, no action for 2 months. By this point rumors started and by the end of September I was getting calls and emails congratulating me for joining GnR and for all kinds of twisted related stuff that wasn't true. It seemed like it was getting too widespread and creative, so I posted last week on this page saying "I'm NOT in GnR, we talked, no decisions, etc..." thinking it would clarify everything, no biggie. Wrong. By the next day, a whole lotta websites (without checking with GnR or me) posted the blurb and the whole thing got pretty bloated. 2 weeks ago I got an email where a guy wrote "I heard you jammed with Alex Lifeson - cool!" I never jammed with Alex Lifeson. So I wrote the guy back, told him no, never happened, that was that. Now, if I got 50 people saying that I jammed with Alex Lifeson, I'd put a blurb on my site saying "I didn't jam with Alex Lifeson." It was the same kinda thing. This wasn't a press release, nor was it an official statement from GnR and it shouldn't have been treated like one. My apologies to the GnR folks for any headaches this caused - was trying to squash rumors that I was *in* the band, not create new ones, hope ya see that. GnR fans are a cool passionate bunch. Now for somewhat of a retraction - got an unhappy call from GnR management today, he used the words "audition" and "session guitarist" on me. In the past two months I've never heard those words from them, although I did hear "replacing Buckethead" from their end, which I mistakenly believed meant replacing Buckethead. I LOVE my life and what I do musically. I LOVE the people in my life more than anything. I would LOVE to team up with GnR, have them in my life and make as much magic as we can. But the damage from miscommunication might have taken its toll on both ends. Upon request of GnR management, here's the retraction: "I'm NOT in GnR, I never was, I was being considered." By the way, I'm replacing Paul Stanley in KISS. Just kidding! lol Sorry - couldn't help it.