“I’m not dead yet,” Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal tweeted from his Twitter account after walking away from a collision that destroyed his Toyota.
NME.com reports that Thal, who first started playing shows with Axl Rose and company in 2006, as well as recording on GN’R’s 2008 album, Chinese Democracy, was in his car when it was hit by another driver, which sent his car careening into a couple of other vehicles.
“SUV just ploughed into me at full speed,” Thal tweeted. “Car is totaled, 2 other cars she smashed me into. Well enough to tweet, means I’m not dead yet.”
Thal, who succeeded six-string legends Slash and Buckethead in Guns N’ Roses, tweeted his thanks to Toyota for its “functional seat belt, air bags & crumple zone, you saved my skull,” while also acknowledging the obvious: “O please, I’m in GNf’R – this is like a walk in the park, lol! B’doom CHA! (That was a joke btw… tapping mic… ‘this thing on?’).”
