As of now, Ron Welty is no longer a member of The Offspring. "After
more than 15 great years with The Offspring I've decided to leave to
devote all my energies on a new project called Steady Ground. I wish
Dexter, Noodles and Greg the best of luck moving forward and it's
time for me to focus on my own thing," said Ron.
The Offspring have hooked up with their friend Josh Freese (A Perfect
Circle, The Vandals) to play on the new record which will still be
released this year. Dexter says "After being together so long it will
be weird doing stuff without Ron, but we are really looking forward
to putting this new record out. We wish him the best."
Source: offspring.com
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This is shitty news...Ron was awesome! I loved the dude! Oh well, too
bad. GOOD LUCK, RON!