Duff McKagan

At 60 years old, Duff McKagan has this physical status:

Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964), also known as Duff "Rose" McKagan, is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, guitarist, and author.

He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved international recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Following his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, McKagan released Believe in Me (1993) and formed the short-lived supergroup Neurotic Outsiders.

McKagan briefly reunited with his pre-success Seattle punk band 10 Minute Warning before forming Loaded, a still-active hard rock band in which he appears lead vocals and rhythm guitar.

He appeared in the supergroup Velvet Revolving between 2002 and 2008, as bassists Slash and Matt Sorum, a former Guns N' Roses bandmate.

McKagan briefly appeared in Chains in 2006, with Jane's Addiction in 2010 and the Hollywood Vampires in 2016.

He has written weekly columns on a variety of topics for SeattleWeekly.com, Playboy.com, and ESPN.com.

He attended Seattle University's Albers School of Business and Economics in the early 2000s and later founded Meridian Rock, a one-time high school dropout.

Early life

Michael Andrew McKagan was born in Seattle's predominantly working-class University District, and the youngest of eight children born to Marie and Elmer "Mac" McKagan. He has been "duff" since childhood, to which he once referred to as "an Irish thing." Following his parents' divorce, his mother helped the family by working as a medical stenographer. Bruce taught him how to play bass and he continued to improve his skills by appearing on the albums from 1999 by Prince and Damaged by Black Flag. It's So Easy (And Other Lies), McKagan's autobiography, said he fashioned himself after punk bassists such as Barry Adamson of Magazine and Paul Simonon of the Clash, as well as Lemmister of Motörhead.

Although McKagan was a merits student, he dropped out of Roosevelt High School in the tenth grade. After receiving his GED, he worked as a pastry chef for the Great American Food and Beverage Company. Since speaking at the class of 2012's graduation ceremony, he was given an honorary diploma.

Personal life

McKagan married Mandy Brixx, his first wife, on May 28, 1988; the couple divorced on April 1, 1990. He married Linda Johnson in September 1992, but he divorced her in September 1995. Susan Holmes was married on August 28, 1999, and he proposed it on August 28, 1999. Grace "Grave" Elizabeth and Mae Marie (born August 1997) are their two children together, as well as Mae Marie (born July 2000). McKagan and his family are from Seattle.

Before he died on April 5, 1994, McKagan was one of the few people reported to have seen Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. On a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle on April 1, he sat next to Cobain. "I didn't have any doubt that the guy was going to do what he did," McKagan said later. I could tell he was bummed out, and I'd been that way before... I was hoping that I'd ask him to stay at my house, but he was gone.

McKagan died of acute pancreatitis, which caused his pancreas to swell to the size of a football and leak digestive enzymes into his body on May 10, 1994, at the age of 30. He was admitted to the Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, where he was monitored until the swelling had diminished. McKagan's doctors later told him that if he did not stop drinking, he would be dead within a month. He had attempted to kick heroin before, but this health scare motivated him to go sober for good. He attributed his sobriety to exercise first mountain biking and later martial arts in his autobiography.

McKagan has also stated in his autobiography that the fictional product Duff Beer on The Simpsons was named after him and has received no royalties, but Simpsons creator Matt Groening dismissed the assertion as "absurd." In his book Springfield Confidential, Simpsons writer Mike Reiss denied the allegation, saying he'd "never heard of [McKagan]" ever heard of [McKagan].

McKagan, a high school drop-out, enrolled in a basic finance course at Santa Monica Community College in 1994; he said that going through the financial records from his Guns N' Roses days made him want to know the procedure more, adding, "I couldn't make sense of it." I had no idea how much money we earned or lost on the tour. How can I tell someone that I don't know what the fuck I'm doing? As a 30 year-old billionaire, how can I tell someone that I don't know what the fuck I'm doing?

McKagan enrolled full-time at Seattle University's Albers School of Business and Economics in 2000 after attending many more classes at Seattle Central Community College. Velvet Revolver's last year as an undergraduate, McKagan took a break from work school to go on tour; he is still one quarter shy of graduating.

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Career

McKagan formed The Vains, a punk band in 1979, where he appeared on bass. He appeared under the stage name Nico Teenage during this period. In 1980, the band recorded "School Jerks," on a single.

McKagan, a 1980, joined the pop-punk band The Fastbacks as their drummer. He first appeared with the band in December 1980 and appeared on their 1981 debut single "It's Your Birthday," which was released on guitarist Kurt Bloch's label No. 3s Records. He appeared on the album "Someone Else's Room," which was also released in 1981 on the Seattle Syndrome: Volume One compilation album. In July 1981, he appeared in July for the final time.

He appeared on guitar in The Living, a punk band that opened shows for Hüsker Dü and D.O.A., which had a dedicated fan base. They had an EP in 1982, but it wasn't announced until April 2021, which was under the name 1982.

McKagan was the drummer for the hardcore punk band The Fartz, with whom he performed several demos, five of which were included on their 1990 album You, We See You Crawling. After many line-up changes, The Fartz developed into the post-punk band 10 Minute Warning, for which McKagan played guitar.

McKagan and one of his brothers, George McCKagan, and his sister discovered work as an appetizer server at a Black Angus restaurant in Northridge in 1983. He responded to a local newspaper ad for a bass guitarist, Slash and drummer Steven Adler, with whom he formed the short-lived band Road Crew. They performed with a variety of musicians, including one-time Black Flag singer Ron Reyes, and others who worked on tracks that included the main riff of Guns N' Roses' "Rocket Queen." Slash eventually disbanded the band due to the group's inability to find a singer and Adler's lack of work ethic, as well as McKagan's lack of motivation.

In March 1985, McKagan replaced bassist Ole Beich in Guns N' Roses, which was newly formed by singer Axl Rose, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin of Hollywood Rose, lead guitarist Tracii Guns, and drummer Rob Gardner of Los Angeles. Weapons. Slash and Steven Adler, two members of McKagan's Road Crew, joined the band two months later, after Guns and Gardner resigned respectively. The line-up performed their first gig at The Troubadour on June 6, after two days of rehearsals. Guns N' Roses debuted in 1987, a masterpiece that has sold over 28 million copies around the world, 18 million of which were in the United States, making it the country's most popular debut album of all time. Despite containing just eight songs, four of which were included on the recently released EP Live? the band released G N' R Lies in the United States alone last year, selling over five million copies in the United States alone.

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Steven Adler was kicked out of the band because of his heroin use, but he was replaced by Matt Sorum of The Cult in 1990.

Guns N' Roses embarked on the two-and-a-half journey on the Use Your Illusion Tour in May 1991. The band's long-awaited albums Use Your Illusion Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, which debuted at No. 3 in September, were released in September. No. 2 and No. On the US chart, there are 1 and 2 respectively, a feat that no other group has ever achieved. Izzy Stradlin left the band in November 1991 and was replaced by Gilby Clarke of Kill For Thrills. "The Spaghetti Incident" was released by the band in 1993. "This was a cover album of mainly punk songs, but it was less popular than its predecessors." McKagan took on lead vocals on four songs, including live favourite "Attitude," which was released by the Misfits. McKagan's debut solo album, Believe in Me, on which he sang lead vocals and played virtually every instrument, was released in the same year.

When touring with Guns N' Roses McKagan, a fan was struck in the head with a beer bottle containing urine. He was admitted to the hospital minutes later. After McKagan was struck, Axl Rose said this to the audience:

Rose threw the mike over his shoulder and walked out of the room.

McKagan formed the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, John Taylor of Duran Duran Duran, and his Guns N' Roses bandmate Matt Sorum in 1995, with Guns N' Roses largely inactive. They debuted their self-titled album on Maverick Records in 1996, beginning as a group of friends jamming together at the Viper Room in Hollywood. Before disbanding in 1997, the band appeared on tour of Europe and North America. McKagan was the last member of the Appetite for Destruction's to leave Guns N' Roses, resigning as bassist in August 1997. McKagan had recently become a father and wrote about his decision to leave in his autobiography, stating that "Guns had been paying rent on studios for three years," he said, "from 1994 to 1997—and yet not a single song." The whole operation was so erratic that it didn't appear to fit with my expectations for parenthood, for sturicism."

McKagan relocated to Seattle, where he saw many of his old friends, including Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, who advised him to reunite 10 Minute Warning, following his release from Guns N' Roses in 1997. Singer Christopher Blue was brought on to substitute Steve Verwolf, who was serving a term in federal jail. The band's self-titled album on Sub Pop was released in 1998. The album contained nine tracks, including two new interpretations of songs that were not originally released by The Fartz, namely "Is This the Way?" "Buried" and "Buried" are two of the items on the site. On August 22, 1998, ten Minute Warning performed its last performance at the Roseland theater in Portland, Oregon.

Beautiful Disease, McKagan's second solo album, was supposed to be released in 1999, but the merger between Geffen Records and Interscope Records fell into legal limbs. McKagan was suspended from Geffen's roster and then lost all commercial rights to release the film. He formed the band Loaded, which featured McKagan on bass and vocals, Dez Cadena, formerly of Black Flag, assorted on guitar, Michael Barragan, formerly of Plexi, and Taz Bentley, formerly of The Reverend Horton Heat, who appeared on drums. Until disbanding in late 1999, Loaded independently released Episode 1999: Live.

McKagan reformed Loaded in 2000, moving from bass to rhythm guitar, and adding drummer Geoff Reading of Green Apple Quick Step, guitarist Mike Squires of Harvey Danger and bassist Jeff Rouse of Alien Crime Syndicate. Both Squires and Rouse appeared on the band's debut album, Dark Days, which was released in 2001. Dave Dederer, a veteran of The Presidents of the United States of America, took over recording duties for the album.

Both Squires and Rouse left Loaded in 2002 to join the reformed Alien Crime Syndicate while on tour. Dave Kushner, a former Wasted Youth and Electric Love Hogs guitarist, and Burning Witch bassist George Stuart Dahlquist were brought in to replace them. McKagan and Kushner continued to form Velvet Revolver, effectively ending Loaded's existence.

McKagan, together with his former Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash and Matt Sorum, and Loaded guitarist Dave Kushner, formed the supergroup Velvet Revolver in 2002. Scott Weiland, a Stone Temple Pilots, was the line-up. They debuted Contraband, their debut album, in 2004, which debuted at No. 1. On the US chart, #1 appears on the top of the chart and has sold two million copies. The band was nominated for three Grammy Awards, Rock Album of the Year, Rock Song, and Hard Rock Show in 2005 for their Contraband single Slither, which gained their first and only Grammy Award. Libertad's second album, released in 2007, received mixed reviews; it was unable to achieve the same commercial success as its predecessor. The band toured extensively before Weiland left in April 2008 to rejoin Stone Temple Pilots. Since Weiland's departure, Velvet Revolver has been on hiatus.

McKagan briefly joined Alice in Chains as a rhythm guitarist for the first time at the band's Decades Rock Live concert in 2006 and later during the band's reunion tour.

McKagan then reunited Loaded, with Mike Squires and Jeff Rouse returning to the company, and the EP Wasted Heart was released the same year. The band recorded Sick, its second studio album, in 2009, and began touring with Mötley Crüe and Black Stone Cherry. Geoff Reading left the band early this year; Isaac Carpenter took over.

McKagan appeared in Jane's Addiction for a brief period of time in 2010, with lead guitarist Dave Navarro announcing that McKagan has joined the band on a permanent basis. "Something like a chance to write, record, and maybe even perform with a band of Jane's Addiction does not appear every day," McKagan said. I have a lot of admiration for this band and the guys who play it." He appeared on many songs with Jane's Addiction and appeared in four shows with the band, two in Los Angeles and two in Europe, including one at Rock in Rio in Madrid.

Jane's Addiction revealed on September 6, six months after McKagan joined the band, that they had departed due to the fact that "they [weren't] all headed in different directions."

For the first time since 1993, McKagan appeared with Guns N' Roses on October 14, 2010 at The O2 Arena in London. He appeared on "You Could Be Mine," electric guitar on "Nice Boys" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," as well as acoustic guitar and tambourine on "Patience." McKagan's return to Loaded, with whom he released his third studio album, The Taking, in 2011. Loaded performed twice for Guns N' Roses in December and McKagan appeared on stage for a brief period.

It's So Simple *And Other Lies* is McKagan's book, which tells his story and insights on tales from his time.

McKagan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012, as a member of the original collection of Guns N' Roses.

McKagan performed with the Rock N Roll All Stars in 2012, a band made up of many of rock's most well-known artists. In 2013, the band sank and became the Kings Of Chaos. Joe Elliott of Def Leppard and Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz, Matt Sorum of Guns N' Roses, and Billy Idol's bandmate Steve Stevens are the main participants. Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple fame and Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row, are among the group's outliers. Deep Purple's cover song "Never Before" was released by the band.

McKagan formed Walking Papers in 2012, a project of former The Missionary Position members, on their self-titled debut album and toured with them in 2013.

McKagan and Guns N' Roses briefly met in 2014, as a result of his return to them. He appeared in five complete shows in South America, filling in for Tommy Stinson. McKagan appeared with Guns N' Roses at the Revolving Golden Gods Awards show in Los Angeles later this year. McKagan appeared at The Joint in Las Vegas for another full concert with the band during Guns N' Roses' spring 2014 residency.

McKagan was released (alongside Slash) in 2016 as a returning to Guns N' Roses to headline Coachella. The band debuted the Not in This Lifetime... Tour in Los Angeles on April 1, 2016.

McKagan's latest solo album, which will be announced in 2019, was announced on December 5, 2018. McKagan announced on March 10, 2019, that the album, Tenderness, will be released on May 31 and that a track called "Chip Away" will be released from the album.

Many well-known artists, including Slash, Billie Joe Armstrong, Henry Rollins, and McKagan himself, bemoaned the demise of a legendary Seattle band Max Creeps in April 2022. It turned out to be a guerilla marketing effort for a new initiative involving McKagan and Fastbacks singer Kurt Bloch, but no one has been confirmed, so far this hasn't been confirmed. "The Internet Killed Me" and "Hung, Drawn, and Quartered" were two singles released by Max Creeps. Max Creeps' "Nein" album on Velocity Records was released on May 13, but there is no proof that there was ever was a first album.

McKagan, as well as his Guns N' Roses bandmate Slash, co-wrote and performed several songs on Iggy Pop's Brick by Brick in 1990. He co-wrote "Beggars and Hangers-On" off his album "Slash's Snakepit," which he appeared live during a Snakepit exhibition in May of that year. McKagan co-produced with his ex Guns N' Roses bandmate Izzy Stradlin on his solo album 117° in 1998. He appeared on Stradlin's album Ride On and joined him on a tour of Japan to promote the album. He appeared on the album Humanity Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper, an Alice Cooper tribute album released in 1999. McKagan appeared on the album Skyjin by Mark Lanegan, Mark Lanegan's solo album Field Songs, and Izzy Stradlin's album River in 2001. On Down the Road, Stradlin's album. In 2004, he and Stradlin joined Mark Lanegan on his album Bubblegum.

McKagan appeared on three tracks off Izzy Stradlin's 2008 album Concrete, including the title track and seven songs from his album Wave of Heat, which was released in 2010. McKagan appeared on Slash's eponymous debut solo album in 2010; he performed on the track "Watch This" with Dave Grohl on drums. On Macy Gray's album "A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun" on their album, he appeared also as a guest, as well as Slash and Matt Sorum, as well as Slash and Matt Sorum, and appeared on Manic Street Preachers' song "A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun."

McKagan, a young singer from Ozzy Osbourne's album Ordinary Man, performed bass and cowrote five songs, as well as Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. On the album "Straight to Hell" by McKagan, Slash's Guns N' Roses co-writer Andrew Watt of California Breed fame appears.

McKagan appeared on Jerry Cantrell's album Brighten in 2021.

McKagan has two minor acting appearances; in 1988, he appeared with his Guns N' Roses co-stars in the Dirty Harry film The Dead Pool, and in 1997, he appeared as a rocker vampire in an episode of the television series Sliders. He appeared in Anthony Scarpa's documentary film Betty Blowtorch and Her Amazing Life Adventures, which focuses on the all-female hard rock band Betty Blowtorch, who had a debut EP Get Off McKagan in 1999.

McKagan has honed himself as a writer, in addition to his musical career. He has been writing a weekly column for SeattleWeekly.com from January to December 2009, and since January 2011, he has been writing a weekly sports column for ESPN.com. It's So Easy (And Other Lies), McKagan's autobiography, was published on October 4, 2011. On May 12, 2015, his second book, How to Be a Man, was published (and other myths). McKagan produced a three-song EP with the same name as the book, starring Izzy Stradlin, Jerry Cantrell, Roy Mayorga, and Taz Bentley.

McKagan founded Meridian Rock, a wealth management firm for musicians, in 2011. The company, which was founded by McKagan and British investor Andy Bottomley, aims to educate musicians about their finances.

McKagan has been involved with "The Heroes Project," which was started by his friend Tim Medvetz, and is dedicated to serving soldiers and their families. He participated in a Mount Rainier climb in 2012, accompanying a former soldier with a prosthetic leg. McKagan suffered from a potentially lethal cerebral edema during the climb.

Rainstorm Entertainment will produce a "biological film" based on It's So Easy (And Other Lies), which was announced in 2012. McKagan has been categorized as a producer and writer. After the book was published in May 2016, the film, It's So Easy (And Other Lies), was released. Mick Jagger, Elton John, Slash, Joe Elliott, and Arnold Schwarzenegger were among those interviewed for the project.

Following a return to Guns N' Roses two months later, McKagan was deemed a member of the Hollywood Vampires at the 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony in honor of Lemmy Kilmister, but his time in the band was brief.

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