“Something like a chance to write, record, and perhaps even perform with a band of the quality of Jane”
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Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician. He was the bassist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses for twelve years, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Born 5 February 1964 · Q251865
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Roses to headline Coachella. After playing a secret warmup gig at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on April 1, 2016, The band embarked on the Not in This Lifetime... Tour. On December 5, 2018, it was announced that McKagan is currently in production for a new solo album to be released in 2019. On March 10, 2019, McKagan revealed that the album, Tenderness, would be released on May 31 and also released a track from the album titled
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2026· 11 entries
Published video “Thank you one more time, Tinley Park! It was great to see you all again. #gunsnroses @gunsnroses”.
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Published video “August 8, 2026”.
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Published video “Berlin, you sold out the Uber Arena! @gunsnroses #gunsnroses”.
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Published video “Amsterdam, you showed up! What an honor to be back for the first time since ‘87 🇳🇱#gnr #gunsnroses”.
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Published video “Backstage with Duff in Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪 #gunsnroses #duffmckagan @gunsnroses”.
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Published video “Backstage with Duff McKagan in Berlin, Germany for night two of @gunsnroses 🇩🇪 #duffmckagan #gnr”.
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Published video “Download Festival was a great F’N’ time! Thank you for rockin’ with us. 🇬🇧@gunsnroses”.
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Published video “Dublin, it was about time! Sláinte 🇮🇪 #gunsnroses #ireland #dublin @gunsnroses”.
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Published video “Backstage with Duff McKagan in Amsterdam - Guns N’ Roses 2026 World Tour Update 🌍”.
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Published video “Backstage with Duff and Del in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 Guns N’ Roses”.
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2025· 2 entries
Released album “Lighthouse: Live from London”.
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loudwire: Duff McKagan Explains What New Guns N’ Roses Drummer Adds to the Band
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2024· 6 entries
Released album “Live at Easy Street”.
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brooklynvegan: Duff McKagan, Fear's Lee Ving & D.O.A.'s Joey Shithead collab on new punk songs, touring together
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Released album “Tenderness: Live In Los Angeles”.
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American Songwriter: Duff McKagan Details His Long Battle With “Punk Rock Guilt” Following Success of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
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Ultimate Classic Rock: Duff McKagan Survived a ‘Bad Mushroom Trip’ Thanks to Iggy Pop
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American Songwriter: Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan Shares Awkward Encounter With Prince
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2023· 7 entries
Forbes: Duff McKagan On New Album ‘Lighthouse,’ Lessons Learned From The Clash
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Yahoo: The SPIN Interview: Duff McKagan
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Released album “Lighthouse”.
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Yahoo: Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan recalls meeting his 'lighthouse' Susan Holmes McKagan 27 years ago: 'I didn't know if I could date a woman again'
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loudwire: Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan Names His 7 Favorite Bassists of All Time
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BroadwayWorld: Duff McKagan Shares New Song From New Album Out in October
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brooklynvegan: Duff McKagan announces new LP ft Iggy Pop, Slash & Jerry Cantrell (exclusive color vinyl)
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2022· 1 entry
McKagan performed on and co-wrote three songs on Iggy Pop's album Every Loser
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2021· 1 entry
McKagan played bass on Jerry Cantrell's album Brighten
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2020· 1 entry
McKagan played bass and cowrote five songs on Ozzy Osbourne's album Ordinary Man, along with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith
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2019· 2 entries
Released album “Tenderness”.
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McKagan revealed that the album, Tenderness, would be released on May 31 and also released a track from the album titled "Chip Away"
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2018· 1 entry
It was announced that McKagan is currently in production for a new solo album to be released in 2019
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2016· 3 entries
The band embarked on the Not in This Lifetime
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Following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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McKagan was announced (alongside Slash), as having returned to Guns N' Roses to headline Coachella
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2015· 1 entry
Released ep “How to Be a Man”.
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2014· 1 entry
McKagan again briefly reunited with Guns N' Roses
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2012· 5 entries
McKagan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the classic lineup of Guns N' Roses
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McKagan went on tour with the Rock N Roll All Stars, a band that consisted of many of rock's most recognized performers
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McKagan formed the band Walking Papers with former The Missionary Position members, played on the self-titled debut album and toured with them in 2013
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Accompanying a former soldier with a prosthetic limb
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That Rainstorm Entertainment will produce a "biographical documentary" based on It's So Easy (And Other Lies)
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2011· 2 entries
In which he tells his view and perspectives on stories encountered during his career
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McKagan founded Meridian Rock, a wealth management firm for musicians
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2010· 3 entries
McKagan appeared on stage with Guns N' Roses for the first time since 1993 at The O2 Arena in London
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McKagan briefly joined Jane's Addiction, with lead guitarist Dave Navarro originally confirming that McKagan had joined the band on a permanent basis
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McKagan appeared on Slash's eponymous debut solo album; he played on the track "Watch This" with Dave Grohl on drums
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2009· 1 entry
The band released its second studio album, Sick, and embarked on tours with Mötley Crüe and Black Stone Cherry
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2007· 1 entry
To mixed reviews; it failed to achieve the same commercial success as its predecessor
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2006· 2 entries
With Jane's Addiction in 2010, and with the supergroup Hollywood Vampires in 2016
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McKagan temporarily joined Alice in Chains as a rhythm guitarist, performing with the band for the first time at VH1's Decades Rock Live
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2005· 1 entry
The band was nominated for three Grammys, Rock Album of the Year, Rock Song, and Hard Rock Performance for their Contraband single Slither which won their first and only Grammy
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2004· 2 entries
Released their debut album Contraband, which debuted at No
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Again collaborated with Mark Lanegan on his album Bubblegum, along with Stradlin
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2002· 2 entries
While on tour, both Squires and Rouse left Loaded to join the reformed Alien Crime Syndicate
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McKagan founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver with his former Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash and Matt Sorum, and Loaded guitarist Dave Kushner
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2001· 1 entry
McKagan played on the album Skyjin by Zilch, Mark Lanegan's solo album Field Songs, and Izzy Stradlin's album River
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2000· 1 entry
McKagan reformed Loaded, remaining as the lead vocalist but switching from bass to rhythm guitar, and adding drummer Geoff Reading of Green Apple Quick Step, guitarist Mike Squires of Harvey Danger, and bassist Jeff Rous
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1999· 4 entries
Appeared in Anthony Scarpa's documentary film Betty Blowtorch and Her Amazing True Life Adventures, which focuses on the all-female hard rock band Betty Blowtorch, whose debut EP Get Off McKagan produced the same year
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Released album “Beautiful Disease”.
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Contributed to the album Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper, an Alice Cooper tribute album
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But became lost in the legal shuffle of the merge between Geffen Records and Interscope Records
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1998· 3 entries
At the Roseland theater in Portland, Oregon
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McKagan collaborated with his former Guns N' Roses bandmate Izzy Stradlin on his solo album 117°
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The band released their self-titled album on Sub Pop
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1997· 2 entries
McKagan moved back to Seattle, where he met with many of his old friends, including Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, who convinced him to reunite 10 Minute Warning
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McKagan briefly reunited with his pre-success Seattle punk band 10 Minute Warning, before forming the hard rock band Loaded, in which he performs lead vocals and rhythm guitar
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1995· 2 entries
With Guns N' Roses largely inactive, McKagan formed the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, John Taylor of Duran Duran, and his Guns N' Roses bandmate Matt Sorum
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Collaborated with Slash on his solo project Slash's Snakepit; he co-wrote "Beggars and Hangers-On" off their album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, which he played live during a Snakepit show in May of that year
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1993· 3 entries
Released album “Believe in Me”.
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While touring with Guns N' Roses, McKagan was hit in the head with a beer bottle filled with urine thrown by a fan in Sacramento, California
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The band released "The Spaghetti Incident
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1990· 1 entry
McKagan—along with his Guns N' Roses bandmate Slash—co-wrote and played several songs on Iggy Pop's Brick by Brick
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1988· 2 entries
McKagan married his first wife, Mandy Brixx; the couple divorced on April 1, 1990
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Appeared with his Guns N' Roses bandmates in the Dirty Harry film The Dead Pool, and in 1997, he played a rocker vampire in an episode of the television series Sliders
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1987· 1 entry
Guns N' Roses released its debut album, Appetite for Destruction, which to date has sold over 28 million copies worldwide, 18 million of which were in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time
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1982· 2 entries
McKagan became the drummer for the hardcore punk band The Fartz, with whom he recorded several demos, five of which were included on their 1990 album You, We See You Crawling
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Recorded an EP, which remained unreleased until April 2021, under the title 1982
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1980· 1 entry
McKagan joined the pop-punk band The Fastbacks as their drummer
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1979· 1 entry
At the age of 15, McKagan formed the punk band The Vains, in which he played bass
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1964· 2 entries
Born 1964-02-05.
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“Roses to headline Coachella. After playing a secret warmup gig at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on April 1, 2016, The band embarked on the Not in This Lifetime... Tour. On December 5, 2018, it was announced that McKagan is currently in production for a new solo album to be released in 2019. On March 10, 2019, McKagan revealed that the album, Tenderness, would be released on May 31 and also released a track from the album titled”
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