Duff McKagan

Duff McKagan ( born February 5, 1964 in Seattle, actually Michael Andrew McKagan ) was born as the youngest of eight children of his parents Elmer and Alice Marie McKagan and known as the bassist of the rock band Guns N ' Roses.

Life

McKagan began at the age of 16 years, the drums in his first band, the Fastbacks to play in Seattle. He played drums, bass and guitar in other bands such as 10 Minute Warning, Loaded, The Racketeers, Neurotic Outsiders, and The Gentlemen. Since April 2002, he plays bass in the band Velvet Revolver, along with his former Guns N ' Roses Slash and Matt Sorum, and colleague Scott Weiland, former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner ( Wasted Youth earlier ). He can be heard along with his ex - bandmates from Guns N ' Roses, Izzy Stradlin, on the track " Strange Religion " of the Mark- Lanegan album " Bubblegum ". Since the spring of 2008, the Fender company provides the bass Signaturemodell of Duff McKagan on new. It bears the name " Duff McKagan P Bass".

In addition, he published in 1993 his solo album " Believe In Me " and then went on tour. Another album called " Beautiful Disease " was indeed recorded finished, but was never officially published due to differences with his record company. As a bootleg but it is come to the public.

In 2002, the debut album of his band " Duff McKagan 's Loaded " was released entitled " Dark Days ". Due to his activities with Velvet Revolver, however, this band paused to 2008, the EP "Wasted Heart" and 2009 album " Sick" have been published. In 2010, he also played with the rock band Jane 's Addiction.

Duff McKagan has been married since August 1999 in his third marriage with Susan Holmes and has two daughters.