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Duff McKagan Details Uncomfortable Meeting With Prince

Duff McKagan has detailed his uncomfortable face-to-face meeting with Prince.During an appearance on the Broken Record podcast, the Guns N’ Roses bassist admitted he idolized the Purple One, naming him -- along with Iggy Pop and Lemmy Kilmister -- as the three biggest artists in his life. Asked if he ever talked to Prince, McKagan was forthright.“Yes, I met him one time,” the GNR rocker recalled. “It was in Germany. I went, […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 2

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Duff McKagan Says Slash Wanted to Sabotage ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’

Duff McKagan has revealed how Slash tried to sabotage Guns N’ Roses’ classic song “Sweet Child o' Mine.”During an appearance on the Songcraft podcast, McKagan recalled how the track came together.“Izzy [Stradlin] had the three chords,” the bassist explained. “OK, well that’s… What do you do with that? Axl liked it. OK, well let’s try to make this work somehow.”The band slowly began piecing “Sweet Child o’ Mine” together, but […]

todayJanuary 30, 2024

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Duff McKagan Responds to Unsolicited Bob Dylan Shout Out

No matter how big a star you get to be, for many musicians there will always be a reverence for the musicians that came before them. In this case, a member of Guns N' Roses received the ultimate compliment from Bob Dylan, and it had nothing to do with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." That would be Duff McKagan who was on the receiving end of an unsolicited shoutout from Dylan in […]

todayDecember 22, 2023 3

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Why Duff McKagan Defends GNR’s Three-and-a-Half-Hour Concerts

It’s often said that there can be too much of a good thing, and that certainly applies to concerts. According to Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, though, there’s a good reason for the band’s decision to play roughly three-and-a-half-hour live sets.A cursory glance at setlist.fm confirms that Guns N’ Roses’ recent shows have lasted about 180 minutes. In a new interview with YouTube channel Heavy Music (uploaded on Dec. […]

todayDecember 18, 2023 1

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