b. Michael McKagan, 5 February 1964, Seattle, Washington, USA. Guns N'Roses' bass player, McKagan has served time in more ad hoc bands than anybody can care to remember. It was once said of McKagan that there were few punk/hard rock outfits in Seattle with whom he had not played at some point, with bands including the Fastbacks, Ten Minute Warning, Thankless Dogs, Silly Killers and Wandering Bandeleros. However, in 1993 McKagan decided to take the big step towards a solo career. Writing and playing most of the instruments, his debut included guest appearances by a fine array of rock's glitterati, Jeff Beck, Lenny Kravitz, Sebastian Bach among them. There were also appearances from his Guns N'Roses workmates Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Slash, just to prove there were no bad feelings about his foray. Despite the strength of the largely power pop musical backing, McKagan's lyrics revealed only faint flashes of insight, notably on "Man In The Meadow", dedicated to his former best friend, Todd Crew, who died of an overdose in 1987. It also disappointed those expecting him to return to his punk roots (he sang half of the tracks on Guns N'Roses punk tribute album, The Spaghetti Incident). With Guns N'Roses seemingly moribund, McKagan joined Sorum, John Taylor (ex-Duran Duran) and ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones in the Neurotic Outsiders, who released a self-titled album for Madonna's Maverick label in 1996. McKagan later re-formed Ten Minute Warning and recorded an abortive second solo album.
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YouTube Videos
Duff McKagan - Seattlehead (03:52)
A rad music video from Duff McKagans old band Loaded. It never aired on MTV or anything like that, but was an underground hit. It was a video to promote the bands live album.
DunlopTV - Duff McKagan (04:12)
Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver and Guns N Roses fames takes into his dressing room and shares his rock star story with us.
duff mckagan - man in the meadow (04:50)
duff mckagan's song man in the meadow from his album 'believe in me'
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