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Talk Is Jericho

30 Years of GnR with Duff McKagan

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Duff McKagan returns to TIJ to talk 30 years of Guns N Roses! From the making of the Appetite For Destruction album to the current GnR Reunion Tour - Duff's got you covered with great stories! Find out why GnR's first real tour was supporting The Cult, how they ended up working with producer Mike Clink, what the release of "Sweet Child O' Mine" did for their popularity, and why Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin used to hide original drummer Steven Adler's drum heads and cymbals! Duff's also talking about Axl Rose's run with AC/DC, and why losing Chris Cornell was so devastating for Duff. And yes, there are more knock-knock jokes!

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0:00.0

Talkies Jericho Baby, Talkies Jericho

0:07.0

Talkies Jericho Mama, Talkies Baby

0:13.0

All right, welcome to Talkies Jericho. It's the pot of thunder and rock and roll and today doing his first in-depth long form

0:20.0

Interviews since the Guns and Roses reunion tour started in 2016

0:24.0

Duff MacAgan returns to Talkies Jericho.

0:27.0

GNR on a press gag order since the reunion started. They've done no interviews.

0:32.0

They've spoken to nobody. They've explained nothing to anybody.

0:36.0

But Duff decided he wanted to come hang out with me on Talkies Jericho.

0:40.0

We have so much fun whenever we do the show and we're talking about the reunion.

0:45.0

What the rehearsals were like before the tour got started.

0:48.0

How the shows have been going and as you know this year is the 30th anniversary of the classic appetite for destruction album.

0:56.0

So we're talking about the making of that record where some of the song ideas came from the riffs.

1:00.0

Duff sharing some cool info but what inspired the guitar and bass looks even lyrics.

1:05.0

Duff's also talking about the early Guns and Roses tour.

1:08.0

How they ended up on the road with the cult.

1:10.0

We did this interview exactly 30 years after I first saw Guns and Roses in 1987 in Winnipeg.

1:17.0

Opening for the cult when Duff was still walking through the crowd trying to scam change from people to make some money.

1:24.0

How the crowds literally blew up after sweet child of mine was released a few months after that.

1:29.0

Duff's got great stories about producer Mike Klink.

1:31.0

How he started working with Guns and Roses because nobody else would.

1:34.0

And if you're wondering about Duff's chemistry with the original drummer Steven Adler and how they locked in as a tight rhythm section.

1:40.0

Duff's going to tell you about that as well.

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