Duff McKagan

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 123 minutes

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In the minds of many rock fans, Duff McKagan will forever be known first and foremost as the bassist for Guns N' Roses. The band’s white-hot reign in the late '80s through the early '90s is the stuff of hedonistic, hard rock legend. And for anyone interested in reading a detailed account of that wild ride, check out Duff’s memoir, “It’s So Easy and Other Lies.”

After turning 30, Duff got sober, eventually left GNR, and then went on to play stints in Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction—and he helped form the supergroup, Velvet Revolver. In 2016, he rejoined Guns N' Roses following their induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

Outside of his contributions to big name rock bands, Duff has also been releasing solo material since the early '90s. His latest album, Lighthouse, signals a new musical direction for Duff—one that focuses on reflective, personal lyrics and stripped-down rootsy-rock.

On today’s episode Leah Rose talks to Duff McKagan about his decision to leave the heroin-infested punk rock scene in his hometown of Seattle for LA. He also shares stories about Axl Rose and Slash while recording Appetite For Destruction. And he reminisces about the time his musical idol Prince was trying to get Duff to reveal the real reason why Guns N' Roses broke up.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	In the minds of many rock fans, Duff McKagan will forever be known first and foremost as the bassist of Guns and Roses.
0:18.0	The band's white-hot rain in the late 80s through the early 90s is the stuff of hedonistic hard rock legend.
0:25.0	And for anyone interested in reading a detail the count of that wild ride,
0:29.0	maybe the last in all of rock,
0:31.0	check out Duff's memoir, It's So Easy, and Other Lies.
0:35.0	After turning 30, Duff got sober, eventually left G&R, and then went on to play stints in
0:40.7	Alice in Chains and Chains addiction, and helped form the supergroup Velvet Revolver.
0:46.5	Duff also enrolled in college while writing columns for the Seattle Weekly, Playboy, and ESPN on everything
0:52.1	from personal finance to Sports.
0:55.0	In 2016, he rejoined Guns and Roses following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1:01.0	Outside of his contribution to Big Namename rock bands in personal finance columns,
1:05.5	Duff has also been releasing solo materials since the early 90s.
1:09.1	His latest album Lighthouse signals a new musical direction for Duff, one that focuses on
1:14.4	reflective personal lyrics and strip down Rutsey Rock. On today's episode
1:20.0	Leah Rose talks to Duff McKagan about his decision to leave the heroin-infested punk rock scene in his hometown of Seattle for Los Angeles.
1:28.0	He also shares stories about Axel Rose and Slash while recording appetite for destruction and he reminisces about the time
1:35.2	his musical idle prince was trying to get Duff to reveal the real reason why guns and
1:40.4	roses broke up. This is Broken Record.
1:46.0	Liner Notes for the Digital Age.
1:48.0	I'm Justin Richmond.
1:49.6	Here's Leah Rose's conversation with Duff McKagan. I want to talk a little bit about your latest album, Lighthouse, and since it's been out for a little while now and you're over sort of like the initial wave of
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