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First Name

Michael

Last Name

McKagan

Birthday

1964-02-05

Height

Build

Athletic

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Blonde

Birthplace

Seattle, Washington, USA

Zodiac Sign

Aquarius

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Guns N' Roses

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

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Wikipedia Text

Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with the band, he released a solo album, Believe in Me (1993), and formed the short-lived supergroup Neurotic Outsiders.

Role ID

Soundtrack, Composer, Actor/Actress

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Profile Bio Text

Duff McKagan (born Michael Andrew McKagan on February 5, 1964)Michael Andrew McKagan was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of eight children born to Elmer (Mac) and Alice (Marie) McKagan, a family with Irish ancestors. They were a musical family with every member playing at least one instrument. It was his brother Bruce who taught him his first bass lines, though he developed his own skills playing along to 1999 by Prince and Black Flag`s Damaged. Although best known as a bass player, Duff also played drums in several bands, including, most notably, a stint with the legendary Seattle pop-punk band the Fastbacks, which he joined at the age of 16 in 1980. He also played drums in hardcore punk bands such as The Fartz and Silly Killers, and guitar in 10 Minute Warning (he was replaced by Daniel House of Skin Yard). Besides drums and bass, McKagan also has the ability to play other musical instruments — he plays guitar and even played piano on the song "Misery" from the Loaded album Dark Days. Answering an ad for a bass player in a local magazine, McKagan headed to California, at age nineteen. In California, he met guitar player Slash and drummer Steven Adler of the band Road Crew at L.A.`s legendary 24-hour deli and rock hangout, Canter`s. Duff expected some punk with a penchant for `70s rock, but found two long-haired guys instead. “ When I met Slash and Steve Adler for the first time," he said, "it was weird, `cause I`d never met guys like this before — L.A. locals. We went out that night and got drunk, and then we had this ill-fated band. It was Slash`s band, Road Crew. ” He describes his home city as "a rowdy rock `n` roll town with a hip underground." From the wreckage of the bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin joined Tracii Guns, Ole Beich, and Rob Gardner to form Guns N` Roses. Initially formed to meet booked gigs for the disbanded acts, the new line-up was finalized on June 6, 1985. Duff became the band`s bassist, replacing Ole Beich, and after two days of rehearsal, the newly formed group played their debut gig as GN`R on a Thursday night at the Troubadour. As with ex-rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, McKagan also had his crack at handling lead vocals on GN`R songs such as Use Your Illusion II`s "So Fine" and a handful of songs off of the cover album The Spaghetti Incident?, including live favorite "Attitude," originally by The MisfitsHe married for the first time on May 28, 1988 to Mandy Brix, a hostess in an L.A. Japanese restaurant, who also had her own all female rap-trio, "The Lame Flames." They were divorced in 1990. He married again in September 1992 to Linda Johnson, and divorced in September 1996. Plagued by drug and alcohol addiction, McKagan survived for 13 years in the highly volatile band before finally resigning in early 1998, due to Axl Rose`s demand that he focus only on Guns N` Roses, and not any other projects, as well as the fact that "Axl was completely taking over." McKagan`s departure left Rose as the sole member left from their classic line-up. He stopped using drugs because of a failing liver. McKagan is also known for his alcohol induced acceptance at the 1990 American Music Awards. Upon receipt of GN`R`s second award, McKagan and Slash stumbled to the stage appearing very drunk, holding drinks, and smoking cigarettes. Within a span of 20 seconds, Slash managed to curse twice in his slurred speech before being interrupted by a music overdub and positioning of a camera on a curtain with the AMA logo. After the first f-word, an audible gasp was heard from the crowd, prompting Slash to cover his mouth and laughingly utter an "oops." Duff laughed along with him. Since then, many live shows are delayed a few seconds to prevent a similar incident. Since April 2002, Duff has played bass guitar for the group Velvet Revolver together with ex-Guns N` Roses` members, Slash and Matt Sorum, as well as guitarist Dave Kushner and former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. Their debut album Contraband was released in 2004 and peaked at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The group`s second album, entitled Libertad, was released on July 3, 2007.

Couple Profile Source

www.wikipedia.com

Full Name at Birth

Michael Andrew McKagan

Occupation Text

Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Record producer, Columnist, Invesment advisor, Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer, Pianist, Writer

Father

Elmer McKagan

Mother

Alice Marie McKagan (typist)

Brother

Jon McKagan, Mark McKagan, Bruce McKagan, Matt McKagan

Sister

Carol McKagan, Joan Shelton, Claudia Christiansen

Friend

Michael Monroe

Pets

Chester (Dog)

Religion

Other

Relationship Status

Married

Age

High School

Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Washington, USA (dropped out)

University

Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA

Associated People

Slash, Axl Rose, Matt Sorum, Dave Kushner, Scott Weiland, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin

Favorite Foods

Mexican

Current Partner

28519

Middle Name

Andrew

Clothes Size

Shoe Size

Weight

180

High School

Santa Monica Community College, Santa Monica, California, USA, Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington, USA

Brand Endorsement

Fender Precision Bass, Fender Jazz Bass Special, Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, Duff McKagan Signature P Bass, Kramer, Duesenberg Star Bass, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Thunderbird, Seymour Duncan, Gibson J - 200, Gallien - Krueger, Guild, Marshall, Meridian Rock

Distinctive Feature

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Meridian Rock founder, Irish descent

Official Websites

www.seattleweekly.com/, www.playboy.com/, espn.go.com/, www.meridianrock.com/default.aspx, books.simonandschuster.com/It's-So-Easy/Duff-McKagan/9781451606652, duff-itssoeasy.com/, www.duff-loaded.com/thetaking/, twitter.com/duffmckagan, www.facebook.com/duffmckagan

Family Member

Grace McKagan (daughter), Mae Marie McKagan (daughter)

Friend

Stone Gossard, Slash

Associated People

Gilby Clarke, Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney, Dave Sitek, Eric Avery, Ian Watson, Ole Beich, Andy Bottomley

Favorite People

Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Pete Townsend

Favorite Bands

Led Zeppelin, The Who, Aerosmith

Favorite Places

Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, London, New York