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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=9295 Mon, 04 May 2026 03:02:01 -0400 Tue, 26 May 2015 12:10:47 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=9295 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff-mckagan-says-no-gnr-song-is-hard-to-play-live-the-real-challenge-is-not-letting-the-crowd-overwhelm-him https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff-mckagan-says-no-gnr-song-is-hard-to-play-live-the-real-challenge-is-not-letting-the-crowd-overwhelm-him Music News: "We rehearsed so much, and we play so much, that I don't know if anything is necessarily a challenge."]]> Mon, 04 May 2026 03:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff-mckagan-says-he-loves-this-controversial-black-sabbath-album-shares-honest-opinion-on-the-dio-era https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff-mckagan-says-he-loves-this-controversial-black-sabbath-album-shares-honest-opinion-on-the-dio-era Music News: "There was these constants in rock and roll, and Ozzy remains that."]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heroin-had-decimated-my-friends-duff-mckagan-opens-up-on-his-time-in-seattle-scene-amp-why-he-had-to-leave-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heroin-had-decimated-my-friends-duff-mckagan-opens-up-on-his-time-in-seattle-scene-amp-why-he-had-to-leave-it Music News: "That record made me realize I had to leave Seattle."]]> Mon, 20 Jan 2025 23:15:38 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_says_ai_threat_doesnt_apply_to_rock_bands_like_gnr_i_dont_see_it_at_all.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_says_ai_threat_doesnt_apply_to_rock_bands_like_gnr_i_dont_see_it_at_all.html Music News: "There's nothing better than sitting down and writing a song on an acoustic guitar. There'll never be anything better than that."]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:11:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_opens_up_on_punk_rock_guilt_he_felt_after_gnr_made_it_big_thats_an_actual_thing.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_opens_up_on_punk_rock_guilt_he_felt_after_gnr_made_it_big_thats_an_actual_thing.html Music News: "It took me many years to learn how to 'deal with it.' The popularity and all that stuff."]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:17:30 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_duff_mckagan_shares_opinion_on_grunge_they_were_not_trying_to_write_pop_radio_songs.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_duff_mckagan_shares_opinion_on_grunge_they_were_not_trying_to_write_pop_radio_songs.html Music News: "They're not trying to write pop radio songs; I loved those kinds of bands."]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:57:15 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we_didnt_want_somebody_touching_a_note_duff_mckagan_speaks_on_recording_appetite_for_destruction.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we_didnt_want_somebody_touching_a_note_duff_mckagan_speaks_on_recording_appetite_for_destruction.html Music News: "We wanted it to sound like we sound in our little rehearsal, because it sounded *** great."]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:38:19 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_duff_mckagan_opens_up_about_sobering_near-death_experience_i_wanted_the_doctors_to_kill_me.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_duff_mckagan_opens_up_about_sobering_near-death_experience_i_wanted_the_doctors_to_kill_me.html Music News: "On the second day, they were gonna do surgery - and I wanted them to kill me, because I couldn't take the pain."]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:06:06 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_bassist_duff_mckagan_speaks_on_his_relationship_with_fender_talks_what_made_him_use_chorus_pedal__no_other_effect.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/guns_n_roses_bassist_duff_mckagan_speaks_on_his_relationship_with_fender_talks_what_made_him_use_chorus_pedal__no_other_effect.html Music News: Duff also reflects on amazing Christmas gift he got from Slash.]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:20:50 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_presenting_lemmy_his_super-hot_wife_in_super-revealing_dress_you_have_to_pay_respects_to_the_godfather.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_presenting_lemmy_his_super-hot_wife_in_super-revealing_dress_you_have_to_pay_respects_to_the_godfather.html Music News: "He was the only guy who got to see her in full," the bassist said.]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:52:06 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_recalls_unexpected_reaction_he_got_first_time_he_met_slash_says_hardcore_ruined_a_lot_of_punk_scenes.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_recalls_unexpected_reaction_he_got_first_time_he_met_slash_says_hardcore_ruined_a_lot_of_punk_scenes.html Music News: "It was these suburban jock guys who shaved their heads and started beating up people and doing 'Sieg Heils,'" the bassist commented.]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:49:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_embarrassing_fight_between_sex_pistols_frontman__ramones_drummer_talks_what_he_didnt_like_about_queen_biopic.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_embarrassing_fight_between_sex_pistols_frontman__ramones_drummer_talks_what_he_didnt_like_about_queen_biopic.html Music News: The bassist also remembers his worst experience on drugs.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2020 07:57:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_i_think_a_lot_of_singers_dont_like_hearing_their_own_voice_me_included.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_i_think_a_lot_of_singers_dont_like_hearing_their_own_voice_me_included.html Music News: "It's not just singing," the musician says.]]> Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:17:58 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_1st_activism_memory_explains_what_made_him_record_new_solo_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_recalls_1st_activism_memory_explains_what_made_him_record_new_solo_album.html Music News: The bassist also recalls growing up during depression as the youngest of eight children.]]> Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:43:52 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_if_young_bass_player_asks_me_what_do_i_need_to_know_this_is_what_i_tell_them.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_if_young_bass_player_asks_me_what_do_i_need_to_know_this_is_what_i_tell_them.html Music News: "In Guns, we really discovered that on 'Appetite,' where Slash had his heavy guitar tones," the bassist said.]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:20:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_names_new_song_he_wrote_as_commentary__reaction_to_metoo_movement.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_names_new_song_he_wrote_as_commentary__reaction_to_metoo_movement.html Music News: "As the father of two girls, I felt the need to write this song," the GN'R bassist stated.]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:03:20 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_names_12_albums_that_changed_his_life.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_names_12_albums_that_changed_his_life.html Music News: "I left out Jimi Hendrix. I left out Marvin Gaye. I left out so much stuff. ***!"]]> Sat, 25 May 2019 08:27:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_shares_his_no_1_advice_for_bass_players.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_shares_his_no_1_advice_for_bass_players.html Music News: "It's not about how fast you can play or how rippin' you can slap a bass," the bassist said.]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 12:12:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_discusses_if_he_feels_underrated_as_bass_player.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_discusses_if_he_feels_underrated_as_bass_player.html Music News: "I didn't start off as a bass player," the Guns N' Roses bassist points out.]]> Sat, 04 May 2019 14:32:30 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_explains_what_inspired_him_to_write_new_solo_album_discusses_musical_direction.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_explains_what_inspired_him_to_write_new_solo_album_discusses_musical_direction.html Music News: The bassist talks how GN'R reunion tour and the current state of the world played a role in inspiring him to "use his voice."]]> Fri, 03 May 2019 12:25:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_explains_what_made_his_appetite_bass_special__how_fender_replicated_it_for_him.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_explains_what_made_his_appetite_bass_special__how_fender_replicated_it_for_him.html Music News: "I bought that first Jazz Special at Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard," the GN'R bassist says.]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:09:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_if_you_wanna_play_bass_so_you_can_show_yourself_off_you_got_the_wrong_instrument.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnrs_duff_mckagan_if_you_wanna_play_bass_so_you_can_show_yourself_off_you_got_the_wrong_instrument.html Music News: "When you assume you're the most interesting person in the room, you know you're always wrong," the GN'R bassist says.]]> Sun, 31 Mar 2019 10:54:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_opens_up_on_his_greatest_weakness_i_self-medicated_those_things_in_my_20s_with_a_ton_of_alcohol.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_opens_up_on_his_greatest_weakness_i_self-medicated_those_things_in_my_20s_with_a_ton_of_alcohol.html Music News: "And they kind of ruled my life," the GN'R bassist says.]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:57:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_says_new_solo_song_tenderness_is_good_representation_of_upcoming_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_says_new_solo_song_tenderness_is_good_representation_of_upcoming_album.html Music News: "The record, it's kind of like that overall," the bassist says.]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:32:55 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/gnrs_duff_mckagan_is_finalizing_1st_solo_album_in_26_years_will_release_it_in_2019.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/gnrs_duff_mckagan_is_finalizing_1st_solo_album_in_26_years_will_release_it_in_2019.html New Releases: "I do this for my daughters... I do this for my love of where I grew up," the bassist stated.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:40:08 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_music_was_never_about_money_for_me_i_just_wanted_to_make_a_difference.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_music_was_never_about_money_for_me_i_just_wanted_to_make_a_difference.html Music News: "I borrowed money from [my bass tech] McBob to get a sandwich," the GN'R bassist says.]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:23:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/duff_mckagan_reflects_on_chris_cornells_suicide_and_shares_own_stories_of_depression.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/duff_mckagan_reflects_on_chris_cornells_suicide_and_shares_own_stories_of_depression.html Community Feed: "I have panic attacks here and there, like in the weirdest places ever, and I've learned to deal with them."]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:47:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_miley_cyrus_has_been_a_good_influence_on_girls_she_grew_into_a_strong_woman.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_miley_cyrus_has_been_a_good_influence_on_girls_she_grew_into_a_strong_woman.html Music News: Former Guns N' Roses bassist praises the young pop star.]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 23:15:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_shares_his_top_touring_tips.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_shares_his_top_touring_tips.html Music News: Former GNR man says toilet manners and local knowledge are key to inter-band harmony on the road.]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:49:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_im_too_old_to_comment_on_the_current_state_of_rock.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/duff_mckagan_im_too_old_to_comment_on_the_current_state_of_rock.html Music News: Bassist also talks enduring legacy of Guns N' Roses.]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 12:10:47 -0400