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Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan
(born February 5, 1964)
is an
American musician.
He was the bassist
of hard rock band
for twelve years,
with whom he
achieved
worldwide success
in the late 1980s
and early 1990s.
McKagan
rejoined the band
in 2016,
following their
induction
into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Toward the end of his
first tenure with
Guns N' Roses,
McKagan released
the solo album
Believe in Me
(1993)
and formed
the short-lived
supergroup
Neurotic Outsiders.
Following his departure
from
Guns N' Roses
in 1997,
McKagan briefly
reunited with his
pre-success
Seattle punk band
10 Minute Warning,
before forming
the hard rock band
Loaded,
in which he performs
lead vocals
and rhythm guitar.
Between 2002 and 2008,
he played bass
in the supergroup
Velvet Revolver
with his former
Guns N' Roses
bandmates
Slash
and
Matt Sorum.
He briefly performed with
Alice in Chains in 2006,
with
Jane's Addiction
in 2010,
and with
the supergroup
Hollywood Vampires
in 2016.
He has also
collaborated
in several
short-lived projects
with fellow
Seattle-native musicians
Mike McCready
(primarily of Pearl Jam)
and Barrett Martin
(formerly of Screaming Trees),
including
Walking Papers
and
Levee Walkers.
In addition to
his musical career,
McKagan has
established himself
as a writer.
He has written
weekly columns on
a wide variety of topics for
SeattleWeekly.com,
Playboy.com,
and
ESPN.com.
Previously a
high school dropout,
he attended
Seattle University's
Albers School of Business
and Economics
in the early 2000s,
and
subsequently founded
the wealth
management firm
Meridian Rock.
Beautiful Disease
is an
unreleased
solo album
by
Guns N' Roses
bassist
which was slated
to be released
as his
second solo album
in 1999.
However,
it was shelved
after a merger between
McKagan's parent label
Polygram and Universal,
and McKagan
lost the rights
to release it.
Overview
The album was recorded
through 1998
in Duff McKagan's
home studio
with all the instruments
and vocals
on the album
provided by
McKagan himself,
with the addition of
guests like
Mike Bordin,
Michael Barragan,
Abe Laboriel Jr.
and
ex-Guns N' Roses
members
Slash
and
Izzy Stradlin.
Beautiful Disease
included new versions
of the songs
"Seattlehead"
and
"Mezz"
that were
previously featured on
releases of
Duff McKagan's
previous bands,
Neurotic Outsiders
and
10 Minute Warning
The album was supposed
to be released on
Duff McKagan's birthday
February 5, 1999.
The promotional campaign
for the album
was started by
Geffen Records
with promo copies
being distributed.
During the same time
a merger between
Polygram and Universal
occurred and
Geffen was merged with
A&M Records
into Interscope
and
McKagan's album
was among others
that was shelved.
Nevertheless,
McKagan went on tour
in support of the album
putting up a band
with
Dez Cadena
of Black Flag,
Taz Bentley
of
the Burden Brothers
and
Michael Barragan of
Plexi.
Mckagan came up
with the idea to
release a
live album
that would include
the unreleased material.
This resulted in
Loaded's Episode 1999:
Live live album
that featured
six songs from
Beautiful Disease:
"Seattlehead",
"Superman",
"Shinin' Down",
"Missing You",
"Then and Now"
and
"Mezz".
The songs
"Seattlehead",
"Superman",
and
"Then and Now"
were eventually
re-recorded
and released on
Loaded's
debut studio album
Dark Days.
In 2023,
McKagan's manager
managed to acquire
the rights and master tapes
to
Beautiful Disease,
leading to the inclusion of a
new mix of
"Hope"
(with newly recorded vocals)
on
McKagan's 2023 album
Lighthouse,
including the
original performances from
Slash and Abe Laboriel Jr.
Despite McKagan
now being in possession
of the original album again,
no mention has been made
of an
official release
of the
original record
TRACKLIST
Seattlehead
Whos to Blame
Superman
Song for Beverly
Put You Back
Shinin Down
Lonely Tonite [*]
Missing You
Hope
Holiday
Then and Now
Rain
Beautiful Disease
Raw Power [*]
Mezz
I Love You [*]
Believe in Me [*]
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