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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.
