Duff McKagan : Beautiful Disease

 Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan 

(born February 5, 1964) 

is an

American musician.

 He was the bassist

 of hard rock band 

Guns N' Roses

 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.

Stone Temple Pilots : Thank You

 Scott Richard Weiland

  (October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015)

 was an

 American singer 

and songwriter. 

He was best known 

as the

 lead vocalist 

of the rock band 

Stone Temple Pilots

from

 1989 to 2003 

and again from

 2008 to 2013, 

recording six albums 

with them.

 Weiland is also known

 for being the

 lead vocalist 

of the rock 

supergroup 

Velvet Revolver

 from 

2003 to 2008. 

He also released 

one album

 with

 rock supergroup

 Art of Anarchy

 in 2015, 

as well as four 

solo studio albums

 and

 several collaborations 

with other musicians

 throughout his career.

Weiland was noted for his

 flamboyant and chaotic 

onstage persona, 

his consistently 

changing appearance,

 and his versatile 

vocal style. 

He also 

became known

 for his use of a

 megaphone

 for a unique

 vocal effect

 during concerts.

 He sold over 

50 million albums 

with his 

various projects 

and collaborations.

Weiland's career 

was plagued by 

substance

 abuse issues,

 leading to various

 high-profile arrests 

and his firings from

 Velvet Revolver

 and 

Stone Temple Pilots. 

On December 3, 2015, 

at the age of 48, 

he was found dead

 on his tour bus in

 Bloomington, Minnesota, 

due to an 

accidental

 drug overdose.

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