Duff McKagan

Duff McKagan (born February 5 1964) is an American musician and bassist who is best known for his eight-year tenure in the 1980s hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Duff's height is 6'2", his hair blonde and has hazel colored eyes.

Solo Years

After a half-hearted attempt at drug rehabilitation, he kick-started a solo career with 1993's "Believe in Me". GN'R officially called it quits in 1994. That same year, McKagan underwent emergency surgery on his pancreas. This forced him to give up drinking for good.

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1993 - 1994

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In the years that followed, McKagan sobered up his act, became a father and concentrated on his solo career. He recruited drummer Abe Laboriel, Michael Barragan and Izzy Stradlin to help him record Beautiful Disease, with a 1999 release on Geffen Records.

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Izzy Stradlin - Beautiful Disease - 1999

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In 1995 he collaborated with Slash in his solo project "Slash's Snakepit," co-writing a song called beggars and hanger's on, which he played live at the Palace during a Snakepit show in May of that year. He would go on to form "Neurotic Outsiders," a heavy-metal super-group consisting of GN'R drummer Matt Sorum, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and John Taylor of Duran Duran on bass. They played the L.A clubs circuit in the late 90's, and toured the U.S. in 1996. A self titled album was released in September 1996. After that he put together different bands, like Duff McKagan's "Black Dog," "10 Minute Warning," and "Loaded."

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1995 - Slash's Snakepit - Neurotic Outsiders - Matt Sorum - Sex Pistols - Duran Duran - U.S. - 1996

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Duff also tried it as an actor in 1997. He had a part in the TV serial Sliders, which aired in May of that year, as a dead rocker vampire.

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1997 - Sliders

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On August 27, 1997, he had his first child, Grace, with Susan Holmes, they married on August 28, 1999 and on July 16, 2000 they had their second child, another girl, Mae Marie.

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August 27 - 1997 - August 28 - 1999 - July 16 - 2000

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Duff was living between Los Angeles and Seattle from 1994 to 1999, because his mother was battling Parkinson's disease and he felt he had to be with her. His mom died in early April 1999 and since then, he lives in Seattle.

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1994 - 1999 - Parkinson's disease

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He put together another band called "Mad for racket" or also known as "The Racketeers" in 2000, and they played in London in December 2000. Duff did not play on that show. In 2001, he reunited with Loaded for the club circuit in Seattle. He also ran a marathon in 2001 with bib number "11468."

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2000 - London - 2001

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In August 2001, Loaded toured Japan. Duff also toured Japan with Izzy Stradlin to support Izzy's new album "River."

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2001 - Japan - Izzy Stradlin

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