Micheal Andrew McKagan (Duff)

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Duff McKagan was born February 5th 1964. He was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of eight children. He describes his home city as "a rowdy rock 'n' roll town with a hip underground".

Back when Duff was just a brown-haired kid who couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to play electric guitar or bass or drums, the Seattle music scene was thriving. Duff went through 31 different bands when he lived in Seattle.

Nineteen-year-old Duff McKagan, who'd earned his living as a musician for the past four years, found himself [in Los Angeles] starting from scratch. He didn't know a soul in town, except for a brother who lived out in the San Fernando Valley, but he was thrilled nonetheless: "It was good learning experience for me in a lot of ways, to move to a big city and not know anybody. It was an exciting feeling, just coming here not knowing what the next day was going to involve."

Before Guns N' Roses became Guns N' Roses, they (Duff, Slash, and Steve) played together in L.A. GUNS. After a while, W.Axl Rose left his band ´Hollywood Rose´ for L.A. GUNS. This created some problems because in the meantime, Izzy (who played in the same band as Axl) had booked a gig for Hollywood Rose. So Guns N' Roses was born. The new line-up was finalized on June 6th, 1985. Duff became the band's bassist, and after two days of rehearsal Duff & Co. played their debut gig with GN'R on a Thursday night at ´L.A.'s Troubadour.

Duff has, just like Slash and Gilby, made a solo career, and in 1993 he released the album "Believe in Me." Amongst others, he has also been recording together with Iggy Pop and former bandmate Gilby Clarke (on the album Pawnshop Guitars).