Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recalls meeting his ‘lighthouse’ Susan Holmes McKagan 27 years ago: ‘I didn’t know if I could date a woman again’

Lyndsey Parker — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:22:09 +0000

The rocker opens up to me about sobriety, panic attacks, his new album and how he and his wife still “dig each other in every specific way you could imagine.”

Duff McKagan talks gun control, misunderstood ’80s lyrics, and new music

Lyndsey Parker — Fri, 10 May 2019 06:04:05 +0000

Some people might be surprised that the man who penned the infamous lyrics to the Appetite for Destruction track “It’s So Easy” would release a song inspired by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, or might find I ironic that a man who first came to fame in a band called Guns N’ Roses would write a protest song about gun control. But on his Shooter Jennings-produced solo album of sociopolitical commentary, Tenderness, Duff McKagan does just that. Here, the legendary rock bassist sits down with me for a frank and wide-ranging conversation.

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Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recalls meeting his ‘lighthouse’ Susan Holmes McKagan 27 years ago: ‘I didn’t know if I could date a woman again’

Duff McKagan talks gun control, misunderstood ’80s lyrics, and new music