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Also known as Duff "Rose" McKagan, Michael Andrew McKagan

American rock musician

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  • Building Strength and Muscle After 50
  • Prince and the Parade and Sign o the Times Era Studio Session
  • Rocking Fatherhood
  • How to be a man
  • Its So Easy and Other Lies

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1964-02-05
2008 universal fire victimhard rockrock

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Michael Andrew McKagan, better known as Duff 'Rose' McKagan, was born February 5 1964. He is an American musician and bassist, who is best known for his thirteen-year tenure in the 1980s hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is currently the bassist for the groups Velvet Revolver and Jane's Addiction as well as the guitarist and lead vocalist for his own group Loaded (also known as Duff McKagan's Loaded). Michael Andrew McKagan was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of eight children born to

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Key facts

Also known as
Duff "Rose" McKagan
Born
Michael Andrew McKagan , ( 1964-02-05 ) February 5, 1964 (age 62) , Seattle , Washington, U.S.
Genres
Hard rock , punk rock , heavy metal , blues rock , glam metal , punk blues
Occupation
Musician
Instruments
Bass guitar vocals
Years active
1979–present
Member of
Guns N' Roses
Formerly of
Velvet Revolver Hollywood Vampires Neurotic Outsiders Loaded 10 Minute Warning The Fartz Fastbacks The Gentlemen Jane's Addiction Walking Papers The Living
Website
duffmckagan .com

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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