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Duff Mckagan promises different Guns N Roses story

By | Published on Tuesday 26 April 2011

Duff McKagan

Former Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan has said that his forthcoming autobiography will not cover the same ground as those of other GNR alumi Slash and drummer Steven Adler. Though Mckagan hasn’t read Adler’s book, ‘My Appetite For Destruction’, so he can’t be 100% sure.

McKagan told Billboard: “Mine’s not really a Guns N Roses book, where I think Slash’s really was… and I haven’t read [Adler’s]. I’m not saying one’s better than the other. This is just my story. It’s really my demise into addiction and stuff, and then my way out and my journey into things. My Guns N Roses story is my Guns N Roses story. My Velvet Revolver story is my Velvet Revolver story. It’s my rock story, from my distinct viewpoint”.

He added that although it’s a very personal account, he’s not dishing all the dirt either: “It was pretty gut-wrenching to write some of this stuff, just because I hadn’t faced any of it until I had to write. I didn’t fuck around, but I didn’t throw anybody under the bus, either. There’s some things you just don’t break confidences on, even if you’re warring with someone”.

The book is due to be published in October.



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