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The Making of a Rhythm Section

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday (unless it's Thanksgiving) on Reverb. Check back on Monday when he writes about what's playing on his iPod.​Last weekend, I played a benefit show in L.A. to raise money for teenage runaways in Hollywood. LAYN (Los Angeles Youth Network) is a nonprofit ... More >>

Guns, Gigs, and L.A.

In the second of a three-part series, Duff leaves drug-infested Seattle for the cleaner waters of Hollywood.

Rio Fame

In this series’ final installment, Duff explains what it’s really like to play in the biggest band in the world.

10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started a Band

Duff McKagan, right, is the former bassist for Guns N' Roses. His column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​First, I must say that there is really nothing that I would or could change about my story thus far in the context o ... More >>

Career Advice From a Man Who's Been There

Ten things I wish I'd known when I started a band.

The 10 Things On My List: Thanks, Requests, and Christmas Wishes

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.​Yes, last week was pretty damn interesting if you were me. At long last, I had surgery to repair my torn and damaged sinuses left non-functional after a long-ago bout with the cocaine. From sometime in 1989 until about November 1993, I snort ... More >>

Guns Was Born On a Trip to Seattle

An exclusive excerpt from the Guns N’ Roses bassist’s memoir, It’s So Easy.

Duff McKagan: I Was Born in Seattle. Guns N' Roses Became a Band on a Tour Back Home

Greg FreemanDuff McKagan, center, was the founding bassist in Guns N' Roses, and is a weekly columnist for Reverb.​The following is an excerpt from Duff McKagan's memoir, It's So Easy: And Other Lies, out now via Simon & Schuster. McKagan reads at the University Bookstore at 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. ... More >>

Duff McKagan Reunites with Guns N' Roses Friday Night at Key Arena

Matthew Lamb​Guns N' Roses Friday, Dec. 16 Key Arena Pretty much everything about Guns N' Roses has changed since that last time I saw them, which was in the early 1990s on a co-headlining tour with Metallica. Everything except Axl Rose, the one constant in the band's history, and the thing t ... More >>