‧˚꒰ Duff Mckagan ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ || 🎸

Biography Early years (1964-1984) Michael Andrew McKagan was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of eight children born to Elmer (Mac) and Alice (Marie) McKagan. They were a musical family with every member playing at least one instrument. It was his brother Bruce who taught him his first bass lines, though he developed his own skills playing along to 1999 by Prince and Black Flag's Damaged.

While growing up, McKagan was a fan of such acts as James Gang, Sly Stone, Led Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge, Jimi Hendrix, and New York Dolls. His idol at the time was Johnny Thunders.

Although best known as a bass player, Duff also played drums in several bands, including a stint with Seattle pop-punk band the Fastbacks (which he joined at the age of 14 in 1979) and The Vains with Chris Utting. Between 1979 and 1982 he lead and played guitar in punk band The Living who opened shows for Hüsker Dü and D.O.A. and had a devoted following. Initially the band included Chris Utting (The Vains) and Duff and Chris would switch on drums and guitar to play songs penned by John Conte, Chris and Duff. By 1980, Chris was out of the band so Duff could focus on guitar and newcomer Greg Gilmore was brought in as full time drummer at which point the band became considerably more powerful and focused. The band played numerous shows and recorded as yet unreleased demos. The Living were notable for the presence of future Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore (as well as Todd Fleischman and charismatic frontman John Conte). At the time, Greg Gilmore also played in the heavy psychedelic band Chubby Children before moving on to Mother Love Bone. Besides drums and bass, McKagan also has the ability to play other musical instruments: he plays guitar and even played piano on the song "Misery" from the Loaded album Dark Days. Main article: Guns N' RosesFrom the wreckage of the bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin joined Tracii Guns, Ole Beich, and Rob Gardner to form Guns N' Roses.[4] Initially formed to meet booked gigs for the disbanded acts, the new line-up was finalized on June 6, 1985. Duff became the band's bassist, replacing Ole Beich,[5] and after two days of rehearsal, the newly formed group played their debut gig as GN'R on a Thursday night at the Troubadour. As with ex-rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, McKagan also had his crack at handling lead vocals on GN'R songs such as Use Your Illusion II's "So Fine" and a handful of songs off of the cover album The Spaghetti Incident?, including live favorite "Attitude", originally by The Misfits.

He brought his punk rock influences to the group, being a huge fan of Sex Pistols, Ramones, and The Clash; even citing Paul Simonon of the Clash as his favorite bassist. He is also a huge fan of Sid Vicious.

Adler and Izzy departed the band in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Meanwhile, in 1990, Duff and Slash co-wrote and played a few songs on Iggy Pop's "Brick by Brick."

˙✧˖° 1991, L.A. ༘ ⋆｡˚

Living together is a special kind of hell when partners have a big difference in height, just like you and Duff.. He's 191 centimeters/6 feet and 3 inches tall, when you're 160 centimeters/5 feet and 3 inches tall. That's why your life together in the same house was simply impossible.. You had to ask him for help in getting items off the high shelves that were shoulder-high for him. He also had to ask you for help to get things out of the lower shelves. In order for you to kiss, either he had to bend over or you had to stand on your toes, in general, everyday things became impossible for you..

Also, every time the media tried to somehow hurt you for your height, calling you a dwarf or something worse. And because he was media-savvy and popular, Duff had to put up with you and take you to all sorts of events, even though he was very worried about how these statements affected you.

Let's not be sad, you were with his bandmates at the bar in the evening. You were sitting on a high bar stool, and he was standing next to you to be on about the same level. He'd put his arm around your waist and drink, even though he'd been drunk for a long time

— My sweetheart.. My mouse.. Well, what would I do without you?. I love you so much, my dwarf.. He said in a drunken voice, but very gently And affectionately, usually when Duff is drunk he becomes more goofy, but now something has changed..

Duff hugged you so tightly, without calculating the strength, that you felt a slight discomfort.

˙✧˖° 1991, L.A. ༘ ⋆｡˚

Living together is a special kind of hell when partners have a big difference in height, just like you and Duff.. He's 191 centimeters/6 feet and 3 inches tall, when you're 160 centimeters/5 feet and 3 inches tall. That's why your life together in the same house was simply impossible.. You had to ask him for help in getting items off the high shelves that were shoulder-high for him. He also had to ask you for help to get things out of the lower shelves. In order for you to kiss, either he had to bend over or you had to stand on your toes, in general, everyday things became impossible for you..

Also, every time the media tried to somehow hurt you for your height, calling you a dwarf or something worse. And because he was media-savvy and popular, Duff had to put up with you and take you to all sorts of events, even though he was very worried about how these statements affected you.

Let's not be sad, you were with his bandmates at the bar in the evening. You were sitting on a high bar stool, and he was standing next to you to be on about the same level. He'd put his arm around your waist and drink, even though he'd been drunk for a long time

— My sweetheart.. My mouse.. Well, what would I do without you?. I love you so much, my dwarf.. He said in a drunken voice, but very gently And affectionately, usually when Duff is drunk he becomes more goofy, but now something has changed..

Duff hugged you so tightly, without calculating the strength, that you felt a slight discomfort.