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DUFF MCKAGAN Interviewed By Chicago's Q101.1 FM; Video Available

February 10, 2009

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER/LOADED bassist Duff McKagan spoke with Ryan Manno of Chicago's Q101.1 FM from the Staples Center in Los Angeles ahead of this past Sunday's (February 8) Grammy Awards. Watch the six-minute chat below.

The first two installments of Duff McKagan's new financial column at Playboy.com, dubbed "Appetite for Investment", have been posted online:

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McKagan announced his new gig on "Reverb", his weekly column at SeattleWeekly.com, writing in part, "Over the last few years, I have been doing more and more TV and print interviews regarding some faction of finance. It started in 2004 when a writer for some music newspaper asked me about my experience going to business school after my career with GN'R. That interview in turn prodded other writers to ask me about money issues within the music biz. From there, PBS's 'Frontline' interviewed me about the 'valuation of a rock band'and the cork was officially off the top of the bottle as far as me being an ersatz 'go-to'guy for anyone looking for financial insight from inside the music industry."

McKagan added, "Sometimes I DO wish more artists would go to business school just so I wouldn't always be getting the calls to do these interviews."

His "Reverb" column, which will continue, can be read every Thursday at blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb.

McKagan began his interest in finance after investing his royalties from GUNS N' ROSES in stocks such as Microsoft and Starbucks, which ended up becoming extremely profitable for him. He then set out to further his education, returning to school in the late '90s and eventually graduating from Seattle University with a degree in finance.

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