DUFF MCKAGAN 'Offically' Retracts Statement About AXL ROSE's Non-Contributions To GUNS N' ROSES

November 10, 2004

Former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan (currently in VELVET REVOLVER) has "officially" retracted a statement attributed to him in a Lousiana newspaper which quoted him as saying that GN'R frontman Axl Rose never wrote any of the music for the band.

In an interview with The Times-Picayune published last month, McKagan was quoted as saying that Rose was not the sole creative force behind GUNS N' ROSES.

"Axl made it an Axl thing, but it really wasn't," McKagan allegedly said. "He never wrote any of the music. That was part of the reason it broke up, because we'd play shows and he'd say, 'Here's a song I wrote about . . .' and it would be a song he had nothing to do with."

In a posting to VelvetRevolverForum.com dated Nov. 8, McKagan wrote, "To all concerned: I will now officially retract a statement made in an interview for the VoodooFest in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago. To paraphrase, I was quoted as saying that Axl wrote none of the music for GUNS N' ROSES (supposedly in the time that I was in the band). This was an ABSOLUTE misquote and I do believe that my past record in doing interviews period, would show me saying something like this as a serious deviation from my normal responses to 'GUNS' quetions. Axl, and all 'GUNS' fans, I wholeheartedly apologize and am quite embarassed by this whole episode. I have always looked at the 'glass as half full' when it comes to the amazing things we accomplished, and the amazing songs we wrote as a group. 'My World' is still one of my favorite songs!!!"

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