DUFF MCKAGAN's 'It's So Easy' Lands On NEW YORK TIMES Best Sellers List

October 17, 2011

"It's So Easy (And Other Lies)", the new book from Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED),landed at position No. 17 on the New York Times "Hardcover Nonfiction" best sellers list.

"It's So Easy (And Other Lies)" arrived on October 4 via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside),a division of Simon & Schuster. The first 80 pages of the book can be read at this location.

In this raw, utterly candid memoir, McKagan, the rock legend and founding member of rock supergroups GUNS N ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER, shares his story of excess, angst, struggle and triumph. "It's So Easy" details Duff's rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety, and his success as a savvy business investor and loving husband and father.

In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff one of rock's smartest and most articulate personalities takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side.

Duff's VELVET REVOLVER/GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Slash has published his own book, as has ex-GUNS drummer Steven Adler, who released his life story, "My Appetite For Destruction: Sex And Drugs And Guns N' Roses", in July 2010.

Rock Book Show recently conducted an interview with McKagan about his book. You can watch the chat below.

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