DUFF MCKAGAN Says He's Been Approached To Write A Memoir

Dean Goodman of Reuters recently conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Reuters: Do you still have it in you to start all over again with this band, hit the road in a van, play every small town for the next two years?

Duff: "I know I have it in me. It's a band I believe in. There's a grassroots movement behind this band. People have seen us. They get on the Internet, and they bring their friends to the next gig. That's cool to see."

Reuters: You've got a wife and kids and distractions. You're not 21 years-old anymore

Duff: "Yeah. But the wife and the kids, they come out on the road. I see it as an opportunity — summer, spring break. My daughters have grown up seeing the world. They consider themselves world citizens because they literally grew up going to Europe, going to Japan ... The payoff is that one gig you'll have — that one gig every 10 days or something — where everything is killer."

Reuters: Have you thought about writing a memoir like Slash did?

Duff: "I've been approached recently by different publishing houses to write a book ... If I wrote a book, '90 through '93, it's a grey area in my memory. It would open up something like, 'Here I sit in my living room. I just hit my 45th year. I remember my dad was 45. Some might have said I wouldn't have made it to this age. I've got kids underfoot.' And maybe flashback to 1994, when I was in the emergency room when my pancreas blew up. But it would have to be funny."

Read the entire interview from Reuters.