DUFF MCKAGAN: 'There's No Excuse In The World For Being A Dick To Your Bandmates Or Your Crew'

April 21, 2011

Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly recently conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED). An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Entertainment Weekly: You played a surprise show in London with GUNS N ROSES last year. What was that like?

Duff: I was so jet-lagged. I was there on financial business. The cool thing about that was Axl [Rose] and I got to reconnect. We're grown-ups, you know. There's been a lot silliness. Lawyers and bullshit. You know, lawyers like to create a situation so that their jobs go on. And I know that. But it was just nice to reconnect. We had a nice dinner. That was much more important to me than actually getting up and playing. But it was fun playing with those guys. There are some really good players in that band.

Entertainment Weekly: And you were in JANE'S ADDICTION somewhat briefly last year.

Duff: Yeah. Well, I was never in it. I was just writing songs. I played a couple of gigs with them. We were making our record, so that's my focus and in no uncertain terms have I been unclear to any parties I played with that LOADED is my focus.

Entertainment Weekly: With all the bands you've now been a part of, do you have a certain outlook on the idiosyncracies of frontmen?

Duff: No.

Entertainment Weekly: Let me put it another way: You're a frontman, now. Is "Lead Singer Disease" contagious?

Duff: I do play with a guitar, so I'm still a full step away from being a singer with just a microphone. So I don't know what that's like. But there's no excuse for being an asshole. There's no excuse in the world for being a dick to your bandmates or your crew. I've seen some stuff. I've been playing for a long time and I still haven't found an excuse for being a fucking dick. I keep looking for it! No, being the lead singer in a band is just fine and dandy.

Read the entire interview from Entertainment Weekly.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).