Duff McKagan talks about Velvet Revolver and Chinese Democracy at NAMM 2009

[cliffthelightning]

Some dude is playing you shook me all night long in the background

[DeeDeeTwo]

Man, Duff's in shape... shows you what a bloated alcoholic he was in the early 90s till he got very, very sick. . But the Gunners had to live that way to make music that mattered.

[woosnext]

I love it how he doesn't know what a blog is... man, my childhood idols get old... I'm getting old... well, that's just life, ain't it?

[Finland45]

jajaj

[Gav671]

That guy interveiwing duff is an asshole

[novadrian]

@Gav671 Why say that? At least he asks about music. the band, the equipment..this is at a trade fair after all. Better than asking about how many drugs he's done or assuming, as interviewer's so often do, that because he's a musician he has anything significant to say about politics or philosophy.

[Gav671]

@novadrian It's my opinion mate...So hang me...

[MrTephama]

Slash had the great luck to play with an amazing guitarist like Izzy and to be around great songwriters. Slash was really good (under the drug influence).

But the heart was Izzy and Axl and then Duff!!!!

Slash sees Axl only has HIS singer and betrayed Axl and there he going to pay for...

Slash with Gn'R is for ever history.

[johnwaynejohnson]

matt sorum should be on drums he is better and not an attic

[sticklebrickz]

AC/DC You shook me in the background <3

[kernelflack]

the AFD line-up was just 5 cool musicians, but solo they're just 5 average musicians

[pece33]

The drugs that he had over the years is taking the toll slowly.

[rexkommher1]

he sounds like ozzy

[katkal3]

why dont they get sebastian bach?

[danimal97520]

@katkal3 Aside from Bach being Axl's lapdog? Bach is apparently a complete pain in the ass. That's why Skid Row booted him to begin with and that's why VR turned him down when he auditioned years ago, prior to them getting Scott.

[Anarik07]

@electroclassic

There' s one simple reason for Duff wearing sunglasses at night:

The Sun never sets on a badass.

[vancosper]

@Anarik07 or maybe becuz of the bright lights.

[GunsNRosesSongs]

duff is so cool

[mitchtickler]

This interviewer dosen't know what the Microphone is for... ha ha

[electroclassic]

sunglasses at night.....

[FlumsClums]

Duff is damn sexy for his age.

[Ayrifik]

why dont he sings for Velvet, which he does in Loaded. He's like an all rounder musician.. Slash is one of the best guitarists, but Duff way more better, cus he can sing, he plays Bass and he play Guitar too. My point is, Duff should be Velvet singer

[slash3492]

duff & axl reunite in london! /watch?v=oCwmralOA1w

[SaxoRocks]

He looks kinda like Mike Dirnt in some angles :)

[heroboy22]

You shook me all night long!

[TheTyrants1]

lol when he talks about chinese democracy you know he's making it up...badly :P dont get me wrong though i love duff, more than "the axl rose experience"

[Keezzie]

duff rocks!

[stingray614]

it is so obvious he does not like Chinese Democracy. just look at his face and listen to his tone xD

pure insincerity xDD hahahahahahaha!!

[stingray614]

i did not know which to choose. DR strings or RotoSound. but since Duff plays RotoSound, i'm gonna try them. i'm gonna get them this weekend :D

[nuggz503]

Axel's a douche!!

[DrFloka]

@nuggz503

Axl ROCKS!

[rekkapower]

over a year later VR is still MIA

[MrJohnomeara]

very careful with his ps and qs about axl and chinese democracy

[sopostelnik]

Damned, Joe Bossa, couldn't you get Duff another microphone so we could actually hear what Duff says... ((

[RoxyLepRocker]

I don't know what to write,just want to say that Duff still is awesome!!!I'll love him 4ever<3

KEEP ON ROCKING!!!!!!

[fixxxer602]

I smoked weed with Duff.. good times brother

[Ryntaki]

He just turned 46 yesterday, and he's STILL gorgeous!!! Happy belated birthday, Duff!!!

[7XHellRaiserX7]

at like 2:50 and around ther sum1 is playin you shook me all night long by AC/DC

[letitrollscott]

i herd it well spotted

[BallaBabyPL]

I love how he always uses "you know". It still gives the rock.

[charangostyle]

traducilo la concha de tu madre

[MrArneandre]

Duffs hair is better now... in all the old interviews he really looks like shit (no offense)...

[rononandon]

you have offended me!

[metallhedz]

omg i see jager on the table!!!!!!! how come every rocker drinks jager? haha i love jager... never tried a jager bomb tho.

[letitrollscott]

jagerbombs just taste like red bull they r allright not the best the best is jack n diet coke duff also hasnt ad a drink in about 20 years he nearly died with the drink

[Jordo1900]

its weird my 2 fav basses have the same names micheal 'duff' mckagan & micheal 'flea' balzary they both influenced me to play bass

[rockandroll4life1]

Duff looked beta with his long blonde hair.

[growguyuk]

has duff started drinking again? certainly seems high one way or the other

[varietystore]

He's probably just getting fed up with the guitars jamming while he's trying to talk.

[ADPFUCKER]

What strings ?

[double91trouble]

haha this was like 9 months ago. I still can't wait to hear the new singer.

[BassGuitarGirl4]

So true. You can go crazy in Guitar Center after about 10 minutes when people are showing off like that :P

[rexspe]

Absolutely!!! Those "everyone look at me" licks.

[Slashedvelvet87]

he has cool tats

[hhdzsergio]

said what??

[MariKaz2000]

Is he high? lol

[gradcore]

nope

[hangantalkhan123]

rekmanipun sae, lho!

[duffmckaganmylove]

duff is still sexxy! ♥

[09debono09]

2:25 you shook me all night long

[MrKomin1]

i saw duff sing why dosent he sing and play bass

[gradcore]

He wrote before that in his album "Loaded" he tried playing bass and singing but he can't and he doesn't know how sting can do it, so he plays his six-string and sings instead.

[Jordo1900]

playing bass and singing is eazy i dont but i can

[rayoldify]

check ot this vid guy

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[Lorenaudition]

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[patchmissy]

Duff is still sexy and so is slash

[mikenjamie7683]

I agree that he sounds sober and really shouldn't be drinking anymore, but I wonder why there's an almost empty bottle of Jagermeister sitting on the table beside him. Interesting, at the very least...

[easydp]

backstage there's gonna a whole pile of people and a whole pile leaving their drinks and cans around. i'd say 99percent sure its not his. But i really dont care this much hahaha. what's his new band like btw?

[shazieACDC]

he should totaly grow his hair long again n blow dry it with hairspray again (he would look hot again)

[gwillo1]

He used Trace Elliot amps with G&R

[gwillo1]

Duff used Trace Elliot amps with G& R

[ObeseK1tten]

Gallien Kreugers actually...

[neverscrub12]

why doesnt duff just sing for velvet revolver

[RustenKokus]

gee, what an amateur that interviewer is :S . Can't even hold the damn microphone right...

[Tonysgirl59]

Wow. His hair looks so cool! I love it!

[miyuris]

you can here AC/DC's You shook me all night long in background

[doglovermw]

soz i accidently put dislike instead of like

[miyuris]

it's ok man

[jloganmc]

where would i get one of these BEHIND THE PLAYER DVDS?

[VisionsOfEden]

Drunk and honest, he rocks.

[easydp]

he's hardly drunk- he cant drink ever again.

[DuffMcKaganIMV]

Has anyone else checked out Duff's new BEHIND THE PLAYER dvd its SICK!!!

[MrsDuffyMcKagan]

Es TAN lindo...

[underhuset]

<Hmmm how about axl rose as the new singer???

[aR3tardedtiger]

i honestly don't think it'll ever happen. Axl and Slash just can't get along, and you can't have the original GNR without both....it sucks, but it's true

[Spritanium]

We can dream.

[balucious]

Duff is awesome, he's a true human being...

[Apetite4Destruction]

And the whole blog thing... I think the interviewer actually realised how stupid he sounded to Duff when he said Duff had a blog in a newspaper and then went on to explain that blog was short for WEB- log. hah.

[Apetite4Destruction]

Duff's hair looks great either way, I think.

And my God, that interviewer... holy crap. Could he care less about what Duff had to say?! He asked him who was gonna be frontman for VR and Duff shook it off, talked for a few minutes about other stuff and then the ignorant jerk acts like he couldn't care less about what he just said by asking for the initials....

It's like he was just there for the gossip, nothing more -_-

No wonder Duff seemed a bit bored.

[YouCouldBeMine89]

he rocks. i love him

[mydadisbald1966]

is that acdc's shock me all night long in the back ground at 02:26 ? anyway duff is a legend

[TH3N1NJAMAN]

yep that's it

[b0nsc0ttr0ck]

yep :D An instrumental version of it

[mpturcotte]

learn how to use a mic when during an interview.

[donbanania]

> = better than

izzy stradlin > gilby clarke > dave kushner

[anthemofthedark]

that reporter was bad he wasn't speaking into the mike... but other than that GO DUFF! i love ya.

[kucserkas]

hey listen who ever said or wrote that Duff looks like he is fucked up u better take youre words back !!! My name is Attila and iam Duffs trainer for a few years now he is clean over 13 years he is just super active and when he trains with me or with the Jett he traines till he throw up almost and when you see him doing an intervew he is just tired and and probably hungry !!!

[ak2689]

your full of shit

[fuckshit180]

axl has said befor he doesn't mind duff cause they are still friends and he would do a reunion with him it must just be him and slash that is stopping a guns and roses reunion but oh well

[kblp]

Well i dont think Slash is stopping a Guns N Roses Reunion. Axl just doesnt want to work with Slash, and now when axl has said sh`it about Steven Adler also, even steven doesnt want to work with axl. Axl only likes Izzy and Duff. If Axl is good to slash, well then slash wont mind to be back together.

[sammeh32]

Slash wants to get back to gether

[Vorail]

No, Slash has said that he doesn't. Whenever he has it was just for publicity.

[Vorail]

Slash doesn't want to work with Axl, which is why he left a long time ago. They are just two COMPLETELY different people, and they will never give in the other is right. Can't blame them. It happens every day.

And all Axl said about Steven is that his mom in a nightmare, and Steven's lawyer (Because steven didn't have power over himself for a long time because of drugs) is an 'ambulance chaser.' (as most lawyers are). And Axl also said that he wishes adler the best & hopes he can fix himself.

[venger1994]

they said there might be a reunion with the originals members and that are the first guy guys of GNR 1995 or something

axl rose,izzy,steven,tracii guns (he was before slash ) and ole beich (he was before duff)

[kblp]

Dude its nothing like that, New Guns N Roses Already got a new guitarist named DJ Ashba for the upcoming tour, so man there r no chances of a Reunion, But If There is a Reunion(IF AXL WANTS) then it should be with Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven. NOT MATT or GIBLY

[notnick911]

agreed maybe someone on keyboard just so they could play all of their songs

[evlbzltyr]

I doubt that Steven would want to meet up with the others after they unanimously kicked him out...

[kblp]

But well Steven doesnt mind to get back together, He is the only member with Izzy who is in a favour of a Reunion. Axl has talked lots of shit about Slash and Steven, But still steven wants to get backtogether. Duff also doesnt mind. But as u know Slash and Axl r enemies now.

[TheGlow101]

Well...You should read Steven's recent interviews. He's almost begging for a reunion...So much so that he sounds a bit pathetic, saying that Matt was never part of GnR etc...

[zakkwyldezv]

Gibly :P

[NolVVexen]

i agree. Matt was good for what he did with guns, But steven was an original you can't beat that.

[kblp]

Yeah Matt is an awesome drummer but steven had a different style of drumming which is just awesome. The Drums on Apetite For Destruction r just amazing man

[SidVicious10101]

Uhh, dude, Ole is dead and the original drummer is Rob Gardener.

[wowukhunter]

ole beich is dead as well R.I.P

[JokerJay098]

Izzy and Steven are the ones that want the old band back together. It's best for all of them. Velvet revolver isn't going any where and i don't think duff's band is going anywhere either. And the new guns seems more like Axl's solo project with some really good musicians. A GNR reunion is the best for all 5 of them and the fans.

[RobinIvarsson]

A GNR Reunion is just a common wish all we "old-GnR" fans have. Allthough it will never happen. Axl is too much of an asshole and he's the reason everyone left GnR in the first place. If anything will happen it's Velvet Revolver, at least thats my opinion.

[RobinIvarsson]

Izzy left GnR, I guess mainly because GnR was getting out of hand and getting to big for his taste. Sure it would be great if the "Appetite-line up" of Guns reunited but if that was the case I think they would do it just to please the crowd and not for themselves. Besides, Axl's vioce is not as good as it jused to. :/

Btw: Im just charing my opinion and im not looking the start an argument or something with anyone. Im a nice dude so don't start hate-in on ma ass;)

[PRIESTWORLD]

@JokerJay098 AMEN

[wavular]

@JokerJay098 keep dreamin'

[GrasshopperTW]

@JokerJay098

Izzy doesn't want a reunion, he left the band because it got to crazy.

[Dead2Animations]

@JokerJay098 thats what I say a lot, but what would happen to Matt Sorum? he was in the band longer then steven was

[CMSpida]

@JokerJay098 Velvet Revolver worked. Slash's solo album has done really well. Duff is Huge in Asia (i mean selling out stadiums) the only person who needs the money is Axl because he spent $15 million on making the piece of shit that is chinese democracy. Izzy and Steven need the money because they left GNR before they reached they're peak.

[XxPrIceLeSS]

@JokerJay098 Do you have at least slight idea of what was going on in Gn'R from 1994 to 1996?? If you had you wouldn't even think that the reunion is possible. Axl turned out to be a fn idiot and I don't belive that Slash will ever want to work with him again at least until Axl apologizes to him, which we know will never happen. And do you seriously think that after so many years of not talking to each other and hating each other they would be able to create something as great again?

[chinmullet420]

@JokerJay098 i'd love a gnr reunion, but i love the new gnr, but just to be clear about something, izzy ISNT and HAS NEVER pushed for a reunion! He left on his own accord way before the band started falling apart. In fact he had an open invitation to come back but doesnt want to. He doesnt want the fame. He's been consistantly putting out music on itunes, and has NO desire to rejoin guns. Steven is pushing for it for sure, but thats understandable.

[Tsubasaki25]

why did he CUT HIS HAIR ????!!!

[ErwinS]

Maybe he likes it better this way :P

[XDskilllettuce]

i think he looks badass!

so what if he cut his hair XP

[l0rdmuff]

hehehe maybe duffs wife ordered him to do it, still looks good with short hair though dosent he??

[XDskilllettuce]

yes he really does X)

[sebaXcore06]

someone could tell me what say in spanish please or english for translate

[alelovesmickey]

thanks =)

[alelovesmickey]

whats the song playing in the bckgrnd at 2:35?

[Dudder]

dude, it's Shook Me All Night Long. I think the pre-chorus

[lstn74]

velvet revolver is finished without scott weiland.

[RickySwindle]

Whatever.

[natesot]

and man duff looks fucked up!

[JokerJay098]

lol In the illusion tours duff looked fucked up with is face all fat. But now he looks healthy. And it also seems to me that duff and the other old members of GNR don't really like to talk about axl or chinese democracy and I think that's sad.

[kickapoondn]

slahs said he liked chinese democracy before. i cant remember where i read that. but he did.

[NolVVexen]

it is sad how they can't talk about there past even though it was a great time musically for them.

[HighLifetage]

what? scott wasn't a good singer for the band. In that band lots of preformers can sing due to the songs slash and duff wrote

[linkdrakness]

i no his phone number!!!

[HighLifetage]

wtf

[jimmypage1stfan]

whos shredding in the background

[SlashDuffMattDave]

Rumours on new guitarist VR! Does Dave really break up with the band.. Rumours are going that Dave will be replaced after a fight with VR..?? Does anybody knowing the rumours are true?? What was the fight all about, New singer, Scott, who will replace him..

[nemakur]

I really wanna know did Velvet Revolver found a singer?

[jimmyshoeshine55]

I heard Little Richard could be the new singer,,,don't know if it's true thou?

[LegoBen]

no.

[manuany]

i love you duff mckagan...

[SweetGunKiss]

I HATE THAT HE CUT HES HAIR AGAIN x(

[gnrfreak619]

same here

[JLKJRCrOCKS]

it looks so much better longer

[V19torrent]

his blog is "fabulous", he says. it made me lol.

[LightningBolt11694]

I think Duff should be the new singer for VR xP So Fine is a great Guns song.

[V19torrent]

yeah he's cool. but, then they'd be in a cloudy spot with Loaded, seeing as he sings for them

[Karro90]

Agreed!! So Fine and You can't put your arms around a memory is amazing songs! Lovce both of them..

[kashmir1977]

ok... duff is back on the sauce. he covered up his gnr tat on his left bicep.

velvet revolver is going way south... Chinese democracy sucked...

one thing left to do... reunite GNR!

... babble is cool..

[afrochick1980]

Duff looks HOT!!!

[tncl85]

Why the fuck did he cut his hair?!?! Ugh!

[rocketqueen1491]

i really hope eric dover is in that top 3 potential lead singers from VR coz he was sooooooooooooooooooooo good in snakepit and his voice really really suits VR's style =D

[djhawkster]

Eric Dover FTW!!

[kardaichan]

DUFF, the best!

[Goldensb29]

you shook me all night long at 2:30 and solo at 2:40

[moreblack]

sounds like Steve Vai jamming in the background

[Theintimidatorjl]

He seems drunk or something.

[tncl85]

Well, there is a bottle of Jagermeister on the table, lol.

Maybe Duff has a little taste now and then...