<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Duff-mckagan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/duff-mckagan Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:12:20 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/slash-gilby-clarke-rock-for-jennifer-show ErGwXaFBmYiSJNkXNcSr7R Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:12:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I quit playing music for two years. I was done. Then I got a call from Stone”: Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-followed-duff-mckagan-to-la-to-make-it-big B8qkDtZqxYzLAp8jNr6VNG Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:41:11 +0000 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:59:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To place Anthony within a tribute centered on Ozzy Osbourne was a grave miscalculation of his musical identity”: Grammy Awards criticized over Anthony Jackson’s inclusion in rock/metal In Memorium section ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/grammy-awards-criticized-over-anthony-jackson-tribute NvT7wkMJSAovQRn2tKW4ua Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:23:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Pino Palladino and yours truly here at the Grammys”: Marcus Miller and Pino Palladino share the stage alongside Lauryn Hill at the 2026 Grammy Awards ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/pino-palladino-marcus-miller-grammys mvdj59gCoYX7PCj5vwiWda Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:45:41 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:55:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/guitar-at-the-grammys-2026 fxdHNMtUcmmsqWshvf5NAb Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:23:54 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:58:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My bass got caught in my pants and ripped them down to my ankles”: 11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass-playing royalty ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/real-life-spinal-tap-bass-moments DZz9g8DHBYcPKP2GcKcSj4 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:47:13 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:33:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I remember when Led Zeppelin II came out and hearing The Lemon Song. That bass solo is one of my favorite bass parts ever”: Why The Lemon Song is John Paul Jones’ finest moment in Led Zeppelin ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/john-paul-jones-the-lemon-song rYX6Dy9fM2P2gsf2WmS5WV Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:25:00 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:15:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It all started with Ozzy. He and Sharon were the first ones to believe that I could make them a great rock album”: How super-producer Andrew Watt pivoted from Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes to The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-producer-andrew-watt-pivoted-from-justin-bieber-and-shawn-mendes-to-the-rolling-stones-ozzy-osbourne-and-iggy-pop U6pDJHWQE8Wanh3gqWGQLP Mon, 26 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:12:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A little thunder and lightning”: Slash dons a Gibson SG as Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to John Sykes with rampant cover of a Thin Lizzy classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/guns-n-roses-cover-thin-lizzy-in-japan VePNzUr73ZVy9MbWJypQoK Thu, 08 May 2025 09:30:02 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:21:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You wouldn't have thought that you would see those three guys together”: Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show will play host to a Tool, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/ozzy-osbourne-and-black-sabbath-final-show-tool-rage-against-the-machine-smashing-pumpkins-supergroup pKAkAmvT5eF2vweGumSKG6 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:55:29 +0000 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:53:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Soundgarden’s surviving members reunite for charity set – with the help of Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/soundgarden-surviving-members-perform-at-charity-show 7SR8utndkbQc9vUfmFjafe Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:47:49 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We hit the stage, and there’s Paul McCartney. He looks at me and he says, ‘Hey, Duff’. All I can think is, ‘Paul McCartney knows my name. How the hell did that happen?!’” Duff McKagan recalls his real-life Spinal Tap moment and meeting his heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/duff-mckagan-on-meeting-prince-and-paul-mccartney QLCr8ZYSH4vrRv3KeQB4zY Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:08:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:39:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was living in his mom’s basement because he’s like 18. And he starts playing guitar… and then he brings out his snake”: Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan on the moment he met Slash (and his plus one) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/duff-mckagan-meeting-slash Kw9MWwPm3QHrgGjUjYYfkg Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:40:45 +0000 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:25:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jerry fights for his leads. He fights his guitar, and by the end – by the time he gets the lead on – it’s like, ‘Wow man, that was a piece of work!’”: Duff McKagan says Jerry Cantrell’s solos do not come easily – and they involve a lot of swearing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/duff-mckagan-jerry-cantrell-fights-his-guitar-solo 3aSEPwLugpPo5wcDVGzq7J Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:01:29 +0000 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The substance issues and drama negatively impacted Velvet Revolver. But there was the ‘dangerous band’ element. That came across in a song like Slither”: Dave Kushner looks back on his guitar partnership with Slash – and writing the Sons of Anarchy theme ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-kushner-velvet-revolver-sons-of-anarchy Lw6qXdXmsenkhzFqVmGXEh Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:40:47 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:02:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sunshine of Your Love should be in the dictionary under the best-known bassline of all time”: Chris Squire on the five bass players that shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chris-squire-top-5-basslines xsoa87y4KyFBMYHUKTeFze Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:00:31 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:59:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was very influenced by Prince’s bass playing – he had a high-end to his sound, and I incorporated that into Appetite for Destruction”: Duff McKagan names 7 bassists who shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/duff-mckagan-7-bassists-who-shaped-my-sound AMKBtRnU8b2ap8ekyAfiQA Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:56:39 +0000 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:28:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It sounds like Lindsey Buckingham meets The Clash!” That time Duff McKagan played bass for the Manic Street Preachers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/duff-mckagan-played-bass-for-the-manic-street-preachers DX8QwGSVJWLr7sXuRycR6P Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:43:52 +0000 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:53:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Duff McKagan: “I discovered my acoustic guitar as a refuge during Covid. It lessens the panic attacks” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/duff-mckagan-this-is-the-song jKbK3ri99d7Fvu6kvQ6TVX Wed, 31 May 2023 10:26:30 +0000 Wed, 31 May 2023 10:49:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slash, Andrew Watt trade solos, channel their inner punk onstage with Iggy Pop in revved-up take on The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iggy-pop-slash-mckagan-i-wanna-be-your-dog WwsGGrQVsqGxZ9MiBdrXhN Mon, 01 May 2023 18:09:42 +0000 Mon, 01 May 2023 18:15:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/i-dont-buy-the-idea-that-the-bass-player-is-the-quiet-one-the-5-most-notorious-bass-guitarists-in-rock tECzJAuFwQKzGozCMcE8Xo Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:06:08 +0000 Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:40:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N' Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-beck-guns-n-roses-aerosmith-collaboration-1992 RaAmAovkUjFbC6K9bX7294 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:42:00 +0000 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:03:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/which-is-better-4-or-5-string-bass VtCRMsLNz47c2mtRBM6JGM Fri, 27 Jan 2023 13:08:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ian-hunter-defiance-part-1 3dPrJ7NBRNfrbkY8fvsjAe Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:47:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tal Wilkenfeld on Jeff Beck: “We’ve lost our favorite guitarist, and one of the most intelligent, intuitive people I’ve ever met” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tal-wilkenfeld-on-jeff-beck-weve-lost-our-favorite-guitarist-and-one-of-the-most-intelligent-intuitive-people-ive-ever-met nF277zHK3ZqpLLSGX42GnG Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:38:01 +0000 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:30:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recorded a bass classic with Sweet Child O’ Mine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/duff-mckagan-guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine EqwYQxiRwbUFjU6QBwKpp7 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:19:44 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:13:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Matt Sorum reunites with Slash and Duff McKagan on scorching Kings of Chaos single, Judgment Day ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/matt-sorum-slash-duff-mckagan-kings-of-chaos-judgment-day LdHHtaPJk8yvmLi4YDujRE Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:00:22 +0000 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:27:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joins Eddie Vedder onstage in Seattle for an energetic cover of The Pretenders' Precious ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eddie-vedder-duff-mckagan-pretenders-cover kZqVtyvRpGdU2rhMgt4KjJ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:12:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Slash cover Elton John, jam Guns 'N Roses with Duff McKagan on Conspirators tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/slash-conspirators-elton-mckagan-tour T3rG2dNXSfzvSV6eYusAZG Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:55:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N’ Roses announce new four-track EP, Hard Skool ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guns-n-roses-hard-skool-ep SZkVVLNw2bqzDPe3a9Ln8n Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:01:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jerry Cantrell recruits Duff McKagan, Greg Puciato and Gil Sharone for new solo single ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jerry-cantrell-solo-line-up J9cqt25yQVwjpGPc5TrpM5 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:12:50 +0000 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:17:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is Duff McKagan handling bass duties on Jerry Cantrell’s new solo album? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/duff-mckagan-jerry-cantrell-solo-album hoNLNhV2GHuJfW2gNaXcVS Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:54:08 +0000 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:55:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear a teenaged Duff McKagan rip it up on guitar with his early ‘80s punk band The Living ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/hear-a-teenaged-duff-mckagan-rip-it-up-on-guitar-with-his-early-80s-punk-band-the-living jU6eh97ZkgvswDkNpwx6aW Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:05:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nancy Wilson’s first-ever solo album to feature Eddie Van Halen tribute, Sammy Hagar and Duff McKagan guest spots ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/nancy-wilsons-first-ever-solo-album-to-feature-eddie-van-halen-tribute-sammy-hagar-and-duff-mckagan-guest-spots tpaEc7LzaxvZXeGCJiFRMn Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:02:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Richard Fortus dishes on the many guitarists who have passed through Guns N’ Roses’ ranks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/richard-fortus-dishes-on-the-many-guitarists-who-have-passed-through-guns-n-roses-ranks Ut8nWd4CCnVqRxuwXiQgMZ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:11:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Duff McKagan and Chad Smith discuss Andrew Watt's touch of genius on Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/duff-mckagan-and-chad-smith-discuss-andrew-watts-touch-of-genius-on-ozzy-osbournes-ordinary-man xZXs69x7dHfgTffL3DhTFf Thu, 21 May 2020 10:45:22 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2020 10:49:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andrew Watt: "I said, 'I can't tell Slash what to play,' and Ozzy said, 'F**king tell him what you want him to play! You're Andrew Watt!'" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andrew-watt-i-said-i-cant-tell-slash-what-to-play-and-ozzy-said-fking-tell-him-what-you-want-him-to-play-youre-andrew-watt pSKP2smNH9sGDfxa9YF4N4 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:42:50 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:44:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Duff McKagan Premieres New Track, "Don't Look Behind You" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/duff-mckagan-premieres-new-track-dont-look-behind-you B8z8QjDHqmCj7pYUUPNAfd Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:01:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender Debuts New Duff McKagan Deluxe Precision Bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/fender-debuts-new-duff-mckagan-deluxe-precision-bass PgUXJCszSk55D3gpsFpzf5 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:54:27 +0000 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:56:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Duff McKagan Premieres New Song, "Chip Away" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/duff-mckagan-premieres-new-song-chip-away PWF9n6Rc6rNo46mQsvqBcT Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:45:36 +0000 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:39:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to a New Solo Track From Duff McKagan, “Tenderness” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/listen-to-a-new-solo-track-from-duff-mckagan-tenderness dRfMToDecpcM94j85kCCRg Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:32:10 +0000 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:20:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Duff McKagan Join Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Onstage for "It's So Easy" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-duff-mckagan-join-slash-featuring-myles-kennedy-and-the-conspirators-onstage-for-its-so-easy 8BQuNSUqCEh8bhrN63ABVe Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:46:30 +0000 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:34:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Foo Fighters Play "It's So Easy" with Guns N' Roses ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-foo-fighters-play-its-so-easy-with-guns-n-roses GMUBNdGVtGue43YMQViMvU Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:58:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Guns N' Roses Play "Shadow of Your Love" For the First Time in 31 Years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-guns-n-roses-play-shadow-of-your-live-for-the-first-time-in-31-years doDyVDUmWUToZ2HMMXoDkB Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:26:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Guns N' Roses Perform Velvet Revolver's "Slither" Live in Berlin ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-guns-n-roses-perform-velvet-revolver-slither-live-in-berlin 8dn4MfMLGj4gNdZmWyZwfT Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:25:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Guns N' Roses' Previously Unreleased "It's So Easy" Music Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-guns-n-roses-previously-unreleased-its-so-easy-music-video zWGZrYm9pQBZ7s5nC7fPeL Thu, 31 May 2018 16:29:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N' Roses Announce Asian Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guns-n-roses-announce-asian-tour 63QurrDeXTjsExCC9NotZ4 Mon, 21 May 2018 16:02:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N' Roses Announce Enormous 'Appetite for Destruction' Reissue ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guns-n-roses-announce-enormous-appetite-for-destruction-reissue xPD6Dtrpzj2ziQGvdxKJen Fri, 04 May 2018 13:46:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mysterious Guns N’ Roses Billboard Appears in London ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/mysterious-guns-n-roses-billboard-appears-in-london ocPLQyBAEGjp4yh5aMqjH6 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:27:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Izzy Stradlin Reportedly Walked Out of Guns N' Roses Reunion After Stadium Soundcheck ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/izzy-stradlin-reportedly-walked-out-of-guns-n-roses-reunion-after-stadium-soundcheck LEJE2GhSnBprQLNWpNHWRo Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:18:29 +0000 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:15:35 +0000