Duff McKagan releases

• Main instrument: Bass Guitar

• Other instruments: Guitar and drums

• Real name: Michael Andrew McKagan

• Born: February 5, 1964

• Hometown: Seattle, Washington

• Height: 6 feet, 3 inches

• Married to: Susan Holmes

• Children: Two daughters, Grace (born August 27th, 1997) and Mae Marie (born July 16th, 2000)

• Number Of Siblings: Seven (Jon, Carol, Mark, Bruce, Joan, Claudia and Matt). Duff is the youngest.

• Parents: Elmer and Alice Marie McKagan

• First concert: Aerosmith

• First record: KISS Alive

• Number Of Bands before GN'R: 31, including the Fartz [drums], 10 Minute Warning, Cannibal [guitar], speed-poppers the Living, Silly Killers, The D.T.'s, Cleavage, The Fastbacks [drums], Vains, Crisis Party, Our Gang, Wandering Bandeleros, Thankless Dogs and Hobo Skank

• Solo Albums: Believe In Me (1993) and Beautiful Disease

• Recorded with (amongst others): Iggy Pop, Gilby Clarke, Izzy Stradlin and Mark Lanegan.

• Quit GN'R: August 1997

• Rejoined GN'R: 2016

• Sideproject: Neurotic Outsiders

• Played in: 10 Minute Warning (before and after GN'R!), Loaded, Mad For The Racket, The Gentlemen, Velvet Revolver, Walking Papers

• Current band: Velvet Revolver

• Bass guitar influence: Sid Vicious

• Other: Has been called Duff since he was two years old. He got the name from his parents and it stuck.

  Made his acting debut as a "punk-rock vampire" on the sci-fi television series Sliders.

  Has produced an EP with Betty Blowtorch.

• Publishing title : Pimp Music