Duff McKagan releases his book “It’s So Easy (And Other Lies)” Excerpt Available

Kenny Howell — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:12:43 +0000

Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N’ ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED) took part in a book-signing event on Wednesday, October 5 at the Bookends in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Video footage from his appearance can be seen below.

Duff’s new book, “It’s So Easy (And Other Lies)”,
arrived on October 4 via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside), a division of Simon & Schuster. The first 80 pages of the book can be read at this location.

In this raw, utterly candid memoir, McKagan, the rock legend and founding member of rock supergroups GUNS N’ ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER, shares his story of excess, angst, struggle and triumph. “It’s So Easy” details Duff’s rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety, and his success as a savvy business investor and loving husband and father.

In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff — one of rock’s smartest and most articulate personalities — takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side.

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JANE’S ADDICTION Loses Original Bass Player To Be Replaced By DUFF MCKAGAN

Kenny Howell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:44:20 +0000

The bass player with Jane’s Addiction has quit the band, and will reportedly be replaced by former Guns N’ Roses rocker Duff McKagan.

Eric Avery, 44, announced his departure through a Twitter message on Monday, hours after the band completed a seven-date Australian tour in Perth

“That’s it,” he wrote. “With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane’s Addiction experiment is at an end.” Guitarist Dave Navarro confirmed Avery’s departure on Tuesday, saying on Twitter “We wish him all the best!”

Singer Perry Farrell also took to Twitter on Tuesday, offering a more-cryptic perspective: “Slipping out of that shell of a past. Gripping; wow we’re onto something faster now. And so worth the wait. It’s the Art Of Great Escape.”

McKagan, 46, will join Jane’s Addiction in the studio as it attempts to record the follow-up to its 2003 album “Strays,” according to various unconfirmed reports. Avery had previously indicated he was not writing songs for the album.

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Duff McKagan releases his book “It’s So Easy (And Other Lies)” Excerpt Available

JANE’S ADDICTION Loses Original Bass Player To Be Replaced By DUFF MCKAGAN