DUFF McKAGAN - "I Found Myself With A Caustic And Deadly Addiction To Drugs And Alcohol"
July 8, 2010, 13 years ago
Bassist Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED, JANE'S ADDICTION) has issued his latest blog for Seattle Weekly. An excerpt follows:
"Back in the fall of 1993, I had serious thoughts that there were not going to be many more springs and summers and winters ahead for me. My two-and-a-half year run in support of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion had come to an end, and I found myself with a caustic and deadly addiction to drugs and alcohol. I was lonely, tired, and never ate.I had also finally bought a house back in Seattle. It had a basketball court and an old, leaky roof. I never thought I'd use the basketball court. And I remember thinking that the cedar shake roof that I put on the house--rated to last 25 years--would outlast me.
Today it's looking old and somewhat worse for the wear. I guess I do too. I take not a small amount of solace in the fact that I figured out a way to outrun the life expectancy of my roof. To hell with how I look from the outside. I am giddy just to be here."
To read the rest of Duff's blog, click here.
