DUFF MCKAGAN Discusses Reuniting With Axl Rose's GUNS N' ROSES In London - "It Was Great"
October 22, 2010, 14 years ago
On October 14th in London, England at The 02 Arena, the unimaginable happened - GUNS N' ROSES original bassist DUFF MCKAGAN, who left the band in 1997, joined Axl Rose and co. onstage for the following songs: 'You Could Be Mine', 'Nice Boys' (ROSE TATTOO cover), 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' (BOB DYLAN cover) and 'Patience'.
GNRDaily reports that McKagan was interviewed on the Thursday, October 21st edition of The BJ Shea Morning Experience show on the Seattle radio station KISW 99.9 FM and discussed his surprise guest appearance with GN'R's current lineup.
On how his appearance with Guns N' Roses in London came about: "Things happen, in life, pretty crazy at times you least expect things to happen.
"I haven't talked to anybody publicly about it. And really, it's kind of... I know we're public figures, or whatever you wanna say, but it was kind of a private matter even though we played together on stage in front of 14,000 people or something."Over the years, especially in business and what-not, if you have a fracture in business, you start to demonize each other and if it's a public fracture in business, other people help you demonize...
"It was kind of goofy... As soon as I played last Thursday, my e-mail was just going crazy... It was Rolling Stone [magazine] and whatever or what-not. 'Can we get a quote or statement?' And I don't have a statement.
"It's really not that big of a story. It was really kind of... It was great."
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