DUFF MCKAGAN Says Playing On Stage With GUNS N' ROSES Again Was "Meant To Happen"
February 23, 2011, 13 years ago
Bassist Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) spoke to the Artisan News Service recently about his surprise guest appearance last October with GN'R's current lineup at London, England's O2 Arena. Check out the interview below:
Says McKagan: "I almost wish that getting on stage part didn't happen. For me, the most important part of that - the chance meeting that our hotel rooms were right next door to each other. Great; it was meant to happen, it was meant to happen for us to finally connect again. What happened when we connected is a private matter - but I'm glad it happened."
McKagan added: "It almost I wish it was, like, on an off night that they weren't playing because people were like, 'Oh, you played. Does that mean a reunion?' No, it doesn't mean any of that. I went to the gig with him. I was so jet-lagged and on so much energy drink that it was all sort of surreal by that point. 'I should be in bed right now, you know. I've got a meeting tomorrow at 8 in the morning. What am I doing here?' And then all of a sudden there's a bass in my hands - 'What? Am I going to play? 'You Could Be Mine'... I haven't played this song since 1993. Shit - how does this song go?' But that part was fun - I'm glad it happened. But the way more important thing was that there was a sense to me that it was meant to happen."
