DUFF McKAGAN - New Autobiography Hits New York Times Bestsellers List
October 17, 2011, 12 years ago
Bassist Duff McKagan's (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) new autobiography, It's So Easy (And Other Lies), was released on October 4th via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside)/Simon & Schuster. The book has landed at #17 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction bestsellers list.
Check out the first 80 pages of the book here.
McKagan has scheduled the following book-signing events:
Tuesday, October 18th
Powell's Books Event at 7:30 p.m.
1005 W. Burnside
Portland, OR
Wednesday, October 19th
University Book Store Event at 7 p.m.
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA
Thursday, October 20th
Third Place Books Event at 7 p.m.
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA
Friday, October 21st
Elliott Bay Book Company Event at 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 22nd
Warwicks Event at 6:30 p.m.
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA
According to Gary Graff from Billboard.com, Duff McKagan promises that It's So Easy (And Other Lies) is "not the same story" as former Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash and Steven Adler told in their memoirs.
"Mine's not really a Guns N' Roses book, where I think Slash's ('Slash') really was...and I haven't read (Adler's 'My Appetite For Destruction')," McKagan, who plans to publish the book in October, tells Billboard.com. "I'm not saying one's better than the other. This is just my story. It's really my demise into addiction and stuff, and then my way out and my journey into things. My Guns N' Roses story is my Guns N' Roses story. My Velvet Revolver story is my Velvet Revolver story. It's my rock story, from my distinct viewpoint."McKagan acknowledges that "it was pretty gut-wrenching to write some of this stuff, just because I hadn't faced any of it until I had to write" the book. But while it's frank, he says the book is not a kiss-and-tell, either. "I didn't f*** around, but I didn't throw anybody under the bus, either," he notes. "There's some things you just don't break confidences on, even if you're warring with someone."
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