DUFF McKAGAN - "So Much Unneeded Drama"
May 10, 2012, 12 years ago
Original GUNS N' ROSES bassist DUFF McKAGAN has written his latest Reverb cloumn for Seattle Weekly, titled A Hall of Appreciation, a Touch of Regret. An excerpt follows:
"Watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony special on HBO last weekend... made me sad - for the very first time, perhaps - that the original GNR didn't somehow stay together. It would have been a miracle if we did. If I'd known then what I know now, I would have done my part to try and rid that band of the caustic resentments and outside inputs that finally wore us down to a nub of what we once were, and what we could have come back from. Alas, it just wasn't in the cards.A funny thing happened in the lead-up to Cleveland. It seemed that there was an understanding - not only with the people who had flown to Cleveland to see 'their band' inducted - but in how the other inductees rallied around Slash, Steven, Matt, and myself. They had our backs, and all offered their help in any way that we could use it.
I couldn't have been more proud of the guys I did take the stage with that night (special thanks to guitarist Gilby Clarke and singer Myles Kennedy for their heroic, last-minute efforts). My bandmates composed themselves in the face of so much unneeded drama. We had no resentment, and showed up to pay homage to those fans who did their part for us."
To read Duff's blog in its entirety, click here.
