Bassist Duff McKagan's (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) upcoming autobiography, It's So Easy (And Other Lies), will be released on October 4th via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside)/Simon & Schuster. Check out the first 80 pages of the book here.

McKagan has scheduled the following book-signing events:

Tuesday, October 4th

Strand Book Store Event at 7 p.m.

828 Broadway

New York City

Wednesday, October 5th

Bookends Event at 7 p.m.

211 E. Ridgewood Ave.

Ridgewood, NJ

Thursday, October 6th

Book Revue Event at 7 p.m.

313 New York Avenue

Huntington, NY

Saturday, October 8th

Barnes & Noble Costa Mesa Event at 2 p.m.

901 B South Coast Drive

Costa Mesa, CA

Sunday, October 9th

Barnes & Noble Santa Monica Event at 2 p.m.

3rd St. Promenade, 1201 3rd St.

Santa Monica, CA

Tuesday, October 11th

Book Soup Event at 7 p.m.

8818 Sunset Blvd.

West Hollywood, CA

Sunday, October 16th

Mall of America Event at 2 p.m.

60 E. Broadway

Bloomington, MN

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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