The Best of?Duff McKagan NSFWOctober 23, 2009
Bona fide rock legend chats to On StageHe made his name in Guns n Roses and, while he?s not trying to find a new singer for Velvet Revolver, Duff McKagan fronts his own band Loaded, who recently hit the UK supporting Black Stone Cherry. He took time out to give us the lowdown.
Best news you?ve had today?
That Cheryl Cole is on the L?Oreal billboards all over town ? that?s pretty good news if you?re a male, which I am.
Best thing about touring the UK?
The UK really seems to get Loaded?s brand of rock and roll more than anywhere else, so it?s great for us to play over here.
Best thing about being in Loaded?
I?m the boss! Haha! It?s just easy man, everybody gets along and it?s great being in a kick-ass rock band; I?ve been in kick-ass rock bands before, but it?s really easy touring with this band and there?s no big egos with these guys. My ego is probably the biggest to be honest.
Best song your band has written?
The one we just wrote for our new record ? but it doesn?t have a title yet.
Best line you?ve ever written?
You don?t have to cut me to the bone.
Best thing about your fellow band members?
Jeff has got a fuckin? large cock?woah, did I say that out loud? Jeff (bass) is the mellow guy, he can always be relied on to keep things calm. Squires (guitar), you can wind him up pretty good, and he won?t even know you?re winding him up. Isaac, our new drummer, he?s a wicked drummer ? he?s Matt Cameron?s favourite drummer, which says a lot. He also gets our humour.
Best gig you?ve ever played?
As Loaded, we played a gig in Dublin the other night, which was one of our best, and also Download was pretty good here in the summer. But Dublin was filled to capacity ? last year we played the same venue and it was full, but not to capacity, and it really does make a difference.
Best band you?ve ever shared a stage with?
We played gigs last Spring with Nine Inch Nails, when they were, I think, at their pinnacle, and that was pretty cool.
Best gig you?ve ever seen as a fan?
I saw Prince at the 31-21 club in Las Vegas ? it was a smallish club and he did about 5 nights there, and he only played early stuff, up to Purple Rain. It was stellar.
Best band ever?
That has to be Led Zeppelin.
Best album ever?
Refused ? Shape of Punk to Come
Best song ever?
Queens of the Stone Age ? Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Best bassist ever?
The best rock bassist is John Paul Jones, you can learn so many things as a bassist off of him. Paul Simonon from the Clash was stylistically the guy, that?s who drew me to the instrument, but to learn more about the skill of playing bass, you have to listen to John Paul Jones. Once you?ve done that, you can then check out James Jamerson and others of his era, but people in rock wouldn?t necessarily know those guys straight away.
Best movie ever?
It?s a Wonderful Life.
Best ice cream flavour?
My woman?s ass cream!
Best pizza topping?
I don?t like pizza.
Best day of your life?
Woah?.when I made my first million! Haha, just joking! Well, I have two kids, so the days my daughters were born were by far the best days of my life.
Best piece of advice you?ve ever been given?
Don?t email straight away. When someone sends you a fucked up message, don?t reply right away, sit on it, think, write your email, let it sit for a minute, come back to it, edit it, then send it.
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