Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Former GN'R Bassist Duff McKagan to Release EP With Former Bandmate Izzy Stradlin'

 

Fans of Guns N' Roses rejoice! On May 12th former GN'R bassist Duff McKagan will be putting out a three song EP along with his new book How to Be a Man.

This new EP will feature some fairly big names, like former GN'R rhythm guitarist and song writer Izzy Stradlin, Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga. This will be McKagan's first release since his band Loaded's 2012 release Walking Papers. Also it will be his first entirely solo release under just his own name since his 1999 release Beautiful Disease.

Last month McKagan and Stradlin' were said to have made a new track together in the studio, with McKagan reporting it was "super kickass". No word yet as to whether or not the track will be on the EP, but it is more than likely that it will.

Stradlin' and McKagan have worked together in brief stints over the years for some of Stradlin's solo works like a song or two. This will be the first time Stradlin' will have appeared on any of McKagan's works outside of Guns N' Roses. I'm personally looking forward to seeing these two do more work together. Stradlin' is a brilliant song writer (he wrote most of Guns N' Roses's songs) and McKagan has a punk rock spirit that always shines through in his music. Who knows? Maybe they can get Slash in on the action at some point?

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