Spanish: GN'R: Duff McKagan y Axl Rose, ¡devuevo juntos en el ecenario!

Written by Genetikarockradio.com - Geneti

Desde que se conoció la entrada de Guns N´ Roses en el Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (el próximo 14 de abril), los rumores de una posible reunión de la formación original se han disparado. Y para echar más leña al fuego, el que fuera bajista de la banda, Duff McKagan, ha vuelto a subirse al escenario para tocar con Axl Rose y los actuales Guns N´ Roses (no os perdáis el vídeo-resumen que os dejamos del evento). ¿Limarán también asperezas Axl y Slash? El círculo se cierra…

 Ocurrió el pasado 16 de diciembre. Guns N´ Roses llegaba al Key Arena de Seattle para ofrecer otro concierto incluído en su extensa gira americana. ¿Y quién mejor para hacer de telonero que Duff McKagan y sus Loaded? El bajista, guitarrista y cantante (originario de Seattle) abrió la noche para la banda que hace más de 25 años él mismo fundó junto a Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin y Steven Adler. Curioso ¿verdad?

Olvidadas las viejas rencillas, la noche deparó unas cuantas emociones para los que tuvieron la suerte de asistir al show. Primero con los guiños de Duff McKagan´s Loaded al repertorio de los Guns, interpretando durante su actuación el tema “So Fine” (compuesto por el propio McKagan), y los covers de “New Rose” y “Attitude”, canciones versionadas por los originales Guns N´ Roses en los años 90.

Poco después llegó lo que todos esperaban. A mitad de concierto de los Guns, Axl Rose invitó a McKagan a subirse al escenario para tocar “You Could Be Mine”. Y como era de esperar, se desató la locura… Recordamos además que no es la primera vez que McKagan acompaña a los actuales Guns N´ Roses. El también bajista de Velvet Revolver participó hace un año en el concierto que Axl Rose y los suyos ofrecieron en Londres. Por tanto, estamos ante una amistad plenamente recuperada…

Ahora lo que falta por saber es qué ocurrirá en la noche del 14 de abril, fecha en la que Guns N´ Roses ingresará en el Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. La gala que tendrá lugar en Cleveland se ve como la oportunidad ideal para una posible reunión de la formación original de la banda. El único obstáculo para que eso se produzca sigue siendo la hasta ahora irreconciliable relación entre Axl Rose y Slash. Pero quizá las cosas están cambiando… McKagan puede ser el perfecto mediador.

A la espera de lo que ocurra en el Hall Of Fame, aquí os dejamos un vídeo-resumen del show de Seattle, en el que el buen rollo entre McKagan y Rose fue más que evidente.

Una buena señal…

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GN'R: Duff McKagan and Axl Rose, together again on stage

Written by Genetikarockradio.com - Geneti

Since the entry met Guns N 'Roses in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (next April 14), rumors of a reunion of the original have skyrocketed. And to add fuel to the fire, former bassist for the band, Duff McKagan is back onto the stage to play with Axl Rose and the current Guns N 'Roses (do not miss the short video that we leave the event ). Limarán ¿Axl and Slash too rough? The circle is closed ...

Occurred on December 16. Guns N 'Roses arrived at Key Arena in Seattle to give another concert included in its extensive U.S. tour. And who better to make the opening act and Duff McKagan Loaded? The bassist, guitarist and singer (originally from Seattle) opened the night for the band over 25 years ago he founded along with Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler. Curious is not it?

Forget old quarrels, the night threw up a few emotions for those who were lucky enough to attend the show. First with the winks to Duff McKagan's Loaded Guns repertoire, performing during her performance on "So Fine" (composed by the same McKagan), and covers of "New Rose" and "Attitude", versioned by songs the original Guns N 'Roses in the 90's.

Soon after came what everyone expected. Half concert Guns, Axl Rose McKagan invited onto the stage to play "You Could Be Mine". And as expected, madness ensued ... We also recall that it is not the first time that accompanies current McKagan Guns N 'Roses. The Velvet Revolver bassist also participated last year in the concert Axl Rose and his offered in London. We are therefore fully recovered to a friend ...

Now what we need to know is what will happen on the night of April 14, when the Guns N 'Roses will enter the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The gala will take place in Cleveland is seen as the ideal opportunity for a possible reunion of the original lineup of the band. The only obstacle that remains occur so far irreconcilable relationship between Axl Rose and Slash. But maybe things are changing ... McKagan can be the perfect mediator.

Pending on what happens in the Hall Of Fame, here you have a video summary of the Seattle show, in which the good vibes between McKagan and Rose was more than evident.

A good sign ...

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Spanish: Duff McKagan se unirá al tour de Guns N' Roses!

Written by terra.com - Terra

Duff McKagan y su grupo Loaded se unirán al tour norteamericano que realizará la nueva formación de su exbanda Guns N' Roses.

El rubio bajista, quien abandonó el legendario grupo de rock en 1997, volverá a la carretera junto a Guns N 'Roses, aunque esta vez para abrir junto a su banda Loaded dos conciertos de los "gunners".

Loaded teloneará a los liderados por Axl Rose en sus conciertos de Seattle, Washington, el 16 de diciembre, y en Vancouver, Canadá, el 17 de diciembre.

La noticia fue confirmada a través de un mensaje en el Twitter de Loaded: “Sí, somos nosotros. Tocaremos este viernes en Seattle en el Key Arena y el sábado en Vancouver... ¡vengan y lo verán ustedes mismos!”

 No se descarta que el músico reviva algún tema junto a su antiguo compañero Axl Rose.

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Loaded will join the tour Guns N 'Roses!

Written by terra.com - Terra

Duff McKagan and his band Loaded will join the U.S. tour that will perform the new formation of his former band Guns N 'Roses.

The blond bassist, who left the legendary rock group in 1997, returned to the road with Guns N 'Roses, this time to open with his band Loaded two concerts of the "Gunners".
Loaded opening for those headed by Axl Rose in concert in Seattle, Washington on December 16, in Vancouver, Canada on December 17.
The news was confirmed via a message on Twitter Loaded "Yes, we are. We will play this Friday in Seattle at Key Arena and Saturday in Vancouver ...Come and see it yourself! "
It is possible that the musician revive an issue with his former partner Axl Rose.

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Duff McKagan's Loaded - "The Taking"

Written by www.emuzyka.pl - emuzyka

McKagan is now a loving husband and father, bringing along his daughter to the concert Justin Bieber. In addition, a businessman with economic education, which, like urban legend says, at the right time invested in Starbucks. Writes to the "Seattle Weekly", Slash will help sometimes, and sometimes something popróbuje of Jane's Addiction. It does not have anything and maybe that is why his band Loaded music sounds so good. Duff and his buddies are not trying to set trends, redefine species. They do not want anything to prove, no one to impress, to get the charts. That is enough to play simple, unpretentious and quite loud. "The Talking" is a juicy, strong, rock (hard rock at times) playing. Sometimes the riff zapachnie climate of the South, sometimes appears przytup blues (you know, as in "Dust N 'Bones" GN'R) or a bit of punk aggression. Arrangement shall we see no finesse here, though here and there merrily beeps, tambourine, acoustic sounds will be either passed through some widgets vocals. Numbers are sharper, with a nice, vigorous motor activity, but also quieter (not to be confused with the ballads). In comparison with the previous "Sick", the new work is less severe, denser and more melodic, and because production took up guitar champion Terry Date sawing bits until nice. Loaded is nothing new, nor unusual, but musicians do not try to convince us otherwise. "The Talking" does not even really stand out for something special. Do not change the fact that it is honest, fun rock and roll, which listens to the large, and even the very great pleasure.

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Tour's End: Saying Goodbye to Whore's Baths, Punk-Rock Laundry, and 'Graze the Peach'

Written by Blogs.seattleweekly.com - Duff McKagan

OK, then. You have all had chance to come along on this whirlwind tour that today concludes here in Hamburg, Germany. For the past four weeks, I have tried my best to give you all an inside-ish view of what a rock tour is like.

Well, at least what a rock tour looks like if you are a band the size of Loaded. We don't get to do fancy things, like have days off. We in the band did a count the other day. In the 31 days that we have been gone, we will have been to five continents. Check it out:

-- U.S. to the UK (that's two continents)

-- Berlin to Santiago (the count is now three continents)

-- Cordoba, Argentina, to Berlin (four)

-- London back to Seattle (five, y'all)

Now there are definitely other and more sane ways to tour, for sure, but in our little Loaded world, things have to be just a bit insane for it all to make sense to us. For whatever reason, we attract the zaniest of tour scheduling.

But you all know how much of a family man I am . . . and I absolutely HATE to be away from them. In a perfect world, my wife Susan and our girls Grace and Mae (and our dumb dogs too, of course) would go on the road together. But there is this dumb thing called "school" that just plain gets in the way.

So without them being around, and just being around the same dudes 24/7, a strange phenomenon happens: We all start to act like 14-year-old boys (see my "Fart Tennis" column.) We have a game that has developed over these last couple of weeks (RIGHT after Mrs. McKagan and I parted ways in London) . . . this game has been dubbed "Graze the Peach."

It involves surprise and cunning. A quick and unknowing flick of the hand to another fella's groin region can sustain terror and "two hands on deck" at all times of the waking day. Bus bunks are off limits, and you can't Graze the Peach if someone is holding a hot beverage or computer. I've been drinking coffee and writing columns constantly as a result . . . Yes, yes. I know this just might be TMI.

I HATE Graze the Peach.

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A Hard Day’s Night Meets Inception in Duff McKagan Movie

Written by www.gibson.com - Bryan Wawzenek


Former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is making a film to coincide with the release of his band’s new album. Duff McKagan’s Loaded is releasing The Taking on April 19.

“We’re making a movie for it which is hopefully as funny as we think it’s going to be,” McKagan told The CelebrityCafe.com.

 The rocker said that the movie is about the band’s drummer being kidnapped, that it takes place in one day and that it might be a dream.

 “We kind of act [in the movie],” he said. “It’s kind of A Hard Day’s Night/Inception… is it a dream?”

McKagan also talked about his hatred for reality television, despite being on the E! series Married to Rock.

“If you notice in Married I love my wife. I do. I love my wife. It's no secret around my house since reality shows came, it’s [expletive] garbage,” he said. “Then my wife [says] ‘They want me to be in a reality show.’ ‘Good for you, honey. Go do that thing.’ ‘But they kind of want you in it, too.’ And I’m kinda like ‘No. Nuh-uh. Why do they want me?’ ‘Well, it’s called Married to Rock and you’re like the rock that I'm married to.’

“So I’m married and when you’re married when you’re right, you’re wrong and when you’re wrong, you’re wrong. So if you notice in that show I’m kind of like only in it… But no, it hasn't changed. I hate reality… I don’t watch any of it.”

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#Videos Duff McKagan's Loaded in Argentina

Written by @DuffMcKaganBRA - DuffMcKaganWorld

We present some videos of Duff McKagan's Loaded in Argentina, in fact the concert was a success!, And hope the success of Loaded in Argentina have it tonight in Cordoba!

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#Note Duff McKagan arrives with loaded guns

Written by www.diaadia.com.ar - drafting by DuffMcKaganWorld

Former Guns N Roses bassist now plays with his band, Loaded. Present the album "The Taking", published this year.

Beyond its former bassist sheet Guns N 'Roses, Duff McKagan debuts today in Cordoba with a view to adding value in new music searches, from the hand of a band of their own (Loaded) and a new disk (The Taking ).

The concert will be from 21 at The Roxy (Rafael Nunez 3900) and in it, Duff (who is responsible for singing and playing guitar) will present The Taking and several Guns classics accompanied by the guitarist Mike Squires, bassist Jeff Rouse and drummer Isaac Carpenter. Tickets for the show can be achieved at 198 pesos in Eden (Bishop and Dean Funes Trejo) and Follies (July 9 451).

Extreme resistance. The young punk who left Seattle for Los Angeles and then joined the fledgling Guns N 'Roses went through thousands of metamorphosis, many of them painful, reaching a present that shows active and creative.

Addictions carried to extremes, flirting with death, a "rescue" timely and even extra-musical concerns (economic analysis studied in college and owns shares in Starbucks megacafetería) marked McKagan race who, in addition to Guns N 'Roses Velvet Revolver was able to go through and Neurotic Outsiders, and for a time soloist.

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Duff McKagan: it was not so easy

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Former GNR returns to the country to play with Loaded, before, about his book, his past addictions and what the future holds for Velvet Revolver and Guns original

The guy who speaks from the other side of the phone used to take almost two liters of vodka a day and when she had to go out and play, was given a pass from market to raise some. If the thread and was going way up, took another bit of vodka, and so on. Imagine touring complete with that recipe. When the skin of his hands cracked from dehydration and his body swelled up like a balloon, let the vodka and started with the wine. Ten bottles a day, he says. But the tour ended, and meant to go home not knowing what to do with free time, and take and hope seemed to be the solution. When in 1994 Duff McKagan was awakened at his home in Seattle with an unbearable pain, she asked her doctor to kill him. Years and years of scabies had inflamed her pancreas until it literally exploded. Morphine detox and a warning: "If you take another drink, you die."

The biographies of rock musicians are full of such anecdotes, but It's So Easy (and other lies)-the story of Duff in his years of madness gunner and post-Guns-is so stark, vivid and set sail as a film fiction worthy of being filmed by Brian De Palma after Scarface. But no, the guy did not die and was saved with a recipe that included mountain biking, martial arts, wife and daughters. Also with a degree in Economics and Business at the University of Seattle, he learned several things. First, to manage their earnings, and second, to invest in companies such as Starbucks and Microsoft, and third, to write his columns on ESPN, Playboy and Seattle Weekly, among others. And while realizing cost him to return to the rock did not have to re-involve addiction, he did. First with his solo album (in parallel with the latest Guns), then with Neurotic Outsiders and Velvet Revolver and now with Loaded, the band with which he returns to Argentina and play this Saturday at the College Theatre, opening for Coverheads + Phil Lewis of LA Guns.

Argentina is a country gunner, how it feels to come back? We've lost count of how many times you came ...
I think that I am on the fourth or fifth time in Buenos Aires, and is easy to see how the city grew and became a "mecca" of rock n 'roll. The first time I went out there were not many bands that visit, and now seem to go together. You can say they are few specialists in rock!

The Taking, the latest album Loaded, punkrocker sounds pretty heavy. Is that back to the sources was intentional or just gave you?
The truth is I never tried to go in one direction or another, and I started thinking about making songs a certain way. The songs emerge and grow, or not. I was always influenced by punk, but more than anything by the music emanating fresh, spontaneous hand. So this new album is heavily influenced by the tours and what one sees and lives there.

In your book you talk about how difficult it was the transition from playing clubs to large stadiums. How do you feel now playing in places guys?
Mmmm. Loaded played in something like 300 shows, and do not do that to touch only on what we find most comfortable. For example, the last time we were in Argentina for Pepsi was a show under the sun, but the good thing was that there were many people. Of course it's good to touch in places kids, but most important is to connect with audiences no matter how big the place.

How long does it take you to write your book and how did the idea?
It took something like 14 months, which seems to be enough time, only during those months I also wrote two weekly columns, I recorded an album, I was on tour and I became a father and husband. The truth is that writing became something very pleasant for me, and ended up being something much longer and more detailed than a simple column. I started to look a little here and a little there about what he had to say, and I began to write short stories, mostly about how I ended up in hospital and the time I spent there in 1994. I wondered how I had become an addict, how it was possible that happen, and what else had been on had some kind of responsibility. And all that ended up being a pretty big book.

In the story he told in the book, you can say you're a true survivor of a rather extreme lifestyle. How do you handle your past now that you're the father of two teens that sometimes imagine, you have to set limits?
My daughters know my history and my problems. I am very honest with them, or they forreo not lie. My past is my past, and do not think they are aware of how close I was to die several years before they were born, and I think those stories about alcohol and drugs are more attractive to others, but not for them, because I am your father, you know? I have an eye on them all the time, and if all that is boring or embarrassing to them, it's all good. I will not have conversations with them from the side of "I did this because you do not have to do." I do not want to tell you what to do and what not to do, but I say this: I know everything about every drug and alcohol and tricks between them, so if you have doubts, here I am, as a parent or friend.

It is very common to hear you say that rock musicians are clean and sober, but after one in their entire term autobiographies that have relapsed again, even if one's looking pretty good. Is it really possible for you to be completely clean? Why is it so difficult and many can not do it ever?
Ugh, I could write another whole book on that. I think there are many influencing factors, and musicians are a little special for this topic. It is good to know that you're fucked, you know? And the decision to leave this really is one and no more than one. In the real world you can have a friend or an attorney to advise you, but in the rock world that often does not exist and one has to choose for yourself. Over the years I met a lot of musicians who were very smart, but I think sometimes with all that intelligence is not enough, and ends up earning what you feel. And that feeling becomes a drink or whatever. I remember every morning what happened to me was a rather extreme way to learn. Sucks to do so, but I learned.

Many bands are back together and formed many supergroups. Why a band Neurotic Outsiders was a single album?
I see Steve Jones all the time, we usually go around, I want it to death, and sometimes he tells me "Should not we put something together and go play again?". I love that band, but now I'm with Loaded.

Both Slash as you seem to be very busy with their current projects. ¿Velvet Revolver is a band yet? Is there anything new about the new singer?
The truth is that there is nothing new, and look forward to being a band, but we need a singer. I guess at some point we get together and see what we do, but sorry I can not say when.

Guns N 'Roses is nominated to be introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Both Izzy Stradlin like you were a guest in some of the current GNR concert. Did you think about what could happen next year? Do you see possible meeting?
I think you and I are thinking the same, but the truth is that I have no idea what will happen. I really want us to do something good for us and the fans. My relationship with Axl is good, and really appreciate the feeling of the fans, wanted to please them and pass something that falls short of our history, who can attest to our past. I hope so.

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Show the Duff McKagan's Loaded at Vivo Rio is canceled

Written by rollingstone.com.br - rollingstone

Due to low demand for tickets, former bassist for Guns N 'Roses will no longer present in the venue; Duff posted message on Twitter saying, however, that the band will play in the state capital




The presentation that would Duff McKagan's Loaded on Friday, 18, at Vivo Rio, was canceled. A spokesperson for the venue Rio reports that the reason was the low demand for tickets.

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Who bought inputs can get back the amount paid in the place of purchase, at Vivo Rio box office (Monday to Saturday from 12h to 21h, Sundays and public holidays from 12h to 20h) or at point of sale Join the Fast (4003 1212 ).

However, Duff seems willing to play anyway in Rio de Janeiro. The former bassist for Guns N 'Roses posted on his Twitter the following message: "The Loaded did not cancel. We'll play for sure in Rio on Friday night. "

A spokesperson for the Vivo Rio, even after the message says that the show will not happen on site.

The Loaded played last Monday, the 14th, the festival SWU. Learn how was the show.

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The Biggest Metal Hammer Ever Is Here! Starring Megadeth, 50 Defenders Of The Faith, Awesome Nightwish Mini-Mag And More!

Written by www.metalhammer.co.uk - merl

The biggest Metal Hammer in history has arrived, and it’s a fucking monster! Featuring our gigantic Megadeth feature, Trivium, Lamb Of God, Watain, Within Temptaion, Devin Townsend, In Flames, Rise To Remain, Ghost, plus a free 24-page Nightwish pull-out and more!

Issue 225 has arrived like a juggernaut riding on a flame-powered freight train, and it’s the biggest Metal Hammer in history! As well as a free awesome 24-page NIGHTWISH pullout mini-mag and, for UK readers, the debut album from Brit newcomers Furyon, we’re packing a massive, 13-page feature detailing the 50 heroes of metal today, featuring interviews with everyone from IN FLAMES, WATAIN, TRIVIUM, DEVIN TOWNSEND, GHOST, KORN (with Skrillex), WITHIN TEMPTAION and many more to lists of the best metal labels, festivals and producers of 2011!

And, in an incredible exclusive, we travelled to Dave Mustaine’s home to talk to one of the most legendary names in metal in our biggest MEGADETH feature yet, giving you the inside scoop on awesome new album ‘Th1rt3en’, the truth behind the Big 4 shows and more! Plus, Hammer descends into the dark depths of THE DEVIL’S BLOOD, explains the colourful history of THE MISFITS and heads to Tunisia to retell MYRATH’s tales of religion, revolution and almost dying for metal. MOTÖRHEAD’s iconic frontman Lemmy tells us tales of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll from his years on the road, and we give you the front-to-back and top-to-bottom of seminal Newcastle metallers VENOM.

Also interviewed are LAMB OF GOD, who talk about brand new album ‘Resolution’, Burton C Bell of FEAR FACTORY and CITY OF FIRE, ARTHEMIS, WEDNESDAY 13 and Max Cavalera, who discusses the new SOULFLY album from the studio! Need more? We also chat to black metal veterans DIMMU BORGIR, US death metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY, proggy newcomers CIRCLES, Dez Fafara’s DEVILDRIVER and Son-Of-Ozzy, JACK OSBOURNE! Want new blood? How about features with rising pups TURBOWOLF, JUNIUS, FURYON, UNEVEN STRUCTURE and SWORN AMONGST?

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Plus, Guns N’ Roses legend DUFF MCKAGAN writes for Hammer about the glory days of the Sunset Strip, Josh from SYLOSIS speaks to NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD’s Brian Tatler, and we head to France to get crazy with new French lords of deathcore, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS.

In this month’s Subterranea, we delve to the depths of the finest black, death, doom and extreme noise with PENTAGRAM, KRISIUN, the LIVE EVIL festival, SHINING, DETRIMENTUM, IRON WITCH and more…

More reviews, you say? How about albums from VENOM, THIS IS HELL, SLASH, MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, KITTIE, MARIONETTE, DREAM THEATER, WILL HAVEN, BEHEMOTH, NIGHTWISH, AS I LAY DYING and the controversial new KORN album!

Well, we did tell you it was the biggest issue ever. Now stop gawking and GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!

Metal Hammer 225. Bigger, badder, better.

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McKagan: Surprising Seattle boost in S. America‎

Written by espn.go.com - Duff McKagan

The Saints give Phil Anselmo, left, a lift while Duff McKagan expects bad news on the Seahawks.

I write to you this fine Sunday from a plane that is en route from Santiago, Chile, to Sao Paulo, Brazil. I'm down here with Loaded playing a few big rock festivals -- as, of course, spring is giving way to summer in the southern hemisphere.

On this very plane, we have pretty much all of the bands that played last night: Megadeth, Alice In Chains, Faith No More and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The band Down also played, but inexplicably they are all on a different flight that has a layover in Buenos Aires.

Maybe it is because lead singer Phil Anselmo knows there is a sports bar at the Buenos Aires airport that will have on his beloved New Orleans Saints? Anselmo would indeed go that far out of his way to find a place to catch that game (he grumbled something about an NFC South rivalry with the Atlanta Falcons).

I don't care, and I personally can't find myself getting excited about the NFL. My woeful, dang Seattle Seahawks haven't given me much to go on here; and that is saying a lot. I've stuck with them every year since that franchise began, and now only feel myself being jealous when our drummer sneaks off to some Irish pub in Santiago, all excited to see his Oakland Raiders play the San Diego Chargers.

I didn't even know who the Hawks were playing this week. Yes, yes … I could look it up on the Internet, but the one extra "click" that I'd have to make just seems like a bad idea. What, do I really want to see who is gonna shut down our running-game-only team this week? Simple answer is … no.

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DOWN JOINED BY DUFF MCKAGAN AT BRAZIL SHOW

Written by oudwire.com - Joe Robinson

Velvet Revolver / ex-Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan got down with Down in concert, sitting in with the band Monday for the song ‘Bury Me in Smoke’ at a show in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Duff McKagan’s Loaded were also on the bill, making the all-star onstage collaboration an easy one to pull off.

Down — the heavy metal supergroup featuring former Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, ex-Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Pepper Keenan, Eyehategod drummer Jimmy Bower, Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein and bassist Pat Bruders (who took over fro Rex Brown earlier this year) — are currently on a South American trek that is scheduled through a gig on Saturday in Mexico City.

Also during that gig, Anselmo got a little carried away and ended up smashing the microphone into his forehead repeatedly until a little blood seems to appear.  How metal is that!?

Video of both McKagan collaborating with Down and Anselmo attacking his forehead can be seen below:

Watch Duff McKagan Rock Out With Down

Watch Phil Anselmo Bash His Head With a Microphone

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DUFF MCKAGAN: Footage From Dublin Book Signing

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Duff McKagan's (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) took part in a last-minute book signing on November 3 at Eason in Dublin, Ireland. Fan-filmed video footage of the event can be seen below.

McKagan's new book, "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)", landed at position No. 17 on the New York Times "Hardcover Nonfiction" best sellers list. The book arrived on October 4 via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside), a division of Simon & Schuster.

The first 80 pages of "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)" can be read at this location.

In this raw, utterly candid memoir, McKagan, the rock legend and founding member of rock supergroups GUNS N’ ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER, shares his story of excess, angst, struggle and triumph. "It's So Easy" details Duff's rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety, and his success as a savvy business investor and loving husband and father.

In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff — one of rock's smartest and most articulate personalities — takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side.

Duff's VELVET REVOLVER/GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Slash has published his own book, as has ex-GUNS drummer Steven Adler, who released his life story, "My Appetite For Destruction: Sex And Drugs And Guns N' Roses", in July 2010.

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Duff McKagan’s Loaded - York Fibbers

Written by letthemusic-dothetalking.tumblr.com - Caris Smith

If any of you have ever been to Fibbers in York you will know what a pretty little venue it is, and also how incredibly tiny it is. So when i heard that Duff McKagan was bring Loaded here, although a little shocked i was very happy to be seeing them in such an intimate venue. Fibbers is the perfect place for a sweaty punk rock gig!

The night kicked off with Bristol band Riot:Noise, who did a great job of bringing the crowd to the stage and getting everyone warmed up. Good old ballsy, heavy rock with a melodic twist, well worth checking out. The same however, cannot be said for second support Dear Superstar. Despite a few fans in the crowd, the Manchester band sadly didn’t cut it for me. Some decent songs but they lacked grip, they all kind of blended into one another…

Finally time for Duff and the guys to take the stage, i had almost forgotten it was Halloween until the band walked on. Each wearing a mask of what was almost like a weird gnome/old mans head, very peculiar, certainly made everyone laugh though and as they tore into The Executioners Song the cheers rippled through the tiny venue. Next up was the anthemic We Win, always great for a sing along, followed by single Dead Skin, which is one of my personal favourites from the bands latest album The Taking, a real treat live.

The rest of the set featured a real mix of stuff, old and new. It was great to hear some early Loaded material like Dark Days and Wrap My Arms, but equally as great to hear the new album live. Tracks like Cocaine and Lords of Abbadon sound fantastic live, not to mention the epic Your Name in which Jeff Rouse really goes at it on the bass, brilliant.

Of course, the biggest crowd pleasers of the night are the Guns n Roses songs that feature in the set. The band lead us through So Fine pretty early on which causes mass sing along and Duff joking about forgetting the words because he is so jetlagged, and the only way for him to remember them is by seeing the crowd singing back at him.

The night ends with an encore of Attitude, a cover of the Misfits track  which Duff famously sang at GnR gigs, and Gunners classic It’s So Easy. Both send the entire room crazy as expected and are the perfect ending to a great night and a brilliant gig.

Loaded deserve a lot more credit than what they actually receive, they are a great rock and roll band who know how to put on a great gig. Highly highly recommend you check them out whilst they are over here, regrets all round if you don’t!

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AXL ROSE's Interview With VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show'; Teaser Audio Clips Available

Written by www.roadrunnerrecords.com - roadrunnerrecords

GUNS N' ROSES singer and sole original member Axl Rose taped an hour-long interview with VH1's "That Metal Show" following the band's show in Miami on October 29, the second of its newly launched U.S. tour. The talk will air on Friday, November 11 as part of VH1 Classic's "National Metal Day" and will also include a live performance of "Live And Let Die" from the Florida concert.

On last night's (Friday, November 4) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM, Trunk — who co-hosts "That Metal Show" — talked about the interview and played a few teaser clips for listeners (hear audio in YouTube clip below).

After Trunk told Axl that he was impressed with the singer's performance throughout the three-hour set, calling Rose's vocals flawless and "spot on," Rose responded by saying, "I had a good night. It's not an anomaly, but I did have a good night, and I have been taking care of my voice. I do warm-ups before the show, I do warm-downs after the show, I do those religiously."

When asked about his pre-show rituals and preparations, Rose said, "Well, everybody in this band has their own physical regimen they have to go through . . . I do a lot of cardio when I can, or when I can force myself to. But yeah, you've got to get your wind up, and you've got to get your head in the right place and go out and do it."

Trunk also spoke about other vocalists who painted themselves into a corner by singing classic songs in a higher register and then having to perform them live 20 or 30 years later. "I did that with 'You Could Be Mine'," Axl admitted, before adding that "The first time I had to play that live, I was like, 'What did I do? What have I done, I have to sing this live now!'"

Rose was reportedly asked during the session about the band's possible induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, the chances of hearing new music, his notorious lateness at concerts, the current GUNS lineup and more.

Rose also announced that LOADED, the band led by former GUNS bassist Duff McKagan, will open some shows on the current road trip.

GUNS N' ROSES reportedly did not hit the stage until midnight in Miami, keeping fans waiting for two hours after openers BUCKCHERRY finished their set. GUNS finished their show at three in the morning and the interview took place at approximately 5:30 a.m.

The reclusive, eccentric Rose has not given a major interview to a radio or TV outlet in five years or more.

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Duff McKagan's Loaded To Tour With Guns N' Roses

Written by www.rttnews.com - Staff Writer

Duff McKagan has confirmed that his band Loaded will hit the road as the support act for a handful of Guns N' Roses' upcoming U.S. tour dates. That Metal Show's Eddie Trunk broke the news via Twitter earlier this week.

McKagan has been on better terms than most with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose and appeared with the band during a performance last year in London.

GNR recently earned a nomination for the 2012 class of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, but McKagan says fans shouldn't expect a reunion performance.

"I can't picture it," he said. "Your guess is as good as mine. There is no picture."

He added: "It's bound to happen, but I'd love to call the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whoever they are, and say, 'Hey guys, why don't you put this off for another 10 years? Thank you! Thanks for nominating us - it's great, but how about you put it off for 10 years?'"

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November flurry of shows

Written by 26noticias.com.ar - Sergio Corpacci

Classic and stainless steel, sonic, alternative, funk metal, experimental jazz and jazzy.
Trasher, urban, stoner rap, gothic metal.
Or former teen poppy, The World Pop Princess, black metal, Japanese experimental, metalcore, reggae and world music.
The month begins and inevitable brings unforgettable visits between consecrated persons and those seeking upward position.
We will have to accommodate the schedule, squeeze and prorizar pocket.
45 international visits within 30 days of November.

What a year 2011. If there are ephemeral because the cheeky "Remorse" would appeal to his classic "Stop Come."

Fortunately there are only on YouTube. Is that international visitors and crowded calendars that plagued the ten-month course, offers a bulletin board in November in which Buenos Aires in the sense acquires preponderance rocker worthy of a First World city. 45 international visits within 30 days of the penultimate month of the year in the City of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas.

We started on Wednesday November 2 with the expected return of the Brazilians I Paralamas, this time in acoustic and the Grand Rex.

We follow the 4 and 5 November next Beady Eye, new brit poppy empredimiento one of the karakul, arrogant, pedantic, brothers Gallagher arrives at Personal Fest 2011 along with the already established The Strokes and at the same time Broken Social Scene, Toro and Moi and White Lies.

On Saturday 5, meanwhile, Calle 13, players of the urban genre (reggaeton do not minimize them or disrespect them) INXS survivors and legend Sonic Youth will GEBA endorsed the Buenos Aires scene at San Martin with other foreigners from the likes of Alison Goldfrapp, Supervielle, Damian Marley, SOJA, La Mala Rodriguez, Francisca Valenzuela and local as already stated by the police killed a great Motorized and Massacre.

On Saturday 5 also perform in Buenos Aires, Satyricon, the Norwegian black metal legend as part of a concert that promises to be historic in the Teatro de Flores, same place where two weeks ago his fellow Immortal give a class of black metal in a show that it could position itself as the best of the year and claim immortality.

From Monday 7 hang on. And whatever accounts. Because on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles about that, will perform at the Estadio Luna Park.

Also on Tuesday 8, but at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Faith No More again after his visit in 2009 which gave, in the opinion of the undersigned, the best show of the year. Patton is that if there is guarantee of superior show.

Superposition of bands from now, because on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 in Niceto, they turn the dark Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in Argentina who already gave a superb concert as part of one of the editions of the Quilmes Rock.

We return to the Malvinas Argentinas de La Paternal to announce that on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 will embark on the stage "The Colorado Philharmonic" better known by his name Megadeth local choir and sung twice and topped with the classic "Hold Megadeth".

On Wednesday 9, a few meters from the Obelisk, in the exquisite ND Ateneo, the jazzy, experimental rockers Morphine in its early funkeros Members of Morphine & Jeremy Lyons recreate the issues that those enshrined in the golden era marred by the Mark Sandman.

On 9 and November 10, plays the former leader of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell acoustic at the Grand Rex, where tickets are only available at 180 pesos for the first show. But still, there are up to 350 for the second date.

On Wednesday 9 will also be the time of the former child, now some bearded Hanson. But whether the appointment where the Theatre ... Coleraine.

On Friday 11, there for everyone. From the dark pop of Interpol in connection with a new date that sponsors a brand phones with free entry to their subscribers in Puerto Madero Amphitheatre, to Down, the band fronted by Phil Anselmo (Pantera) Pepper Keenan and (Corrosion of Conformity) arriving for the first time in Argentina on November 11 in El Teatro Flores.

Rate that does not stop on Saturday 12 in the College Theatre debut with all of the parents of stoner rock or rock Fumone to dry (pun intended). Kyuss Lives! without Josh Homme, who is recording the new album from Queens of the Stone Age and decided not to participate in this return, arriving in Buenos Aires for a single show. Training is currently composed of John Garcia, Bruno Fevery, Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork. Also on Saturday 12 at Club 21 in The Hidden Hereford's renowned Uruguayan band turns 15 and celebrates career editing on both sides "Hereford 5 years", an album compiled 15 of his classic and most successful subjects. This new album will be presented live in Argentina, said on Saturday.

No respite on Sunday 13, the Estadio Unico de La Plata, will host a unique band Pearl Jam on their return after the historic and unforgettable shows to give the Ferro Stadium in 2005. From the opening act will be as unknown to the Argentines, as respected in the musical underground: X, legendary punk band from California.

On Monday 14, meanwhile, will host Niceto Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab who founded in the 90's.

And on Tuesday, 15 will be the turn of the Japanese Miyavi also known as the "samurai guitarist" in College as well as the Australian sense of metalcore, Parkway Drive, which changed the location to act and make it into The Roxy Live, whose tickets purchased for the Teatro Flores are valid. Also Tuesday 15 Jean Luc Ponty brings his jazz. The legendary violinist will be at the Teatro Gran Rex along part of its historic musicians.

On Wednesday 16 at Luna Park back the wonderful and Stone Temple Pilots force the hand of Scott Weilland recuparado even phobic.

Thursday without bands, finally a break but soon as the Friday 18 will be the turn of former Genesis Peter Gabriel in the Buenos Aires headquarters GEBA Newbery present a concert orchestra. Friday 18 Violators of the verse also, the most important band of Spanish rap for the second time coming to the country. After his successful stay in Buenos Aires sold out in 2008, again to prove they are the No. 1 Spanish-language rap. Friday 18 will also have the performance of Rick Estrin & The Nighcats in the back of San Telmo.

On Saturday 19 comes Duff McKagan's Loaded, the renowned and prestigious bassist who joined Guns N 'Roses, Neurotic Outsiders, Velvet Revolver and Jane's Addiction will perform with his band Loaded in the College Theatre. On a night of pure hard rock, Loaded will present songs from their new album "The Taking", the band's third album released in 2011.

On Sunday 20, the debut of the all World Pop Princess: Britney Spears will be presented in single date at the Estadio Unico de La Plata.

A break until Tuesday 22 where the Welsh metalcore band Bullet for Valentine's time will be performing at the Teatro de Flores with Hinnuz and Seven Sides. As if more were missing, Manu Chao returns to Argentina for the first time * The Ventura * hot music, inspiration for the days of "Malegria." The French musician perform in Buenos Aires on 23 and November 24 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas.

Also on Thursday, 24 is the turn of Mark Jansen and his friends who come to Argentina to introduce his new supergroup with Simone Simons Mayan playing the most songs most emblematic of Epica and After Ferever. A memorable night in the College Theatre for fans of Epica and gothic metal.Mientras on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 in Niceto again, a place already in the house, the most important Colombian band of recent years, Bomba Stereo closes its 2011 international tour, Birds Tour.

To close the avalanche, a little rest for the pocket and the body, and wait until Tuesday November 29 and the arrival of Dir En Grey College, one of the largest visual-kei bands and metal accompanied by American band 10 Years.

Between brackets or line up and guest artists, 45 international visits within 30 days you have in November.

¿"Stop Coming"? Or sticks, Buenos Aires is waiting with open arms, feet restless, the headbanger frantic, the horns, lighters aloft and because rhythmic paw or easy tears of nostalgia or emotion. Also, the full heart and empty pockets. But what matters.

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