Duff McKagan On GN’R’s Punk Origins
May 25, 2022 7:00AM EDT
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan says the band owes a debt to the punk rock scene.
McKagan told Stage Right Secrets that he learned to play guitar by listening to Sex Pistols and New York Dolls, and grew up in a punk scene that gave birth to bands like The Clash, The Ramones, and The Police.
McKagan says without punk rock “There wouldn’t be a Guns N’ Roses, there wouldn’t be Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana… you can just keep going on“.
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