Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, a Seattle native, is touring his third solo album, 'Lighthouse,' which draws inspiration from his hometown and personal life. Ahead of his Manchester performance, McKagan discusses the album's creation, his influences, and his commitment to mental health advocacy.
Seattle is best known for producing two things: Starbucks, which opened its doors back in 1971, and grunge behemoths Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. What some music fans may not know, however, is that the American city was also the stomping ground of one of Guns N' Roses' founding members, Duff McKagan, pre-worldwide fame.
"I draw inspiration from real things that happened to me or that I've observed. I really observe when I travel, I'm the guy that sits back and takes notes and appreciate where I'm at and it seems to come out in my lyrics." "We can all say this happened or that happened during our childhood," he says calmly. "It didn't mess up my life hearing my parents argue or go through divorce. I was the eighth kid, so my brothers and sisters saw a lot more than I did.
It was supposed to come out in 1994 but was shelved after a merger between Duff's parent label Polygram and Universal, where he lost the rights to it. "Hope was finished in 1996. I recorded a record called Beautiful Disease, I was two years sober," he said. He said: "I dabbled with depression, which came out of nowhere. I've had panic attacks since I was 16 but I got my first depression attack at 50, it was terrifying. I wrote this song during a panic attack, in the middle of it I got my acoustic guitar, started writing lyrics down and thought this was the song that's going to save my life."
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