DUFF MCKAGAN Says His Forthcoming Book Will Not Be A GUNS N' ROSES Tell-All

March 25, 2010

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has inked a deal with Touchstone Fireside, a division of Simon & Schuster, to publish his autobiography in the fall of 2011.

In the latest installment of his weekly column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com, McKagan states about the book, "I want to make clear that this book is not a GN'R 'tell-all' or some other such 'rock' book. There are a lot of those at this point. Sure, I will touch on all of that, as it is part of my story, but only just a part of it. Rather, it will be a story of an ordinary guy who met with extraordinary circumstances, and the circumnavigation through these situations. If you have been a reader of my column, then you get the general idea of my headspace. I WILL be writing this myself, thick or thin.

Stacy Creamer, Touchstone Fireside Vice President and Publisher, will be Duff's editor. He adds, "I am excited that Tim Mohr, my old editor at Playboy, will be joining me too on this challenging venture and chapter of my life. Tim has edited the likes of Hunter S. Thompson. I look forward to him throwing out thousands of my words and telling me that I am full of shit on a daily basis!"

Based on the 40-page proposal that made the rounds of publishing houses in February, McKagan's book would begin on the day in 1994 when his pancreas burst from alcohol abuse. It would recount his rise through the music scene, his fall into drug abuse and his recovery, which included two years of celibacy and a degree in finance from Seattle University.

Bidding last month topped $250,000, according to an industry source cited by Crain's New York Business.

A sample of Duff's writing which may, or may not, end up in the forthcoming book can be found at SeattleWeekly.com.

Duff's VELVET REVOLVER/GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Slash has already published his own book, while ex-GUNS drummer Steven Adler will publish his life story, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses", in June.

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