Duff McKagan Interview with Milana (Rabkin) Lewis | Upfront Summit 2019

[@imsergio]

Everyone should have a friend like Duff. The coolest and most down to earth dude you will ever see in the music scene.

[@sanjatarabaric3356]

Yep, I so love that man. I really wanna to get in touch with that man in soon time. It would be my great pleasure to meet Him.

[@johniadanza4510]

RuFF really????? DUFF i mean Duff MCKAGANnnn!!!

[@imsergio]

@@retikulum true fact.

[@ericcook4665]

I've always thought that about duff also I don't no what it is but something about duff is so cool he just seems so cool

[@seemamansingh6812]

This guy is a #livinglegend …. there are millions of loyal fans around the world (not just in the US) who are inspired by this humble, down to earth insanely talented musician/singer/song writer/author .. Duff has always been and still is the strength within ALL his bands .. strength to his family, friends & to his doting fans ..thank you #DuffMckagan #GodsofRock

[@TheLockervomhocker]

&yeqdqy&d*444#.,yy

[@nicksothep8472]

Funny, I just left a comment saying the exact same things..🏴‍☠️

[@cherylb2008]

Duff is my favorite GNR. Very interesting to know how far he came.

[@sjaxemaster11]

Duff is one of the most nicest guy ever, great musician & songwriter and a kick ass bass player!

[@johnny310xx]

Seriously? Most nicest ....lol.....”nicest” would’ve been enough lol.....

[@Akash-jz2vf]

Even though he belongs to the once "Most Dangerous Band in The World".

[@tonato17]

such a sweet and sensitive soul guy!

[@pushplayent]

Great interview! Duff is deliberate, thoughtful and honest. It's rare to see an interviewer allow a thoughtful person like Duff finish his answers without interruptions. Great job.

[@ariesram74]

It's amazing hearing Duff talking as a mature adult and also remembering him and Slash drunk and cursing on the mic at a music awards show. GNR are legends - the stories are sleazy as hell lol.

[@mike70282]

duff is an absolute legend...i grew up watching him in Guns...to see how humble he is and after reading his book I gained a new respect for the type of man he is...thanks for the music Duff, and even more importantly thank you for showing the capacity to grow and mature into a positive role model

[@Biltospill]

Love Duff. amazing how some people just have amazing carisma. Duff has it in spades. He reaks of humble pie. Amazing human

[@cullertransportation]

Duff is the reason I picked up a bass. James from Metallica is why I picked up a guitar and both bands are the reason I still play. Mr. McKagan sir you are one of my biggest heroes

[@bobbyberetta4206]

Michael Culler I always loved Duff’s use of the chorus, he definitely had his own thing.

[@cullertransportation]

Bobby Beretta I couldn’t agree more. He is a musical genius, and a stand up man

[@ludaheracles7201]

And Lars is the reason you quit the drums

[@EnDependance123]

We can tell by the haircut bud

[@MrDeadhead83]

Duff's bass tone and style has always been unique. To this day no one sounds or plays like him.

[@christopheroliver2465]

Duff's quest for financial knowledge and what he has done through Meridian Rock Investments has done so much for the music industry. He is an extremely intelligent person. 12:51 is the best part of the interview.

[@tonato17]

Duff is a living legend. A very sensitive and sweet guy.

[@shonuff4323]

Duff is such a fascinating dude. I love listening to him talk.

[@monkeyspoon8255]

The king of beers

[@Eden639]

I'm a big Guns and Roses fan, congratulations to Duff McKagan for getting his act together. It takes humility to realize we don't know everything and to ask the questions. Learning about money is the most important thing for anyone to do. I myself have gone back to community college to learn about Finance as well. They don't teach anyone about money in schools because that's how the system keeps making money on You. Financial education should be taught from elementary school and up. High school kids should learn what is money, debt, investments. Personal finance, insurance and legal issues. When you don't know you loose a lot of money and time.

[@TheMan00099]

I lived I Seattle for 4 years from 97 to 2000 and then I moved to New York, Everytime Duff talks about Seattle and punk rock brings back soany memories of my days living there!!! Seattle rules!!!!

[@JA-rn5qv]

Duff is looking really good. Very full of life, and doesn't have the "burned out" look like so many others in that lifestyle from the same period.

[@philippemarois5828]

The lady doing the interview knows so little about the story of GnR ... I was embarrassed every time she’s starting to ask a question ... but Duff make up for it! He’s so cool, relax and compose. Slash and him are phenomenal in interviews!

[@rebelrocker3743]

Such a nice Guy, Rock On !

[@diogopinto4128]

Duff is always so generous and interesting in his interviews Class.👍🏻.

[@christopheroliver2465]

"Spoilage and Breakage": Duff's knowledge from his Cost Accounting course at Seattle University. Kudos Duff!

[@ciaran6309]

still remember first time i saw the jungle video. always thought it was a police siren at the start but it was axls voice. fanastic. still.

[@andrewherbert8125]

What a great interview, quality interviewer, Duff is quite amazing how he made it, this should be compulsory viewing

[@ludaheracles7201]

Fk off u must have low standards

[@68marconi]

Great attitude on the man & his punk rock ethos... be truthful, be vigorous, be honest.

[@jujupancakes9310]

Fuck it. I'll say it. Duff might actually be the smartest person in any given room.

[@stevenbrewer9306]

wow, this guy became a rockstar then a student! so glad to see this, really cool stuff!!

[@missytucker5202]

1987 Was The Gool Ole Days /I Was 16 Back Then / I Remember Guns N Roses Being So Popular /I Loved The Song Sweet Child O Mine /I Would Watch MTV And Axl Was Singing And Dancing /And I Thought Axl And Duff Was So Attractive /And I HadTo Watch That Video Everytime It Was On MTV / I Just Thought Guns N Roses Was So Awesome And Had The Best Rock N Roll Music At That Time / I Miss That Time Span / However I Am Truly Amazed At How Smart Duff Is /He Is So Intelligent And Can Be An Inspiration To Others /Thank You For Telling How You Got Your Start In This Incredible Rock Band 🎸🎤🎶🥁

[@christopheroliver2465]

20:58 Just the Accounting courses...wonderful 👏 1

[@enviousfred]

Great man, living his "second chance" away from the chemicals. Kids can learn a lot from Mr Mc.

[@catherinecarkulis1750]

Amazing fan growth!!! Your music really changed reality checks.

[@greckendale]

Rogan needs Duff!

[@missytucker5202]

Duff Has Changed So Much /When He Was Younger He Was Gorgeous And More Wild /And Now That He Is Older He Has Tamed Down A Bit /And Has Become A Awesome Man /And Still Gorgeous /Seems So Down To Earth / After Watching Some Of His 80s Interviews /Its Really Hard To Beleive This Is Duff Today 🥁🎸🎤

[@papuialz9613]

That's why i like him the most

[@stevetheplumberbreeding7402]

Gr8 interview! The interviewer did a great job! And Duff is the man!

[@ludaheracles7201]

What t f? She fkin useless, you must have been concentrating on her legs too much

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Starts interview with long drawn out self promotional plug that was only tenuously connected with asking Duff about his bands.

[@sophiaaifos]

Thought it was beside the point too.

[@jerva245]

She's a typical millennial, has to make it about her. Says "I" multiple times. ugh.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@jerva245 hey Millennial still counts for birth in early 80s so I think she maybe too young even for that whackolade. lol

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@jerva245 Milana Lewis is just the word Millenial Concealed amongst other letters "We is Millenial "

[@rajeshdeb740]

Dude's a legend.

[@randothol9003]

A grounded down to earth lovely chap.

[@andraslippai3169]

GNR was not an "overnight" succes. It was hard work. Not some fancy pantsy one day I realise "I'am an artist" and the next day is a full blown succes. Fuck no. Apetite for destruction was out for half a year before hit big time. Learn the punk ethic folks: work hard.

[@danniehenriksen1116]

So Happy that Duff for clean.nack then. He's the best bassplayer on the world hardcore Heavy platin you can allways tell it's Duff on the bass🤘

[@quadq6598]

Excellent, thanks for uploading this. Same age as Duff, same age children, entire opposite ends of scale in terms of worldly experience & for sure "net worth" but he has the exact same "way of thinking" or something like that to me ( no Homo - LOL) Sound, editing and overall production just excellent. Well done.

[@Thedesertguy75]

Whats crazy is stories like that of GnR are so wild wild west you probably wont ever hear anything like that again because young people were hungry and not afraid to go out and get it. She on the other hand comes off as so corporate or wanting to be the next shark tank entrepreneur....its just that.. can she really understand what they did or go through?? I dont think so...Thats what legends are made of...

[@tonifelise6297]

Duff is so much more valuable now as a human being with wisdom , honesty, earthy vibe, grown up adult man !! Then he was in the 1980s at the height of his fame.

[@lizardsboy81westcoastshawn7]

He's very smart for a ex alcoholic I can only imagine how much money geffen stole from guns n' Roses has to be over 10 million as duff said there was some nervous ppl around when he got sober and educated in finance 😁😂

[@duffmckagan4739]

shaun Britton hello

[@davidterry4152]

Just because he is an alcoholic doesn't make him an idiot. People with an education can get tripped up in life, I know from experience. He will always be an addict, always recovering .

[@donjf12]

for an alcoholic, that's hilarious and you must be kidding and not really that naïve.

[@EnDependance123]

All the responses are funny hell...."just cause he's an alcoholic/addict doesn't make him stupid." Ya no shit, that much alcohol and drugs does kill brain cells that cannot be replaced, look it up people....it effects millions negatively for there rest of there lives and makes some downright retarded

[@chrisretro81]

@@davidterry4152 agreed I found that initial statement a bit off the mark. Alcoholic and intellect have no connection

[@lizardsboy81westcoastshawn7]

80 grand to the bass player wow image what axl & slash got?

[@duffmckagan7020]

is his last name irish

[@tommydewayneisaacs2739]

Duff Rules !!!

[@gioulaanastasiou7472]

Duff you are a ⭐ star. I love you. You are a super musician and man

[@taylor-vl1re]

The camera angle on the interviewer is annoying (to me)...She's a person, show her too, not just a profile....

[@susanhosti5471]

💕 ya Duff!!!!

[@SmiTTyy-sh8nc]

Duff is the man !!!

[@ranggaputra2098]

duffmckagan idol

[@JCSAXON]

I love this guy. It’s crazy how much he looks like Bowie at a glance

[@kilvapkram4302]

"What a nice guy" is all I'm reading. This is the real Duff. In 1985 I was at the Whiskey and Duff asked me for a smoke. He said,"Ill get you back" He never gave me back a cigarette. Again in 1985 I was having problems with my BMW. I asked Duff if I could borrow $73,000 for a new 7-Series. He just laughed. It gets worse. Around "80"-"81", I was on my way into the bar after a lite rain and needed hairspray. I spotted Duff and knew he always carried. I said Duff can you spare some spray,he said,"No,.....aint got enough." Real nice dude?

[@EnDependance123]

Sure Mark

[@tommybergstrom3374]

Oh, hey Mark!

[@chrisretro81]

Where were you in 80/81? I'd love to know where Duff was at!

[@calldyuk1751]

The most decent, humble guy in Rock, havin just read his biography, great to see him healthy. He was seriously messed up in the early 90's.

[@anthonyellerbrock932]

Cool dude!

[@michaelkennedy5469]

Splendifourous interview!

[@veraw1221]

Very smart guy he chose to live by the sword,,,,,and NOT DIE By it. RESPECT !!

[@andrewzenn1719]

Interviewer was a self promoter. How does stem link to musicians? Little. Duff, great interview and great for ignoring her questions.

[@Medes06]

first time i listen to the story as it was at the early days. And i though i Knew. thaks

[@SocialNetwork86]

Did he talk for almost 20 minutes straight?

[@johnmcintyre1965]

Long live DUFF!

[@catherinecarkulis1750]

Duff has a way of gathering people like hens and chicks! He is cool --figuring out all aspects of his musical art.

[@nickthelick]

I know that he probably ISN'T, but Duff actually sounds a little nervous here in this interview... Sounds a little bit shakey, y'know? But yeah, I realise that he probably isn't...

[@cinderellsworth]

Didn't he end up with some permanent nerve damage because of his alcohol drinking? It seems I remember hearing that somewhere. It seems like he's lost some of hearing too, probably from being exposed to a LOT of high-volume-living in his early years with GNR.

[@cinderellsworth]

@Neo Sannyasin Well, yeah...that too....😏

[@andrewmacleod3308]

Duff has been my hero/idol since the age of 9.i could listen to him all day long but damn... She has great legs.

[@decem_sagittae]

Who the hell filmed this? You can't see the moderator's face

[@clivetorment5008]

Alice Cooper, Megadeth and Guns and Roses back then would of been kick ass

[@yukoncornelius6173]

clive torment i was at one of those shows! Really odd mix, alice cooper being the boring unexciting act. Im sure Mr Cooper was fantastic back in his heyday but when i saw his band they had a new modern sound and blended in with the tons of cock rock hair metsl of the 80s,. Megadeth were absolutely incredible as were GnR. Btw DUFF rules, wat a great all around human being. GnR did a few Misfits covers w/duff singing the first and third time i saw GnR

[@erikwalthar7947]

To have a successful band you gotta think of it almost like a restaurant business....gotta have a (recipe)/"people that have the know how" that people want....gotta have that awesome hamburger that people are gonna talk about and want again

[@fearview]

one of the early buyer of Amazon, Starbucks and Microsoft stocks :D

[@carinajohansson8696]

I like duff seems like a good guy he knew kurt cobain 🧍‍♂️🎸💋💋❤️❤️❤️😎

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

I remember buying GNRS appetite on cassette a year before anybody really heard of them. Listening to this great music from this no name band, strange when I think back. Too bad liberal Duff didn’t use his business knowledge and tell liberal Axl to shut up about politics because you will lose half your income because conservative consumers will not buy your product. Something in California warps people’s brains.

[@armoredmetalhead1257]

Bullshit...

[@giorgikobalava7430]

Axl being liberal sounds like an oxymoron. He's more likely a libertarian/independent.

[@carolinevictory1414]

@@giorgikobalava7430 are u sure?

[@cinderellsworth]

@Teaeli Anderson Here's a conservative that LOVES GNR....don't buy into everything you hear and read about us. Just because we have conservative values in many areas of our lives doesn't mean we don't enjoy the music of our own choosing. C'mon, Teaeli….you're smarter than that...

[@crowningchristopher8273]

I was a musician in the 90's, I wish I had heard some of this advice back then. I never knew where the money was. When my band did get paid it seemed like we were in the hole more than when we started. People around us thought we were really moving up, and we were to some degree, but in reality the band was all living in a tiny apartment with no furniture and no food.

[@mrsoikawa]

Which band were you in?

[@typhoonbomber363]

Duff is great. And so are those legs.

[@kidpoker9408]

duff just wrote a new song Shes got legs oh wait thats done already

[@Nalydretsbew]

How come Duff & Izzy have a lower net worth compared to Slash & Axl

[@gavinmoran6880]

Duff is one of the most honest people in rock, I am a huge fan, but this interview still perpetrates the BS music industry story.

[@rocketking2589]

Horses! Fuck... I just got a two bedroom in the valley. 🤣

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

CLASH LIVE MATTERS GO DUFF

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

19 1 19

[@aikeeflores6367]

hi milana

[@bphotrod24]

I dig the chairs lmao

[@jeblak7497]

duff profile interisting

[@chuckrobinson5190]

Her legs???

[@apachelogiano612]

Duff, tell me why you hate the song "Wanted Dead Or Alive" so much. You have bothered to explain it too many times ... you can tell that you know it by heart ... And you pointed out that what Jon BJ says in that song is not even worth poetic license (?). It seems that it bothers you too much that other bands fill stadiums. You say that many curious and companions people are going to see Bon Jovi and other bands, and not really fans of those bands. And I think, dear Duff (because I love GNR), unless you play Cannibal Corpe or Morbid Angel, your concerts also go many, many curious and companions.

[@Dizzy1980]

Yes Milana, you have great legs. But the camera needs to show your face. It looks like a long mane of hair is doing all the talking.

[@lalo7069]

,

[@n0166]

HORSES! FUCK..

[@silasmarner7586]

Ugh... she's annoying. He's the real deal. I saw that show at the Kingdome that he saw.. it was terrible.

[@MegaBigdog1974]

I bet she poops rose buds.... prob doesn't even smell

[@obreten]

first :)

[@mist1705]

Her legs are super distracting 😁