Michael Andrew McKagan, better known by his stage name Duff McKagan is a member of the popular rock band Guns N’ Roses, where he remained responsible for playing the bass. He has had an on-and-off relationship with the band, as he was a member all throughout the eighties and the early nineties, after which he left the band only to join it once again years later in 2016.
Outside of Guns N’ Roses, he has been a part of many shortlived rock bands, including Neurotic Outsiders, 10 Minute Warning, and Loaded, a rock band that remains active to this date. Fans also saw him perform with a supergroup band called Velvet Revolver, Hollywood Vampires, and Alice in Chains.
Duff McKagan remained globally popular for a very long time and still continues to perform with his original bandmates from Guns N’ Roses. His musical experience and work outside of Guns N’ Roses are phenomenal, and some of his most important collaborative efforts include projects with Mike McCready, Barrett Martin, Walking Papers, and Levee Walkers.
He has revealed that it was his elder brother who taught him how to play bass, and he polished his rookie skills by playing along to different albums released at the time. In interviews, he has revealed that his musical style and bass-playing skills have taken inspiration from artists like Barry Adamson, Paul Simonon, and Lemmy Kilmister.
Fans of the band and the artist must know that Duff is not just a talented bass player and musician, but he is also an established writer, having published articles and weekly columns for various online platforms, including Seattle Weekly, Playboy, and ESPN.
Duff McKagan has found a family for himself and currently has two daughters and is currently married to his third wife, Susan Holmes. Duff has definitely seen better days in terms of his physical health. The musician spent years trying to get over his addiction to drugs which got him admitted to the hospital quite a few times, even managing to almost kill him once.
But the singer has long since abandoned such habits and announced his re-entry into the band Guns N’ Roses in the year 2016, also performing recently at the Glastonbury Festival as the headlining act. After years of being in the industry and being at the top for so long, the artist must have accumulated heavy wealth. Are you wish to find out more about his net worth, then continue scrolling till the end.
Duff McKagan’s Net Worth
The bassist of the beloved band has quite a fanbase and discography to show for his successful career. From what sources tell, Duff McKagan’s overall worth after being such an iconic and successful act in the music industry stands at a proud $70 million.
Guns N’ Roses itself has not been the most active band, though they have seen immense love from fans whenever they have put out music, which has not been very regular.
Duff was with the band when they debuted but left when in 1997, only to join them again in 2016. His career with the band and with whatever he has done outside of it has only seen an upward trajectory of success. Much of his worth is due to the music he released with Guns N’ Roses, which was the ‘it’ thing among the public.
Their album sales have always been high, and surely, Duff must have received a part of it. The tours that the bands have gone on together were also almost always sold-out and highly anticipated. The band has had a messy career path, and they may have been under fire for a bucket load of controversy, but we all know they have never been a flop, not in their thirty-seven years of existence.
Duff McKagan is known to have put his money to actual use and has apparently bought quite a few expensive houses all throughout Los Angeles. It is also a publicly known fact that the bassist has skillfully invested in stocks of big names, including Starbucks, Amazon, and Microsoft.
He has a beautiful Hollywood Hills home which he bought back in 1990, and he also has under his name a gorgeous widespread eighteen hundred square foot cottage located in Studio City in Los Angeles. While the band overall is known as popular for throwing away their money on girls, drugs, and private plans, it seems like Duff McKagan managed to do well with at least a part of it.
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