One wouldn't usually turn to a veteran of Guns N' Roses for advice on how to live, but Duff McKagan is not a typical rock musician. He got sober at thirty, went back to school, got smart about money, fell in love, became a father, and got his life back on track. Through trial and considerable error, Duff learned to strike the balance between family and work, travel and contentment, financial aptitude and sacrifice. In How to Be a Man , Duff takes the reader into the life of an international rock musician and shares, with disarming candour and humour, the solid life lessons he's learned along the way to success and fulfillment in both his family life and career. From hard-won advice on basics like starting with a strong base and staying humble to techniques on staving depression and transforming darker impulses into something productive, How to Be a Man is the ultimate guide to rocking life- not as a dissolute train-wreck "rock star" but as a man bound for success and longevity.
Biografie (Duff McKagan)
DUFF McKAGAN, 1964, spielte in Punk-Bands in Seattle, bevor er mit 20 nach Los Angeles aufbrach. Dort gründete er gemeinsam mit vier anderen jungen Musikern die Band Guns N Roses, deren Appetite for Destruction das meistverkaufte Debütalbum der Geschichte werden sollte. Nach 13 Jahren in GN R stieg er aus, um eine Familie zu gründen und ein Wirtschaftsstudium zu absolvieren. McKagan ist mit seiner Band Loaded regelmäßig auf Tour und schreibt wöchentliche Kolumnen für Seattleweekly.com und ESPN.com. 2011 gründete er Meridian Rock, ein Vermögensberatungsunternehmen für Rockmusiker. Er lebt mit seiner Frau dem Model Susan Holmes und den gemeinsamen Töchtern in Seattle.
