Main instrument: Bass Guitar
Other instruments: Guitar and drums
Real name: Michael Andrew McKagan
Born: February 5, 1964
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Height: 6 feet, 3 inches
Married to: Susan Holmes
Children: Two daughters, Grace (born August 27th, 1997) and May Marie (born July 16th, 2000)
Number Of Siblings: Seven (Jon, Carol, Mark, Bruce, Joan, Claudia and Matt). Duff is the youngest.
Parents: Elmer and Alice Marie McKagan
First concert: Aerosmith
First record: KISS Alive
Number Of Bands before GN'R: 31, including the Fartz [drums], 10 Minute Warning, Cannibal [guitar], speed-poppers the Living, Silly Killers, The D.T.'s, Cleavage, The Fastbacks [drums], Vains, Crisis Party, Our Gang, Wandering Bandeleros, Thankless Dogs and Hobo Skank
Solo Albums: Believe In Me (1993) and Beautiful Disease
Recorded with (amongst others): Iggy Pop, Gilby Clarke, Izzy Stradlin and Mark Lanegan.
Quit GN'R: August 1997
Sideproject: Neurotic Outsiders
Played in: 10 Minute Warning (before and after GN'R!), Loaded, Mad For The Racket, The Gentlemen
Current band: Velvet Revolver
Bass guitar influence: Sid Vicious
Other: Has been called Duff since he was two years old. He got the name from his parents and it stuck.
Made his acting debut as a "punk-rock vampire" on the sci-fi television series Sliders.
Has produced an EP with Betty Blowtorch.
Publishing title : Pimp Music