Autobiography of the bassist of the legendary Guns N'Roses. A detailed description of life from childhood to the present day. Duff talks in detail about his years in GNR, alcoholism, drugs, Axl Rose, cycling and how he became an exemplary family man with two daughters. Duff McKagan played drums, guitar and bass in punk bands in Seattle before picking up his bass and moving to Los Angeles at age 20. There he and four new friends soon founded Guns N' Roses, whose Appetite for Destruction became the best-selling debut album in history. In 1994, McKagan barely survives a ruptured pancreas as a result of alcohol and drug abuse. After 13 years in GnR, he left the group to start a family and pursue an education at Seattle University. He creates the groups Loaded and Velvet Revolver, and briefly performs with Alice in Chains and Jane’s Addiction.