The News Tribune reports that Seattle boy Duff McKagan first became a household name as bassist for GUNS N' ROSES in the ’80s. Then he struck gold again in recent years, after he and most of his GN’R buddies teamed up with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland to form super-group VELVET REVOLVER.

But it’s Duff McKagan’s LOADED, the group he formed between his better-known bands, that will be on display tonight at Hell’s Kitchen. And he called recently to talk about having more time to dedicate to Loaded after Weiland’s departure from Velvet Revolver.

Q: For starters, there have been headlines for the past couple of months related to why you have more time to spend with Loaded.

A: "Yeah, I mean, we kind of knew back in even last August when Alice (in Chains) came out and was opening for us on that tour. That’s when we first started to really know this isn’t going to work out with Scott.

But we went through the thing, hoping it was going to get better – you know, really tried to work with Scott and help him out and get back on the right path. But he kept going left, and we were going right. So that’s really it."

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