During a recent appearance on the "Nights With Alice Cooper" radio show, Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED, WALKING PAPERS) read a passage from his second book, "How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions)". Watch the clip below and learn about Duff reuniting with GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose, creating a setlist and the universal bond we all have: our love of knock-knock jokes. "How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions)" came out on May 12 and is the follow-up to Duff's critically acclaimed New York Times best selling memoir, "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)".In "How To Be A Man", McKagan shares the wisdom he gained on the path to superstardom from his time with GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER to getting sober after a life of hard living to achieving his personal American Dream of marrying a supermodel, raising a family and experiencing what it's like to be winked at by Prince.The bassist released a three-song EP, also called "How To Be A Man", in conjunction with the book's publication. The title track featured former GUNS guitarist Izzy Stradlin and ALICE IN CHAINS axeman Jerry Cantrell.Speaking about how the two books are different, Duff told Artisan News: "[Writing 'How To Be A Man' didn't involve] the heaviness of digging deep into my own dark soul and figuring out stuff, mistakes I've made. This is
just more a journey into what is a man. Some of the stuff is things I've pulled from columns, or thoughts I've had discussing columns with my editor at Seattle Weekly. Just a whole list of things we discussed over the years. Yeah, it was a lot lighter [subject matter], for sure."
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