Duff McKagan releasing lost pre-Guns N’ Roses music

CLEVELAND, OH – APRIL 14: Inductees (L-R) Matt Sorum, Steven Adler, Duff McKagan and Slash of Guns N’ Roses pose in the press room during the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

On April 16th, Duff McKagan will release The Living: 1982, a seven-track set of 1982 tracks by his pre-Guns N’ Roses band, the Living, will. Rolling Stone reported the Seattle-based band, which McKagan joined when he was 17, was a staple on the city’s punk scene, featured McKagan on guitar, singer John Conte, bassist Todd Fleischman, and drummer Greg Gilmore.

The album will be released “digitally and on three different color variants of vinyl” via Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s label, Loosegroove. Drummer Greg Gilmore played Gossard and fellow Pearl Jam bandmate Jeff Ament in Mother Love Bone.

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