Guns N’ Roses to release new song “The General” digitally on Friday

In an interview with Duff McKagan for SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” on June 12, the question of whether he believes Guns N’ Roses will ever release more “newly written music” instead of continuing to alter and release previously recorded songs was posed.  Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. There’s new material. I don’t know how we’re...

Duff McKagan has shared an interesting anecdote about Slash’s initial resistance to Guns N’ Roses‘ classic track, “Sweet Child O’ Mine“. Speaking on the Songcraft podcast, McKagan recounted the genesis of the song, starting with Izzy Stradlin’s three chords. Despite initial uncertainty about the direction, Axl Rose liked it, prompting the band to explore its...