Head First
August 11, 1980
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When I was fifteen years old, the summer between ninth and tenth grade, my father’s job put us in Hawaii for a few months. A
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My New Perspective
September 3, 1981
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And so, back to the real world to witness years fly by from a seated position. Pops’ newest house had a pool in the backyard,
How It Got Started
February 14, 1983
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Shortly after 1982’s first hangover subsided, Ma’s kind friend, Robin, let me have her super-cheap, street-level, one-bedroom apartment. Three days before my seventeenth birthday, I
A Child of Eighteen
March 1, 1983
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Pops must’ve climbed into his van right after hanging up, because he was at my door within the hour. He didn’t bring the much-needed firearm,
I Broke My Air Guitar’s G-String
April 1, 1984
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The outstanding Ian Gillian, of Deep Purple fame, banded together with Black Sabbath to put out a kick-ass metal record, Born Again. A few weeks
Lighting C-Notes on Fire
June 7, 1984
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Barely a month after my chat with a top-ten all-time-great rock god, Ronnie James Dio, my lawyer called to report two of five opposing parties
Axl Rose Joins L.A. Guns
September 8, 1984
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About two weeks later, I got a call from Mr. Axl Rose himself. He didn’t beat around the bush. Right after a hello, he straight-out
The Mike Jagosz Months
December 21, 1984
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Six days after Axl Rose departed L.A. Guns, Ronald Regan earned a second presidential term with the largest electoral vote landslide victory in United States
How to Spot the Fish
January 12, 1985
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There’s an old saying amongst poker players, “If you can’t spot the fish, you are the fish.” My freelance music-business school courses depleted my settlement
The First Guns N’ Roses Show
March 12, 1985
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Shortly after that Iron Maiden concert, Izzy and Axl regrouped Hollywood Rose for a one-off gig at Dancing Waters. The South Bay club featured an
The GNR You Know N’ Love
June 13, 1985
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Axl only had one guitarist in mind. But Izzy expressed a desire to explore all options, in hopes of finding an older, more established musician.
L.A. Guns Starts Anew
October 30, 1985
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Whatever Tracii Guns believed he had going on, right after getting the boot from G N’ R, never panned out. After a few months of
GNR First Step Toward Infamy
January 26, 1986
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Guns N’ Roses pulled a capacity crowd into the Troubadour on the first Saturday night of 1986. Along with a first-ever opportunity for fans to
GNR Hits the World’s Stage
July 21, 1987
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By the start of 87, The Wild were also long gone from their Gardner Street studio. All the cool 24/7 parties moved to Orange Street,
A Thrill That Will Get You
August 20, 1988
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After months of relentless touring, G N’ R earned themselves a little time off. At the start of 1988, they returned to Hollywood as conquering
A Legend in Twelve Steps
October 18, 1989
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I don’t know if it was something I did or said, but Axl never again called or gave me his phone number. I wasn’t officially
Faux Cue Studios
April 26, 1992
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While I was still in the music business, I attempted to purchase a music rehearsal studio. I couldn’t secure financing, but remained confident the bank
How to Combine Two Duff Posts into One
December 22, 2023
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In 2019 I broke the Hollywood “dude-bro code” by publishing these two blogs. For those who got their panties-in-a-wad, I have made no revelations or