“I played in 29 punk rock bands, but I loved Prince. 1999 became the soundtrack to my life”: How the Purple One’s classic album was life-changing for a Guns N’ Roses star

Duff McKagan in 1987.

At the end of the ’80s, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan was asked to name the best album of that decade. He chose Prince’s classic double album 1999.

Many years later, McKagan told Classic Rock why that album meant so much to him.