Later this month, Guns N’ Roses’ fifth album “The Spaghetti Incident?” turns 30 and to celebrate the anniversary, there’s a bumper feature in the new issue of Classic Rock delving into the songs that make up Axl & co.’s only covers album. The record brought a load of mostly obscure and mostly punk-rock tracks to a wider audience and Duff McKagan tells Classic Rock’s Dave Everley that it was good way to boost the coffers of the bands GN’ R loved who hadn’t necessarily made a huge amount of money from their music.
“These were all songs we played in soundcheck or live over the years,” McKagan explains. “There was no plan to start with. We recorded a few songs, and then it was like, let’s just make a record… We figured, if we make this record and it sells, then if nothing else some of our heroes can get some royalties.”
