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The youngest of eight children, Duff McKagan was created in Seattle, Washington within the spring of 1964. His actual name is usually Michael, but his family members offered him the nickname Duff at age two and it trapped. He was raised rebellious, falling deeply in love with punk and glam …

Probably most widely known simply because Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan’s original band (he was the drummer), and in addition real estate to future Accused frontman Blaine Cook, the Fartz were among Seattle’s first hardcore punk outfits, attacking governmental and religious corruption, racism, sexism, poverty, and so on. The …