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Loosegroove RecordsThe short-lived Seattle punk band The Living, featuring a 17-year-old, pre-Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan on guitar, is coming back to life

Ever wonder where some of that aggression and fury in early Guns N Roses music came from? Bassist Duff McKagan likely carried over some of that attitude from his teen years punk band The Living, who are now sharing their 1982 debut album, aptly titled The Living: 1982. Get our free mobile app McKagan was a 17-year-old guitarist and songwriter at the time of this recording, joining with singer John Conte, bassist Todd Fleischman and drummer Greg Gilmore on their fledgling effort. Gilmores name ...

Revolver has teamed up with The Living, Duff McKagans early punk band, for an exclusive Translucent Ruby vinyl variant of their newly issued album The Living: 1982 "It was a really magical moment," Duff McKagan says, talking to Revolver about his early Eighties Seattle punk band, the Living. And its a moment that, for the first time, fans can now experience via The Living: 1982 — a new collection of seven McKagan-penned originals, recorded in one session 39 years ago. The mini-album — ...

Seattles Loosegroove Records to release "The Living: 1982," vintage punk with a 17-year-old Duff McKagan Seattle punk pioneers The Living, featuring Guns N Roses songwriter Duff McKagan, are sharing their debut recording for the first time. "The Living: 1982" is set for release on April 16, 2021 via the Seattle-based Loosegroove Records. Author: THE LIVING, featuring iconic multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Duff McKagan, are sharing their debut recording for the first time. The Living: 19...

Duff McKagan's first band, the Living, will release 'The Living: 1982' in April 2021.

The short-lived Seattle punk band The Living , featuring a 17-year-old, pre- Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan on guitar, is coming back to life. Loosegroove...

McKagan on guitar, frontman/vocalist John Conte, Greg Gilmore ( The recordings were unearthed by Gilmore who spearheaded the idea of releasing the music in some fashion. It made perfect sense to take the collection to the Seattle-based label Loosegroove, who had just resurrected the imprint September 2020. As Gilmore explains: " THE LIVING was the beginning of all things Seattle for me — a turning point in my life. I joined a band and a community. These guys are still my brothers. Ive ch...

Guns N Roses member played guitar and wrote all seven songs on The Living: 1982 Share this article: CREDIT: Marty Perez Before he was bassist for one of the biggest bands in the universe, Guns N’ Roses’Duff McKagan was a punk rocker in Seattle. And now we can hear what a 17-year-old McKagan sounded like thanks to  The Living: 1982, a previously unreleased LP from his early band The Living. Lead single “Two-Generation Stand” is out now, with the album due April 16 via Seattle’s Loo...

Seattle based punk band The Living that was active during the early 80s and made up of Duff McKagan, John Conte, Todd Fleischman, and Greg Gilmore, are putting out an album. The LP is called The Living: 1982 and features recordings of seven original songs that the band made in 1982 but did not relea...

By Rick Dandes rdandes@thedanvillenews.com Dec 23, 2020 Dec 23, 2020 DANVILLE — Cardiac surgeon John Conte has joined Geisinger as chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery and vice chair of the Geisinger Heart Institute, Geisinger announced on Wednesday. Conte specializes in minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery, is an expert in valve repair and replacement, and – in patients with abnormalities of the aorta, such as aortic aneurysms – valve-sparing aortic root ...