GUN N ROSES bassist Duff McKagan talked about his experience touring with Motley Crue, in a recent interview with Rock This With Allison Hagendorf.
Here’s what the bassist said:
“I mean, that was during ”’Appetite” and it still hadn’t broken. We didn’t have a single on the radio. Nobody knew who we were. And Whitesnake was just the opener for Motley Crue. They had blown up so huge that they left that tour and started headlining arenas themselves.
”So we got out with Motley Crue and it was, you know, it was our three fans in Atlanta, Georgia, you know, like, yeah, we were used to that. Nobody else was in the place yet. So although it looks good on paper like the Motley Crue thing was great for us, it was great. We were touring. We didn’t give a f*ck.
”You know, we’ll play to our three to seven people every night. We hadn’t quite yet broken yet, but it was really cool seeing like the Motley Crue guys, they had their own plane. We’re like, f*ck, they had code words on their walkie-talkies for drugs and s*it, you know what I’m saying? Wow. That’s super pro.”
