“We came to terms with Duff probably not being available everyone said I should go off and pursue it myself because this was my baby in the first place. Until people stop buying tickets, I don’t see those guys stopping! So during that time I made the Staticland record and did a couple of tours for that. Of course, this thing grew some legs and made a fortune. “For a minute, we thought it might be just one tour and we’d wait it out. “We made the record and then all the GNR stuff started sparking up,” says Angell. As fate would have it, Guns N’ Roses would be gearing up for one of the highest grossing tours in music history and Duff McKagan’s diary was about to get a whole lot busier. This year’s second full-length, recorded at QOTSA leader Josh Homme’s Pink Duck Studio in Burbank and titled WP2, builds on the soulful foundations laid by its predecessor and ended up being more of a team effort.īecause, as Angell rightfully explains, when you have “a monster rhythm section like that” you capitalise on the wealth of talent at your disposal. He invited Duff to play bass once he heard my songs he said he’d be happy to join and tour to support the record. “One day I was opening up for one for Barrett’s bands, he said he’d love to do something and had some studio time. I stayed friends with Duff, probably because I didn’t let the cat out of the bag. Eventually Izzy backed out and Scott Weiland got the gig.
“We caught Duff’s attention, and he invited me to try out for Velvet Revolver - I actually recorded five or six songs with Slash, Matt Sorum, Izzy and Duff before they took off.
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