Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan to host radio show on Planet Rock

It's hosted by Duff and his wife Susan Holmes McKagan

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 7th Jun 2023
Last updated 21st Aug 2023

Legendary Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and his wife Susan Holmes McKagan are set to bring their radio show Three Chords & The Truth to Planet Rock.

Three Chords & The Truth will broadcast on Planet Rock from Saturday 10th June at 7pm to 8pm for four consecutive weeks.

Commenting on joining the Planet Rock roster, Duff said: “Hey it's Duff McKagan. I will be coming to Planet Rock with my wife Susan and our radio show called Three Chords & The Truth. We're coming to Planet Rock to ROCK you!

Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan joins Planet Rock

“I've had such a great history with Planet Rock and it’s great to have a show on the station. I've been on that station since it started really, and it's great to be able to share music with you guys.

“We play music (that’s) maybe not at the top of the charts and (not) played all the time. We play stuff that we feel represents the truth of rock and roll.”

Duff McKagan is the latest in a long line of rock legends to host a Planet Rock show in our 23-year history.

Some of the big-name hosts include The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Fish, the late-great Gary Moore, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham, Europe’s Joey Tempest, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Bernie Marsden and Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson.

Listen to Duff McKagan on Planet Rock:

Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan’s radio show Three Chords & The Truth is available to listen to on Planet Rock from 7pm to 8pm on Saturday 10th, 17th and 24th June, and Saturday 1st July 2023.

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Duff McKagan and Axl Rose

Guns N’ Roses headline the sold-out Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 24th June before they play huge shows at Glasgow Bellahouston Park (Tue 27th June) and London BST Hyde Park (Fri 30th June).

The Los Angeles hard rockers also headline the Power Trip mega-festival in California this October alongside fellow rock legends AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica and Tool.

Tickets to Guns N' Roses' Glasgow and London shows are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets now.

Duff McKagan

Last month, Duff McKagan premiered his first new solo track in four years, the intensely personal ‘This is the Song.’

The title track of McKagan’s three-track EP, the bassist shared ‘This is the Song’ to honour Mental Health Awareness Month in the US.

“‘This is the Song’ was written in the middle of a panic attack,” Duff explains. “I couldn’t breathe and couldn’t see straight, and lately, I have thankfully found my acoustic guitar as a refuge. If I just hold on to that guitar, play chords, and hum melodies, I can start to climb my way out of that hole.

“For those of you who have never experienced something like this, count yourselves blessed. To those of you who recognize what I am talking about: YOU ARE NOT ALONE!”

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Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks


Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović

'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'

Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker


John 5’s real name: John William Lowery


Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback


Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont


Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello


Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano


Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock


King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen


Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson


Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm


Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou


Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga


Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano


Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti


Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose


Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott


Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick


Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III


Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola


Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara


Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary


Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein


Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib


Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal


Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III


Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison


Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg


Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz


Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray


Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.


Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier


Slash's real name: Saul Hudson


Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard


Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona


Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson


Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer


Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones


Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler


Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks


Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell


Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen


Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton


Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan


Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black


Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister


John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin


Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin


Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp


Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion


Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth


David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones


Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman


Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie


Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley


Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank


Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor


Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld


The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans


Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday


Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico


Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne


Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi


Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini


Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis


Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson


Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner


Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad


Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler


Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo


Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel


Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield


Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks


Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch


Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk


Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira


Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)


Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt


Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan


Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke


Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford


M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders


Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett


Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine


Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls


Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews


Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis


Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum


Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain


Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder


Steel Panther’s real names

Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.

Lexxi Foxx’s real name: Travis Haley


Jet Black’s real name: Brian John Duffy


Buddy Holly’s real name: Charles Hardin Holley


Elvis Costello’s real name: Declan Patrick McManus


Rikki Rockett’s real name: Richard Allan Ream


Blackie Lawless' real name: Steven Edward Duren


Maxim's real name: Keith Andrew Palmer


Rat Scabies' real name: Christopher John Millar


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