Michael Andrew McKagan

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American rock musician bassist human musician songwriter

Michael Andrew McKagan is an American musician best known as Duff McKagan, the longtime bassist of the rock band Guns N' Roses.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Duff McKagan	27
McKagan	3
Michael Andrew McKagan canonical	2
Duff McKagan – songwriter	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6058779 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Andrew McKagan
Context triple: [Duff McKagan, fullName, Michael Andrew McKagan]

A. Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
B. Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American bassist best known for his long-time role in the rock band Alice in Chains and his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne.
C. Frank Bello
Frank Bello is an American bassist best known for his long-standing role in the thrash metal band Anthrax.
D. Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
E. David Ellefson
David Ellefson is an American bassist best known as the longtime bassist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Megadeth.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Andrew McKagan
Target entity description: Michael Andrew McKagan is an American musician best known as Duff McKagan, the longtime bassist of the rock band Guns N' Roses.

A. Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
B. Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American bassist best known for his long-time role in the rock band Alice in Chains and his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne.
C. Frank Bello
Frank Bello is an American bassist best known for his long-standing role in the thrash metal band Anthrax.
D. Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
E. David Ellefson
David Ellefson is an American bassist best known as the longtime bassist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Megadeth.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American rock musician ⓘ bassist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1979 ⓘ
associatedBand	Guns N' Roses ⓘ Loaded ⓘ Neurotic Outsiders ⓘ Velvet Revolver ⓘ Walking Papers ⓘ
birthDate	1964-02-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	McKagan ⓘ linked to: Michael Andrew McKagan
genre	hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ punk rock ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear	2012 ⓘ
instrument	bass guitar ⓘ guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	10 Minute Warning ⓘ linked to: Ten Minute Warning Fastbacks ⓘ Guns N' Roses ⓘ Loaded ⓘ Neurotic Outsiders ⓘ Ten Minute Warning ⓘ The Fartz ⓘ Velvet Revolver ⓘ Walking Papers ⓘ
name	Michael Andrew McKagan ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableAchievement	inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of Guns N' Roses ⓘ
notableWork	Appetite for Destruction ⓘ It's So Easy (And Other Lies) ⓘ linked to: It's So Easy and Other Lies Use Your Illusion I ⓘ Use Your Illusion II ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ bassist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
positionHeld	bassist of Guns N' Roses ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
spouse	Susan Holmes McKagan ⓘ
stageName	Duff McKagan ⓘ

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