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13/12/2011 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Duff McKagan - Rock musician

Sarah Montague speaks to Duff McKagan, a rock musician who nearly drank himself to death.

Duff McKagan nearly drank himself to death, he was one of the founding members of Guns N' Roses - a band famed as much for its bad behaviour as for its music.  

But for Duff McKagan, that stopped when - as he puts it - his pancreas exploded.  

So he sobered up and went to university.  

Now, alongside his financial column for Playboy, he runs a wealth management firm.  

So how does the bad boy of rock become a businessman?

(Image: Duff McKagan. Credit: Getty)

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