This month's Classic Rock magazine features an interview with Duff McKagen. In the interview, he talks about Chinese Democracy and his time in Guns N' Roses. I included the cool parts, you will have to pick up the magazine on newstands now.

Classic Rock: What did you think of [the latest GUNS N' ROSES album] "Chinese Democracy"?

McKagan: I was glad to hear Axl's [Rose] voice. I've always been a fan of his voice. He's one of the real ones. I'm in sort of a different position listening to that record, because I'm not listening to it for it to sound like anything I was part of, because I know it's not that. I think Axl sang his ass off. He made the record he wanted to make and I'm happy for him. I thought he did a great job.

Classic Rock: Do you think there will be a point where the five of you will be friends again, able to just sit down and talk about the old days?

McKagan: Wouldn't that be great? I think GUNS were five dudes with this shared vision. We met and it was the exact right five guys. I'd been in enough bands before to know that there's always a weak link in a band. The moment we got in a room and played the first three chords, we all knew it. We didn't have any illusions that we were going to be huge or anything. But people started coming to our gigs and then labels started coming to our gigs and we made the record we wanted to make. And all of a sudden it hit, and it seemed like a whole generation of the world had an affinity for that record.

Axl's voice is good on the record, but only in parts. The other parts his voice is run through the computer, effects are added, and it sounds terrible. Other times he layers his voice on top of his voice for like a MechaGodzilla of voice. In fact, we have this artist's interpretation of Axl Rose's voice on songs like Shackler's Revenge.