Duff McKagan Still Insists ‘Simpsons’ Beer Was Named After Him
Duff McKagan continues to insist that he inspired The Simpsons’ Duff Beer. “So I was Duff, the King of Beers,” the Guns N’ Roses bassist explained to Stereogum. “But this is 1988, 1989 and our management, I remember they called me and said some arthouse-like cartoon wants to use your name as the beer, like a college arthouse cartoon. There weren’t any adult cartoons at this point.” McKagan agreed and initially didn’t think much of it. “I didn’t know about branding or anything like that, but that show took off,” he explained. “And then they started selling merch and stuff. I never went after hi...