Jane’s Addiction fansite xiola.org reports that original Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is the mysterious new writing partner and bassist for Jane’s Addiction. As we reported earlier this month, Original Jane’s bassist Eric Avery is officially out, once again, due to… the usual.

McKagan is:

1. The bass player of VELVET REVOLVER 2. The ex bass player of GUNS N' ROSES 3. The biggest punk rocker of all the guys in both bands 4. He agreed to write a weekly financial column for Playboy 5. He has several side and solo projects, the latest on called LOADED!

We’ve been fans of Duff’s for a long time now, and consider this a perfect time to remind you that we did a great interview with the man back in February.