Seattlehead

"Seattlehead" (also typeset Seattle Head) is a song written by American musician Duff McKagan. It is best known as a song by his band Loaded, from their album Dark Days; it also featured on earlier releases by Neurotic Outsiders as well as McKagan's unreleased solo album Beautiful Disease. Composition The song was originally written in the early 1990s, with its subject matter being "what L.A. came to represent, rather than what it is". It also references McKagan's move to Los Angeles from Seattle in 1984 with the lyrics: "Movin' to the city sight unseen/19 years of age I'm packing my bags/Hollywood was all the rage/I came to you in 1984/You showed me in, then you shut the door." Releases The first version of the song was released as the B-side of the 1996 single "Jerk" by the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders, featuring McKagan, Guns N' Roses bandmate Matt Sorum, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and Duran Duran bassist John Taylor. It also featured on the Angelina EP released in Japan in 1997. This early version featured a shorter first verse than the later releases.