It's So Easy and Other Lies
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"It's So Easy and Other Lies" is Duff McKagan’s memoir recounting his life, struggles with addiction, and experiences as the bassist of Guns N’ Roses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| It's So Easy and Other Lies canonical | 3 |
| It's So Easy (And Other Lies) | 1 |
| It's So Easy and Other Lies: A Memoir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6058808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It's So Easy and Other Lies Context triple: [Duff McKagan, notableWork, It's So Easy and Other Lies]
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A.
Innocent Lies
Innocent Lies is a 1995 British mystery thriller film loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's "Towards Zero," known for its dark family secrets and atmospheric cinematography.
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B.
It's So Easy
"It's So Easy" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, known as one of the standout tracks from their debut album.
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C.
It’s So Easy
"It’s So Easy" is a rock and roll song best known for Linda Ronstadt’s hit 1977 cover, which became one of her signature tracks.
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D.
One of My Lies
"One of My Lies" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early studio album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In is a 1971 folk-psychedelic album by Pearls Before Swine, noted for its poetic lyrics and atmospheric, introspective sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It's So Easy and Other Lies Target entity description: "It's So Easy and Other Lies" is Duff McKagan’s memoir recounting his life, struggles with addiction, and experiences as the bassist of Guns N’ Roses.
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A.
Innocent Lies
Innocent Lies is a 1995 British mystery thriller film loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's "Towards Zero," known for its dark family secrets and atmospheric cinematography.
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B.
It's So Easy
"It's So Easy" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, known as one of the standout tracks from their debut album.
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C.
It’s So Easy
"It’s So Easy" is a rock and roll song best known for Linda Ronstadt’s hit 1977 cover, which became one of her signature tracks.
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D.
One of My Lies
"One of My Lies" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early studio album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In is a 1971 folk-psychedelic album by Pearls Before Swine, noted for its poetic lyrics and atmospheric, introspective sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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concert film ⓘ |
| author | Duff McKagan ⓘ |
| basedOn | It's So Easy and Other Lies ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | Duff McKagan's life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
Duff McKagan's early life in Seattle
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Duff McKagan's financial and business experiences ⓘ Duff McKagan's health crisis related to addiction ⓘ Duff McKagan's path to sobriety ⓘ Duff McKagan's substance abuse problems ⓘ Duff McKagan's time as bassist of Guns N' Roses ⓘ Guns N' Roses' rise to fame ⓘ formation of Guns N' Roses ⓘ life on tour with Guns N' Roses ⓘ relationships within Guns N' Roses ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | It's So Easy and Other Lies: Live at the Moore ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781451606638 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | It's So Easy and Other Lies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Duff McKagan
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Guns N' Roses ⓘ alcoholism ⓘ drug addiction ⓘ music industry ⓘ recovery from addiction ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notablePersonDescribed |
Axl Rose
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Izzy Stradlin ⓘ Matt Sorum ⓘ Slash ⓘ Steven Adler ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Touchstone ⓘ |
| subjectOccupationOfMainFigure |
bassist
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rock musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: It's So Easy and Other Lies Description of subject: "It's So Easy and Other Lies" is Duff McKagan’s memoir recounting his life, struggles with addiction, and experiences as the bassist of Guns N’ Roses.
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