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"Married To Shake" is the figure of a new reality TV series that will be the lives of three rock star wives. The E! network is teaming with "Real World" producer Bunim-Murray Prods. for the series, which stars Susan Holmes McKagan, married to former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER/LOADED bassist Duff McKagan; Etty Farrell, whose husband is JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell;

Josie Stevens, a model married to Billy Idol's longtime guitarist Steve Stevens; and AJ Celi, who has been in a kinship with guitarist Billy Duffy of THE Fad for the past three years.E! has ordered eight episodes of the series, which will premiere at 10:30 p.m. on November 7.In the latest episode of his column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com, Duff McKagan writes about how the "Married To Rock" show was conceived. "With the ascent of VELVET REVOLVER, Susan began to be approached by a few different TV producers with varying ideas," he says. "She was, after all, a top model, and now a top mom and swimwear designer. They view that there was possibly a compelling TV story or series in there."This gave Susan the mind to write and create a scripted show. The things that she had experienced out there with the former wives in VR were but too near and almost juicy . . . and FUNNY. She had caught the TV bug and now wanted to create a show. She had created herself as a model. She had created her own swim line. She had created herself as a kickass mother. Why couldn't she create this show?"Ah, but scripted shows are not the big and easy money-makers for the networks. Reality shows are. The product costs are minimal in comparison to their scripted counterparts. Susan's show idea went from basically a screenplay to a reality show with HER as one of its 'stars.' Trust me, she doesn't see herself as a 'star,' and thinks the whole matter is hilarious!"But so there is me. I do not like reality shows. No, I actually despise what little I have seen and believe that some of this block has really poisoned our perception of reality. But then again, I take a ton of male rock friends who watch this block and fucking LOVE it. I don't think that there is a tangible property for 'rock guys' on an E! show, and Dave Navarro will be the initiative to order you that if he could get through it differently, he would have never through the 'Carmen and Dave' show. He has had to claw his way back into legit musical circles, as he sees it. (I think Dave is only so well at what he does musically that NOTHING could always do THAT much harm to him)."Read McKagan's entire column at SeattleWeekly.com.