 The resulting album , titled Dark Days , was released in the United States and Japan in July 2001 , through Artistdirect and EMI , while it was released in Europe , through Locomotive Music , a year later . Rather than releasing the album under his own name , McKagan readopted the Loaded moniker . They announced three dates at the House of Blues taking place in Anaheim , California , Las Vegas , Nevada , and West Hollywood , California ( where they were joined onstage by Slash ) in November 2001 , adding Mike Squires and Jeff Rouse , who replaced Dederer , to the lineup on lead and bass guitar , respectively , while Feveyear performed keyboards and percussion . Loaded played more shows in the US ( where they were joined on stage by Billy Duffy and Matt Sorum during a show in Los Angeles ) before going on to tour Japan . They toured Japan as part of Fire Wire , supporting J and Zilch , where McKagan first met guitarist Dave Kushner , who was , then , the Zilch guitarist . 
