 McKagan first formed Loaded to be his touring band in support of his unreleased solo album Beautiful Disease . The first lineup included Michael Barragan ( formerly of Plexi ) , Dez Cadena ( formerly of Black Flag ) , and Taz Bentley ( formerly of The Reverend Horton Heat ) . The band disbanded before the end of 1999 . After working on new material with drummer Geoff Reading , Loaded was reformed in 2001 , adding guitarist Mike Squires and Jeff Rouse to the line @-@ up , though both were briefly replaced by guitarist Dave Kushner ( Velvet Revolver , formerly of Wasted Youth and Electric Love Hogs ) and bassist George Stuart Dahlquist ( formerly of Asva and Burning Witch ) in 2002 . 
