“The recording of Appetite For Destruction eventually cost $365,000. It was an outrageous amount to spend on a debut. I worried that we would never dig out of that hole”: Guns N’ Roses’ former manager Alan Niven on the making of a rock classic

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Appetite For Destruction is one of the biggest selling albums of all time — but when Guns N’ Roses were recording it their manager feared they would never recoup the money it cost to make.

“I thought I'd be lucky to see anything of worth out of this project,” said Alan Niven, who managed the band from 1986 to 1991.