The Latest Breaking News from Alan Niven

Former Guns N’ Roses manager Doug Goldstein dead at 65

Goldstein worked with Axl Rose's band for 17 years

Louder · Jun 27

“I turned around and the wall was on fire in just a small area. I unplugged my guitar and a guy opened the side door by the stage, and I went out into the parking lot”: Mark Kendall on Great White’s two big tragedies, and why he welcomed Nirvana's rise

Great White’s legacy has come to be defined by two-fold tragedy – the Station nightclub fire in 2003, and the recent death of vocalist Jack Russell – but when Kendall, who’s currently battling cancer, looks back, he does so with gratitude

Guitar World · Jan 29

"I think what we have here is failure to appreciate": Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven files lawsuit against the band

Alan Niven, who managed Guns N' Roses from 1986 to 1991, says the band are blocking the publication of his memoir

Metal Hammer · Nov 5, 2025

"My dad has a cupboard full of gold and platinum records and he doesn’t have a pot to piss in": A bathroom full of snakes and Slash's road to compromise

Classic Rock presents the second in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

Louder · Jun 17, 2025

“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

“Axl sounded like he had overdosed on helium at certain points”

MusicRadar · Jun 12, 2025

"On arrival Izzy had to be loaded into a baggage cart to be wheeled through Customs and Immigration": Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan

Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

Metal Hammer · May 7, 2025

“Chinese Democracy was a boring record. But calling it Guns N' Roses was not honest. It was totally a solo record”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose

He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

MusicRadar · Apr 15, 2025

"Axl wants to be in control of everything": Former Guns N' Roses manager claims Axl Rose now takes 50% of the band's income

Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven says the band are no longer a collective

Metal Hammer · Apr 14, 2025

"I'm still not sure that I can tell you exactly what happened, and I was there": Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and more tell the epic story of Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion: Drugs, rifts, hirings, firings, and the sound of a band falling apart

Metal Hammer · Nov 7, 2024

"All the blood rushed into my fist and I decked him. He fell to the ground like a tipped cow": What happened the night Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin

A feud between Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses came to a head at the MTV Awards in 1989, and it still hasn't been resolved

Metal Hammer · Sep 6, 2024