Former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven is suing the band, alleging that they are trying to block his memoir from being released.

Niven’s biography is titled Sound N’ Fury: Rock ‘N’ Roll Stories, and was originally set to be released this year, in July. The release was inexplicably bumped to September as rumors began swirling that Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose — who is also a recent author — was trying to stop it indefinitely.

Niven’s Relationship With GNR

This all seems to trace back to the early ’90s, when tensions between Niven and Rose hit a boiling point, and the singer allegedly refused to continue work on the GNR’s Use Your Illusion albums if Niven remained employed as the band’s manager.

Ultimately, Niven — who managed the band from 1986 to 1991 — exited after reaching a sett

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