Alan Niven
Alan Niven | |
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Born | Wellington, New Zealand[1] |
Occupation(s) | Band manager for Guns N' Roses and Great White |
Spouse | Heather Vincent Niven |
Alan Niven is a New Zealand-born band manager best known for his tenure as manager of Guns N' Roses and Great White.[2]
Biography
Niven became the manager of Guns N' Roses, serving from 1986 to 1991.[3] He was fired from his post just prior to the release of Use Your Illusion.[4] According to a 1991 cover story by Rolling Stone magazine, frontman Axl Rose forced the dismissal of Niven (against the wishes of some of his band-mates) by refusing to complete the albums until he was replaced.[5]
Niven has also been a manager of Buck & Evans, Great White, and associated with Virgin Records, Enigma Records, Mötley Crüe, Berlin, Dokken,[6] Clarence Clemons, The Angels [from Angel City], Havana Black, The Michael Thompson Band [MTB], Izzy Stradlin and The JuJu Hounds, Razer and Storm of Perception.
References
- ^ "Alan Niven on Musical Chairs". Radio New Zealand National. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Wiederhorn, Jon It's Not So Easy: Beleaguered Ex-Guns N' Roses Manager Recalls Concert Riot, Stones Scandal, Bribing Axl With Donuts Yahoo Music. 5 April 2016
- ^ Hartmann, Graham. "Axl Fires Manager Alan Niven – 25 Most Destructive Guns N' Roses Moments". Loudwire. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Sciarretto, Amy (13 February 2012). "Former Guns N' Roses Manager Alan Niven: 'Axl Rose Had Stage Fright'". Noisecreep. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Neely, Kim (7 August 2007). "Guns N' Roses Outta Control: The Rolling Stone Cover Story". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ Brandvold, Michael (27 March 2013). "Tru-B-Dor, formed by Alan Niven former manager of Great White and Guns N' Roses to work with Michael Brandvold Marketing". Michael Brandvold. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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