Former Guns n' Roses manager Alan Niven speaks!

[Minneapolisnewsman]

Crazy Bitch is better than anything STP has ever done?

Dude u need to stop suckin on that crack pipe honestly.


Ok on topic

I think Alan NIven is seeing dollar signs and wants to be involved in a GNR reunion so maybe he can get a piece of the pie.
money usually is what drives parasites like this guy.

so because he disses scott he is a parasite?

D is right. Slamming the band of someone who's supposed to be your friend and trying to stir shit up and cause problems within that band because you can't stop living in the past, and you want to see a band reunite that will never reunite, for your own pathetic reasons ?= Parasite

Not so fast calling him a parasite. ?He obviously, will be called as a witness in the upcoming court case, to resolve the issue regarding ownership or (what it should be) joint ownership of the original material. ?This is most likely, a way to state his opinion, before others state it for him when the coverage of the proceedings kicks in. ?He very clearly described this process, which I have heard Axl describe before. ?Moreover, Axl's statement a month ago stirred up more shit in Velvet Revolver, than this statement did. ?The man is entitled to his opinion, and just did Axl a huge favor, by not only defending him against a libel attack by Weiland, but also letting the world know that Axl is still relevant. ?

[chineseblues]

He probably wants to set the record straight aboutwhat Scott said about Axl not writing lyrics or melodies. He knows Axl doesn't want to have anything to do with him as far as managing the band.

thats fine but to turn around and act like Scott didnt write his own lyrics and melodies makes him look like a bigger idiot than scott.

maybe he actually knows something that you dont 

[spacebrain5000]

Maybe just saying what needs to be said. Axl hasn't responded yet. Who knows if he will. Do you think you could sit and watch by while someone whom you considred extremely talented gets bashed in the media by some glammy cracked out medicore singer you consider to be a poseur piece of shit? It does sound a little too hopeful for a reunion, but who cares? I agree with it entirely.
VR is a corporate marketing band. Shit like that just never works. I await its demise. Still waiting for Slash's response though, thought that was 'forthcoming'...

[D]

He probably wants to set the record straight aboutwhat Scott said about Axl not writing lyrics or melodies. He knows Axl doesn't want to have anything to do with him as far as managing the band.

thats fine but to turn around and act like Scott didnt write his own lyrics and melodies makes him look like a bigger idiot than scott.

maybe he actually knows something that you dont?

u think Scott didnt write the lyrics and melodies in VR?

u think Scott didnt write the lyrics and melodies in STP?

[chineseblues]

He probably wants to set the record straight aboutwhat Scott said about Axl not writing lyrics or melodies. He knows Axl doesn't want to have anything to do with him as far as managing the band.

thats fine but to turn around and act like Scott didnt write his own lyrics and melodies makes him look like a bigger idiot than scott.

maybe he actually knows something that you dont 

u think Scott didnt write the lyrics and melodies in VR?

u think Scott didnt write the lyrics and melodies in STP?

I dont know if he did or didn't, I was just joking with my last reply hense the smilie....

[killingvector]

Alan Niven's comments notwithstanding, does anyone have any doubts that Slash visited Axl in Oct 2005?

[Minneapolisnewsman]

Maybe just saying what needs to be said. Axl hasn't responded yet. Who knows if he will. Do you think you could sit and watch by while someone whom you considred extremely talented gets bashed in the media by some glammy cracked out medicore singer you consider to be a poseur piece of shit? It does sound a little too hopeful for a reunion, but who cares? I agree with it entirely.
VR is a corporate marketing band. Shit like that just never works. I await its demise. Still waiting for Slash's response though, thought that was 'forthcoming'...

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence. ?They know, that sometime in the future, that the original band will get back together. ?They will all need to work it out, and they maybe just letting the dust settle. ?Slash, obviously was at Axl's, and was wanting to get back together. ?Who knows what Axl and Slash's agreement was, but man if I could have been a fly on the wall when those two met...although, I think it is like Aerosmith, when they broke up--they may say they have not spoken in ten years, but they obviously have. ?

[misterID]

For the love of God, this thread represents everything that's bad here.

Metalsludge: How many God damn times do you have to stick a fork in the electric outlet before you know its gonna fucking shock you?? sludge has ZERO credibility!!

Scott vs Axl vs <insert name here>: What the hell is it going to accomplish arguing about this meaningless bullshit? Its a matter of friggin taste people! You can't win and it does nothing more than pollute a thread with complete and utter bullshit!

Minneapolisnewsman: My friend told me the letter is bullshit, so there you go

[Doc Emmett Brown]

PERHAPS THEN WE COULD ALL GET DOWN TO THE VERY SERIOUS, AND BIG, BUSINESS OF REFORMING THE GREATEST, AND MOST RELEVANT, ROCK BAND, [DISPENSING WITH THE COURT SPATS THAT SUCK THE JUICE OUT OF LIFE ITSELF],  FOR THE DELIGHT OF MILLIONS OF FANS, A MULTITUDE OF WHICH, THE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION OF ADMIRERS, HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE FLORAL ARTILLERY IN LIVING MAGNIFICENCE.

"floral artillery" 

That made my day 

[da_pope]

Someone said it before this guy might know something we don't or got involved in and we just haven't heard about it yet.

Josh sounds like a wannabe Axl Rose, there's nothing unique about him.

Last time I'll go off topic. I swear.
You guys call everyone who has somekind of special tone to there voice a Axl imposter.
Well guess what? I could just as easily say that Axl was just rippin' of the guy from Motorhead.

Hell if my memory serves me right, I remember people on here calling Scott an Axl wannabe.

[killingvector]

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence.

That is a very patronizing view of Slash's silence. I don't really think that can be assumed at this point. Axl made his statement; if he is mistaken or in fact lied, then Slash needs to respond.

[jabba2]

I don't fucking care what Scotts done... Josh is the better singer by leaps and bounds. Scott is like any Post-Gruge, Alternitive singer. Josh has that unique tone to him.

Josh Todd has a unique tone? Haha his voice totally sucks. The Cocaine song is so annoying. Stupid Bitch is outragous but not neccesarily a good vocal performence

[misterID]

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence.

That is a very patronizing view of Slash's silence. I don't really think that can be assumed at this point. Axl made his statement; if he is mistaken or in fact lied, then Slash needs to respond.

Exactly.

[Freya]

Hee Hee. ?I love this shit.

[Mrs. Brownstone]

Scott Weiland shits all over Josh Todd or Sebastian Bach.

As soon as someone assassinates someone's talent, i immediately disreguard anything they say.



You say this and yet you talk about Scott shitting (whatever that means) all over Sebastian Bach?  Have you ever heard him sing?  I immediately disregard anything YOU say now.  FYI disregard has no u.

[McDuff]

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence.

That is a very patronizing view of Slash's silence. I don't really think that can be assumed at this point. Axl made his statement; if he is mistaken or in fact lied, then Slash needs to respond.

Slash doesn't have to respond if he doesn't want to 

[metallex78]

Last time I'll go off topic. I swear.
You guys call everyone who has somekind of special tone to there voice a Axl imposter.

Um, I can't speak for everyone else here, but I can't recall many (if any at all) singers who are "Axl wannabe's", but Josh Todd in my opinion sound like an Axl wannabe.

As for the Scott / Axl comparisons, Scott doesn't sound like Axl to me either.

Back on topic though, I would love to see the original line-up as much as he seems to want to, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[killingvector]

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence.

That is a very patronizing view of Slash's silence. I don't really think that can be assumed at this point. Axl made his statement; if he is mistaken or in fact lied, then Slash needs to respond.

Slash doesn't have to respond if he doesn't want to 

And I don't have to believe that Axl Rose lied about the encounter 

[Minneapolisnewsman]

Slash, not wanting to stir the pot anymore (like Duff), may respond with silence.

That is a very patronizing view of Slash's silence. I don't really think that can be assumed at this point. Axl made his statement; if he is mistaken or in fact lied, then Slash needs to respond.

Exactly.

You both have valid points of view.  Slash may unload to the tabloids any day now!  Who knows, it's a world of anarchy with GNR---which is the way it should be!

[Sterlingdog]

Ok, someone here will probably remember what I'm talking about...the article might even be on the site.

But years ago I remember reading an interview with Axl when he talked about the departure of Izzy.  He said Izzy was basically enticed into leaving by a former manager, and that manager was trying to go behind Axl's back and get the rest to leave Axl too.  He felt very betrayed  by both Izzy and that manager.  Is this Alan Niven the guy he was talking about?

If so, it sounds like he likes Axl alot more than Axl likes him.