"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 manager has claimed that frontman Axl Rose now collects 50% of the band's income. Niven was speaking with , the Guns N' Roses-themed podcast hosted by Brando Weissle. "It's a control thing with Axl," says Niven.

"Here's another little snapshot that is illuminating and goes to forming a correct perception. Axl takes 50% of the income of Guns N' Roses now. 50%, okay? That, to me, is anathema.



He is not Guns N' Roses. "They were five individuals. It was a chemistry.

It was a moment. But Axl wants to be in control of everything all the time. And look what that gets you.

A boring solo record and a shitty thing of punk covers. And that's it." Niven is presumably referring to the last two Guns N' Roses albums, 1993's covers album, and 2008's famously long-awaited This isn't the first time Niven who managed from 1986 to 1991 and oversaw their chaotic rise to prominence – has criticised Axl Rose.

"I have no hope of, or interest in, a new Guns N’ Roses album," . "The tantrums of youth look absurd on a 60-year-old. It’s a shame they have been creatively impotent since 1991.

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