Alan Niven
Alan Niven is a New Zealand-born band manager best known for his tenure as manager of Guns N' Roses and Great White.Biography
Niven became the first manager of Guns N' Roses, serving from 1986 to 1991. He was fired from his post just prior to the release of Use Your Illusion. According to a 1991 cover story by Rolling Stone magazine, frontman Axl Rose forced the dismissal of Niven by refusing to complete the albums until he was replaced.
Niven has also been a manager of Buck & Evans, Great White, and associated with Virgin Records, Enigma Records, Mötley Crüe, Berlin, Dokken, Clarence Clemons, The Angels , Havana Black, The Michael Thompson Band , Izzy Stradlin and The JuJu Hounds, Razer and Storm of Perception.
He currently co-hosts Westwood One's Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon with noted rock journalist, Mitch Lafon.
