Alan Niven

For the Australian soccer player, see Alan Niven (soccer).

Alan Niven is a New Zealand-born band manager best known for his tenure as manager of Guns N' Roses and Great White.^[2]

Alan Niven
Born	Wellington, New Zealand[1]
Occupation(s)	Band manager for Guns N' Roses and Great White
Spouse	Heather Vincent Niven

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.