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\n\tFormer Guns N\u2019 Roses manager Alan Niven<\/a> is suing the band over their efforts to allegedly block the publication of his new memoir, Sound N\u2019 Fury: Rock N\u2019 Roll Stories<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tNiven worked with several hair metal and hard rock acts during the Eighties and Nineties, but is still probably best known for his tenure with Guns N\u2019 Roses, which covered much of the band\u2019s early days and rise to stardom (1986 to 1991). At the heart of the dispute between the band and ex-manager is a buyout agreement that was signed when the two sides parted ways<\/a>: Guns N\u2019 Roses allegedly claimed Sound N\u2019 Fury<\/em> violated a confidentiality clause in the agreement, while Niven has argued the confidentiality agreement is \u201cvoid and unenforceable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tA rep for Guns N\u2019 Roses did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the suit, obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>, the buyout agreement \u201cwas not signed by all of its members,\u201d which was required for it \u201cto be effective.\u201d (It specifically claims that Axl Rose<\/a> \u201cdid not sign the contract.\u201d)\u00a0 Niven also argues that the members of Guns N\u2019 Roses have essentially violated the confidentiality clause themselves when they\u2019ve previously spoken or written about Niven in ways the filing describes as \u201cinflammatory or even defamatory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n