2003.05.04 - Blabbermouth - Longtime Guns N' Roses Photographer Sues Axl Rose For Failing To Honor Contract

Longtime GUNS N' ROSES Photographer Sues AXL ROSE For Failing To Honor Contract

On April 28 in Los Angeles, photographer Robert John, 41, sued GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, 41, for allegedly refusing to honor an earlier contract in which Rose agreed to pay $80,000 for hundreds of photos of the band that John has taken since 1985. John claims that Rose has been keeping the photos since January.

A longtime friend of the group, John was known as the GUNS N' ROSES' "official" photographer from their earliest days as a struggling band in the clubs of Los Angeles to their early '90s status as one of the biggest rock acts in the world. Wherever the band went, from the studio to the stage and everywhere in between, John was there with them, eventually documenting the group's entire career in the widely-acclaimed 1993 book "Guns N' Roses - The Photographic History", which included a foreword written by Rose.

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Related article in People Magazine, May 12, 2003:

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On April 28 in L.A., photographer Robert John, 41, sued Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, 41, for allegedly refusing to honor an earlier contract in which Rose agreed to pay $80,000 for hundreds of photos of the band that John has taken since 1985. John claims that Rose has been keeping the photos since January. A rep for Rose did not return calls.

https://people.com/archive/passages-vol-59-no-18/