Interesting point....although you'd think if there were going to be repercussions for pitman over that they would have happened before the 2009-2014 tours.

Also....the management seemed to imply they were given samples by a producer and believed they had been cleared by the label...so it might not be pitmans error.

“The band believed when the record came out and still believes that there are no unauthorized samples on the track. The snippets of ‘ambient noise’ in question were provided by a member of the album’s production team who has assured us that these few seconds of sound were obtained legitimately. Artists these days can’t read the minds of those they collaborate with and therefore are unfortunately vulnerable to claims like this one. While the band resents the implication that they would ever use another artist’s work improperly and are assessing possible counterclaims, they are confident this situation will be satisfactorily resolved.”

It's cool but it's not GNR - Chesney says its a demo he made 3 years ago. See the end of the video I posted above and he admits it.

They're very cool though!! But it's not GNR.

Frankly, although I never wanted pitman around,  I think Axl's in the wrong on this one.

If you're going to have people in the band as employees not partners then they have to be paid. You cant take the profits for yourself in the good times and then say "we're all in this together" and expect freework in the hardtimes.

It doesn't matter if it's a job we don't want him to do or if he's a dick, he did the time, he gets his money.

As for there being a nicer way to claim it than a lawsuit, everyone knows you piss off the wrong people in GNR and you get a wall of silence. I'm guessing this was the best way to have your phonecall actually returned.

Interesting. I remember MSL's documents/emails leak from many years back alleged unpaid debts to other band members as well.

Suggests that there may be financial mismanagement to have cash flow problems of this kind.

Also makes the reunion look more about being able to accept big offers from promoters.

Interview with Jimmy Ashhurst

Q: Why the Ju Ju Hounds disbanded? You had already recorded two songs (Memphis and Good Enough) that finally included on the next solo album of Izzy ...

A.  Those two songs were taken from the last time the Ju Ju Hounds recorded in a room together- at Caribbean Sound Basin, Maraval, Trinidad. That was when Izzy left us there. We weren’t quite finished with the 2nd album…all he had to do was sing it. There were a lot more songs. I’ve been trying to find the answer to that question for 22 years.

Source: http://www.ecosdelvinilo.com/2014/10/th … jimmy.html