Guns N’Roses superfan accused of leaking 97 unreleased songs and threatened with legal action

A Guns N’ Roses superfan is being threatened with a huge lawsuit after allegedly leaking 97 of the band’s previously unreleased tracks online.

In what can’t be a good time for the Guns N’ Roses devotee, Rick Dunsford has been issued a lifetime band from the band’s concerts, following claims he violated a settlement agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG).

Dunsford initially obtained 97 songs recorded by Guns N’ Roses between 2000 and 2001 at auction, when the group’s former A&R Tom Zutaut sold the contents of his storage unit.

However, UMG alleges that Dunsford started leaking the songs a month after they reached the settlement, and is threatening him with legal action.

Dunsford claims he has nothing to do with the leak and that he told Guns N’ Roses’ management about the leaks when they began to surface.

A rep for Guns N’ Roses said: ‘It is tremendously disappointing, sad, and unfortunate that a record executive involved with the band in their early years found it appropriate to auction off the unreleased materials owned by his former employer.’

Zutaut, who signed Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe in the 80s, is portrayed by Pete Davidson in the film The Dirt.

Dunsford – who has some of the band’s members’ signatures tattooed on his arm, and named his son after Axl Rose – said that he has been taking the blame of the leak despite not being behind it.

Speaking on the Dwyer & Michaels morning show on WXLP, he said: ‘About two-and-a-half months ago, I drove to Virginia, and there was a storage locker that belonged to Tom Zutaut. He didn’t pay his bills or something and it was auctioned off.