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- 1 2 "Photographer ROBERT JOHN Comments On GUNS N' ROSES 'Home Movies' Channel". Blabbermouth. December 3, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Longtime GUNS N' ROSES Photographer Sues AXL ROSE For Failing To Honor Contract". Blabbermouth. May 4, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- Further reading
- John, Robert (1993). Guns N' Roses: The Photographic History. Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 0-316-46695-6.
- Slash; Anthony Bozza (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-725775-1.
- Canter, Marc (2007). Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and The Making of Appetite for Destruction. www.recklessroad.com . ISBN 978-0-9793418-7-8.
{{cite book}}: External link in|publisher= - Wall, Mick (2007). W.A.R.:The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose . St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37767-0.
