Revolver stars sue Axl over Guns N' Roses cash

Velvet Revolver stars Slash and Duff McKagan have reignited their legal feud

Velvet Revelover stars Slash and Duff McKagan have reignited their legal feud

with former Guns N' Roses bandmate Axl Rose in a spat over publishing

royalties.

The duo claim Rose sold the rights to songs they wrote together without their

consent - and continues to reap the profits.

They've filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles, accusing the rocker of

changing the publisher of the group's copyrighted songs without their consent

and pocketing the royalties.

In legal papers, Slash and McKagan claim they were unaware of the publishing

problems until royalty payments they expected earlier this year failed to

arrive.

McKagan's lawyer Glen Miskel told MTV News, "When the ASCAP cheque

didn't come, we called and they looked into it. We didn't know all the facts at

first."

Miskel says that earlier this month did they discover that Rose had

notified ASCAP in late May that he was switching over the publishing from

Guns N' Roses to Black Frog Music Publishing, which he owns.

The lawsuit reads, "Rose's actions were malicious, fraudulent and oppressive,

and undertaken in conscious disregard of property rights."

Slash and McKagan are seeking damages for fraud, copyright infringement and

breach of fiduciary duty.