fucking years … oh god no!! … (a money grab) FU.” Pitman later apologized for his comments, stating "Remember kids, dont drink n text!". Pitman left the group soon afterwards, saying in an April 2016 interview "I quit the Oldies band, they just wanna repeat that 30 year old music over and over... boring. Pitman was replaced by Melissa Reese as the second keyboardist In March 2016, two weeks before the tour began. In August 2016, Pitman sued Axl Rose for $125,000 in unpaid wages. The two parties settled in November 2016. Musical collaborations Pitman has collaborated with a number of acts, as well as founding a number of experimental projects. XR4 - Vocals, electronics in 1982. Replicants - Pitman was keyboardist and vocalist of the cover band that featured singer and guitarist Ken Andrews, drummer Greg Edwards, and bassist Paul D'amour. ZAUM - guitar, electronics, and lead vocals with Danny Carey of Tool, and Marko Fox of SexTapesTM. Tool - In 1994/95, Pitman toured with them and, in 1996, played synths on the song "Third Eye". Failure - Contributed sound effects and sound mixing. Lusk - Recording, production, mixing, mastering, lead vocals, multi-instrumentation in this Grammy-nominated band in 1996-97. Sony Panic - Guitar and live software management with this L.A. experimental/improvisational band in 1997. Blinker the Star - Contributed keyboards to the song "Kween Kat" of the album Bourgeois Kitten in 1996. Co-wrote the single "Below the Sliding Doors" in 1998. Savvy Soviets - Production/collaboration in Rio de Janeiro in 2003. Electric Company - Synthesizer on the album Creative Playthings. Played live with this Brad Laner electronic music project in 2004. The Source of Uncertainty - Recording with Danny Carey and others in 2008. SexTapes - Working with Kelly Wheeler, Marko Fox, and Ryan Brown starting in 2006. Guns N' Roses - In 1998, Pitman joined this hard rock band as songwriter, co-producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Beatrazr - EDM music project with Frank Ferrer. Workshop projects Pitman has also done sound design and electronic work for Arturia software synthesizers, A Designs Audio [Peter Montessi], Waves Plugins, Waldorf Synthesizers, Apple's Logic Audio, Digidesign Plugins, Moog Synthesizers, Celemony's Melodyne, Ableton Live, Roland USA, Korg Music, Serge Synthesis (SMS), PlanB Synthesis (Peter Grenader, Axel Hartmann) Neuron Synthesis, Symbolic Sounds Kyma, Mandala Drums, Steven Slate Drums and Native Instruments. Pitman was co-founder of Los Angeles-based art coalition 'Priory of the North,' which focuses on