Phil Rudd's lawyer has lodged an appeal against the rocker's conviction.
The 61-year-old drummer was quiet through most of his two-hour sentencing at Tauranga District Court yesterday but, leaving the building, Rudd swore at the assembled press.
Judge Thomas Ingram sentenced him to eight months of home detention on three charges of threatening to kill, possession of methamphetamine and possession of cannabis.
Substantial reparation - the amount has been suppressed - was paid to the victim after a restorative justice conference.
Rudd's lawyer, Craig Tuck, said last night he had lodged an appeal against the "manifestly excessive" sentence.