Metallica is suing Canadian band "Unfaith" for using the chord sequence E F.
"We're not saying we own those two chords, individually - that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music," blathers Lars Ulrich. "It's nothing personal against them, we intend to enforce our rights with any band intending to use Metallica-branded chords in the future."
Yes, this is true, I checked it on Google News. Time to burn any Metallica albums you have. May I recommend Apocalyptica as an excellent substitute? They play Metallica (as well as Pantera, Helmet, Prong, etc) songs on cellos.
Posted on July 17, 2003 06:45 PM
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Well... maybe not. :)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/07/17/ctv.metallica/
This is a hoax.
Posted by: Dan at July 18, 2003 11:19 AMAh, good to know it's a hoax. I still recommend people check out Apocalyptica though :)
Posted by: kim at July 18, 2003 12:37 PMIt DOES give a good example of what people think of Metallica post Napster, given that even I beleaved this for a half second.
Anyway, the endless flow of lawsuits from the RIAA (74 a day) now worry me more. Its like a 300 million dollar moribund industry (records) trying to kill a growing 300 billion dollar one(consumer electronics and broadband).