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Metallica sues Edmonton Punk Band
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| Lars | Metallica battles Edmonton punk band By FISH GRIWKOWSKY -- Edmonton Sun EDMONTON -- Against its record label, MP3 swappers and even a French perfume company, the monster metal band Metallica has been involved in many controversial legal battles. Now its sights are aimed at the Edmonton punk band called ... Metallica. The California former heavy metal group sent a letter to the local Metallica through a lawyer at the Los Angeles-based firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, promising serious action if the Alberta band doesn't change its name by Friday. "Your use of Metallica is particularly astonishing to the band, given that you have admitted in at least one interview that 'you know you are not allowed to use the name,' " wrote lawyer Jill M. Pietrini, in an e-mail to bass player and singer Blair William Piggott. Pietrini is a familiar name to anyone who followed the real Metallica's tug of war with Napster and its users. Many fans worldwide reacted negatively. Piggott denies the name has any immediate causal connection to the Napster incidents, though agrees it's another way the band has lost connection to its fans. While talking to their lawyer about passing a CD along to the first Metallica, Piggott says he was told it was against Metallica's corporate policy to accept "unsolicited material." "I said, 'What are you talking about, you're suing us?' There's solicitation. They were once really in touch with the sexual frustration of the pimply high school kid. "Now you can't even get them to listen to your music!" Rumour has it that Metallica's past litigious behaviour spurred on local musicians Piggott and Joey Caliente to choose the name, a joke meant as a publicity stunt. But the California band is stern in response. "Metallica could recover significant monetary damages and obtain an injunction against any further acts of infringement, both in the U.S. and in Canada," the letter, sent out in an e-mail from Piggott, says. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, meanwhile, did not comment before deadline. "We'll get back to you," a spokesman said from L.A. - With files from Doug Beazley - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 1:39pm | ||
| Lars | Out of 'touch' with our teenage fans????? We love to touch our pimply faced teenaged fans....... - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 2:13pm | ||
| jason User Info... | "The California former heavy metal group" at least they said "former" - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 2:21pm | ||
| Anonymous | money money money m o n e y! - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 2:28pm | ||
| Anonymous | . - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 4:40pm | ||
| Anonymous | . - Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:03pm | ||
| Chris Logan User Info... | This band (the one being sued) wants to come play at Thursdays in March. Anyone interested in seeing them? - Thu, 16 Jan 2003 9:36pm | ||
| Anonymous | victoria should get it's own metallica - Thu, 16 Jan 2003 9:46pm | ||
| FANG | sure. itd be phunny - Thu, 16 Jan 2003 9:53pm | ||
| Anonymous | hahak, yeah Ill coems ee em - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 2:14am | ||
| Anonymous | so you have to get sued to get a gig in your bar? - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 2:49am | ||
| Anonymous | im starting a band gonna call it (METALLIWHACKER) or maybe not perhaps ill just murder lars yeah...thats it - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 3:21am | ||
| Livevic Scott User Info... | Heh whats funny is when I was in Edmonton this summer I was talkin to a promoter friend of mine out there. He said that they never got any gigs and they really wernt that good, then they changed their name to metallica and all of a sudden EVERYONE was booking them *laugh* ... I Donno if they got any better but now to hear this its funny. - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 4:15am | ||
| Kirk User Info... | The Edmonton band was referenced on Conan O'Brien last night For being sued now thats exposure. - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:23am | ||
| Livevic Scott User Info... | The only problem is if they now KEEP the name then they actually do get sued... if they change the name no one will announce the new name and they're back at square one - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 1:42pm | ||
| Troutbreath | How about "The Band Formerly Sued By Metallica"? - Fri, 17 Jan 2003 2:12pm | ||
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