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[andrewducker]

Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords

Metallica are taking legal action against independant Canadian rock band Unfaith over what they feel is unsanctioned usage of two chords the band has been using since 1982 : E and F.

"People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from our point of view just once," stated Metallica's Lars Ulrich. "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."

I rather liked Metallica, up to the Black Album. Sadly, following that they seem to have had problems being at all inspired, and instead fell back on "making albums that sound like Metallica", only not very good.

Comments

[thepaintedone.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the rise and fall of metallica, not sure about the case though. It depends on how similar the tune being used is, but I find the idea of 'Metallica branded chords' rather worrying. I'm comfortable with a tune being intellectual property, but a particular chord or note seems to be stretching it a bit. Ok, its two chords in a row, but how many notes does it take to make a tune?

I've just listened to a couple of tracks from 'St Anger' and I think its crap. Crap derivitive of System of a Down as well. Although I have to admit my first thought when hearing System of a Down was how similar to Metallica they sounded.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to start bootlegging copies of Metallica songs, just to piss them off.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Two chords! Wow, even Status Quo use three.

heh

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Up to and *including* the Black album?

To me, that work seems like a nice bridge between their great metal past and their current pop rock garbage.

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of this.

Poetic, because I'm posting this in a Microsoft testing lab.