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Old 01-14-2016, 01:12 AM
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From those wonderful people who gave you the assault on Napster:
“Sandman”, also known as “Canada’s Tribute To Metallica” were served with the 41 page cease and desist letter right before their very own gig...The legal papers reference the cover act using their “official, stylized” logo when distributing information to bring attention to their gigs...

Most local cover bands only make a few hundred dollars to split among themselves, playing together only as a hobby — using what little money they make to cover equipment and transportation expenses. Clearly, Metallica doesn’t seem to care about any of that...

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Being my favourite band after Jovi, this saddens me. I really thought that Lars (I can only assume that he's the one that's pushing for this) was over this kind of rubbish after the backlash (or whiplash lol) post Napster lawsuit.

I wish they'd hurry up and finish the new album instead of screwing their fans!
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The cover band, formed in 1994, had been using their logo, an approximation of Metallica's redesigned logo introduced for 2003's St. Anger, for more than a decade...

"We hear that a Canadian Metallica tribute band is a little upset with us and with a little digging, figured out why," the band tells Rolling Stone. "It turns out that a certain letter was delivered to the band Sandman that neither we nor our management were aware of until it surfaced online. Lucky for us, the band was kind enough to post it for us to see, and it turns out that we have a very overzealous attorney who sent this letter without our knowledge."
TRANSLATION: "It turns out that the bad publicity and ill will we generated with Napster STILL leaves such a bad taste in the public's mouth that when Sandman posted the letter and the hard rock press was able to turn it into a story, we HAD to backpedal -- to the point of pretending we knew nothing of it -- in a hella hurry!"
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...I really thought that Lars (I can only assume that he's the one that's pushing for this) was over this kind of rubbish after the backlash (or whiplash lol) post Napster lawsuit...
This just in: It was all a case of mistaken identity. This is the Metallica cover band they're in the process of suing...

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Well regardless of the initial intentions, I'm just glad that they're distancing themselves from such idiotic behaviour.

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This just in: It was all a case of mistaken identity. This is the Metallica cover band they're in the process of suing...

The Mini Band 8 to 10 years old
Wouldn't surprise me! Haha very cute cover though!
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The controversy is officially over -- Metallica and the Mini Band have reached an amicable out-of-court settlement!

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Phew! Relieved!!
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TRANSLATION: "It turns out that the bad publicity and ill will we generated with Napster still leaves such a bad taste in the public's mouth that when the hard rock press surfaced Sandman's story, we had to backpedal from it -- to the point of pretending we knew nothing of it -- in a hella hurry!"

Lol, exactly. I love Metallica, but **** it if I'm not still pissed at Larz for Napster. **** that guy.


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