Friday, July 18, 2003
ArtsJournal calls this
THE STUPIDEST LAWSUIT EVER FILED
The rock band Metallica is suing a Canadian band, claiming that the Canadians have recently begun using a couple of guitar chords that Metallica owns. It may come as a surprise to the rest of the music world that Metallica has legal authority over the chords E and F, but lead singer Lars Ulrich assures us that it's true: "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."