{"id":1455,"date":"2003-07-17T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2003-07-18T01:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/metallica-smokes-too-much-crack\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:55:10","slug":"metallica-smokes-too-much-crack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/metallica-smokes-too-much-crack\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica smokes too much crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14136,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www1.scoopthis.com\\\/411\\\/met_uf\\\/stc_met_uf_mtv.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.scoopthis.com\\\/411\\\/met_uf\\\/stc_met_uf_mtv.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14137,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www1.scoopthis.com\\\/411\\\/met_uf\\\/stc_met_uf.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.scoopthis.com\\\/411\\\/met_uf\\\/stc_met_uf.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14138,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/journals.aol.com\\\/zvx\\\/soundandfury\\\/entries\\\/11&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050905051854\\\/http:\\\/\\\/journals.aol.com:80\\\/zvx\\\/soundandfury\\\/entries\\\/11&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 17:45:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 07:15:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 15:47:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 15:47:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10646,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.justlikeadream.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311071234\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.justlikeadream.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 19:59:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 07:15:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 14:48:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 15:47:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 15:47:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14139,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snopes.com\\\/inboxer\\\/hoaxes\\\/metallica.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.snopes.com\\\/inboxer\\\/hoaxes\\\/metallica.asp&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t make something this bizarre up.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.scoopthis.com\/411\/met_uf\/stc_met_uf_mtv.htm\" title=\"Metallica sue Canadian band over E, F chords\">Metallica are taking legal action<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from our point of view just once,&#8221; stated Metallica&#8217;s Lars Ulrich. &#8220;We&#8217;re not saying we own those two chords, individually &#8212; that would be ridiculous. We&#8217;re just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Metallica filed a trademark infringement suit against the indie group at the US district court for central California on Monday. According to the drummer, the continued use of the two chords causes &#8220;confusion, deception and mistake in the minds of the public&#8221;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Think this is a joke? <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.scoopthis.com\/411\/met_uf\/stc_met_uf.htm\" title=\"Metallica.com: METALLICA DEFENDS RIGHTS AGAINST CANADIAN BAND OVER E, F CHORDS\">Here&#8217;s the official press release<\/a> from Metallica&#8217;s site.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is a joke, a spoof, or some stupid publicity stunt. Whatever it ends up being, as far as I&#8217;m concerned, Metallica has just officially crossed over into the &#8220;too dumb to be food&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.aol.com\/zvx\/soundandfury\/entries\/11\" title=\"People still buy their music?\">jc<\/a>)<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>[UPDATE]{.underline}<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justlikeadream.com\/\" title=\"Just Like a Dream\">D<\/a> was just kind enough to inform me that, indeed, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/inboxer\/hoaxes\/metallica.asp\" title=\"Snopes.com: Metallica\">is a hoax<\/a>. It&#8217;s rare that I get taken in by hoaxes &#8212; good job!\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not saying we own those two chords, individually &#8212; that would be ridiculous. We&#8217;re just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035],"tags":[1846,80],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-metallica","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}