Comments on: Metallica sues over use of E, F chords.

Metallica sues over use of E, F chords.

tweebiscuit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:12:29 -0800

Metallica sues over use of E, F chords. No, it's not an Onion article. Really. They're completely serious. No exaggerating is taking place here. Honestly, they really are suing another band for using the E and F chords. It's on their website, for god's sake. All I know is, I'm getting drunk tonight.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:24:44 -0800

Metallica is now officially the dumbest band on the planet. Yes, I even considered Nirvana for a second.

By: damehex

damehex — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:26:35 -0800

That's not their website, it's scoopthis.com. Isn't it?

By: jonathanbell

jonathanbell — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:28:54 -0800

I think this demonstrates that they have a sense of humour. Not a great sense of humour, mind. But a sense of humour nonetheless.

By: brantstrand

brantstrand — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:30:00 -0800

Suckers.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:34:42 -0800

What if rock bands sued each other over this sort of thing in the '50s concerning the 1-4-5 progression?

By: spinifex

spinifex — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:35:01 -0800

It has to be a joke. Has to. Good God.

By: rocketpup

rocketpup — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:35:35 -0800

What are the chances that Unfaith are friends with the folks at scoopthis.com ? The whois info says both domains are registered by this guy. You could also try to search mtv news or the metallica site for the news. You won't find it. *cough*hoax!*cough*

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:35:46 -0800

This seems appropriate.

By: rocketpup

rocketpup — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:39:01 -0800

Um, yeah, and the banner ad at the top of scoopthis.com is also telling. Of course, the only reason I actually looked is because I thought it was just plausible. Such is Metallica's image.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:43:09 -0800

Amazing how you can't find this anywhere else but scoopthis.com. "Unfaith" isn't even listed on MTV's site. It's either a happy hoax or a publicity stunt for "Unfaith." Take your pick...

By: nath

nath — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:45:34 -0800

Even though it's not at metallica.com, it's the exact same website, so either it's just a more direct URL or someone's really done their work to fool some people. I saw the link on Fark earlier today, but this was the source, and considering the supposed MTV.com and metallica.com links appear in scoopthis.com's "411" subdirectory, this is dubious at best. You can't find the story at the actual metallica.com or MTV.com URLs. The whole thing stinks, even besides the ludicrous premise. However... Unfaith's official website said they would have a statement shortly, which leads me to believe the conclusion reached on Fark: "It's lame guerilla advertising for the (lame?) Canadian band mentioned in the story." On preview: Oh, bah, everyone beat me to it. Yeah, this story belongs in a second-rate Onion knockoff.

By: gatorae

gatorae — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:45:46 -0800

All articles are fake unless otherwise specified. Copyright © 1997-2000, ScoopThis.com. All Rights Reserved. ... at the bottom of the scoopthis website. Ah well.. let's pretend its true and bash them anyway. Metallica sucks!!

By: angry modem

angry modem — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:46:51 -0800

Oops. Let's pretend this never happened.

By: meech

meech — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:48:33 -0800

A hoax - but totally believable because Metallica are so humourless...I just wish it was true so I could add it to my 36 reasons why Lars is a twat.

By: arto

arto — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:54:06 -0800

We are fighting this fight for our fans, who don't deserve to be subjected to this confusion... just as we appreciate their support through this. How about their non-fans, who don't deserve to be subjected to horrid, unoriginal shite like everything they've done since "...And Justice For All"? In any case, anyone with a guitar handy needs to strum an Em, an F and maybe a G right now, slowly. Notice how flamenco-ish that sounds? The scale that (in E) goes E,F,G,A,B,C,D is called the Phrygian mode, one of a group of seven "modes" (scales, essentially) used in church music since ca. 400 ad. Granted, chord progressions as such probably weren't used back then, but any musician trying to claim ownership of such a simple (if, in pre-80's rock music, unusual) musical concept clearly has no legal basis for doing so. It's as if the estate of Agatha Christie tried to claim royalties over any and all murder mystery novels. And besides, they nicked the whole thing from Led Zep anyways... on preview: D'oh!

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:57:34 -0800

Oh, mea culpa, it's a parody ... well, it was pretty funny. I'm usually quick at spotting these things, but I also fell for this, twice ... no, seriously.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:00:04 -0800

Whoops ... Rather, it's more a satire than parody. I better stop before I keep digging this hole deeper ...

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:07:18 -0800

Riiiiiight at the bottom of the "MTV" page: © and © ScoopThis.com "Because if it's on the net, it's got to be true" (ie, this is a parody.)

By: talos

talos — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:45:30 -0800

The publicity pseudo-litigation is not new. This is similar, but, in terms of hilarity, inferior to Groucho's exchange with Warner Bros about " a Night in Casablanca".

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 03:36:00 -0800

I don't think it's lame, it's bloody effective. It even got covered by Ananova in the UK, briefly, although the story was just pulled. See Google news for more.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 05:01:28 -0800

Meech, What are your 36 reasons?

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 05:08:56 -0800

The Fark thread on this yesterday had user NoSoul admit he'd posted the fake articles. NoSoul's real name: Eric Ashley - the lead singer for Unfaith. Thank goodness for the Libel protection for online writers huh?

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 05:27:41 -0800

Man...lame, second-rate, libel? It was just a joke. ScoopThis was a great parody site run by funny people that shut down in 2001(-ish).

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:12:52 -0800

Really. They're completely serious. No exaggerating is taking place here. Honestly... Did you know the word "gullible" isn't listed in the dictionary?

By: Orb

Orb — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:16:30 -0800

Parody or not, the sad thing is how quickly I was willing to believe it ... which says loads about my feelings concerning Metallica (who I actually like to enjoy).

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:37:43 -0800

There are thousands of really caring, thoughtfull US troops getting shot at every day in Iraq - can't we bring them home and send Metallica in their place?

By: Dark Messiah

Dark Messiah — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:01:15 -0800

I have now seen the proof I need that MetaFilter has no sense of humour.

By: bitdamaged

bitdamaged — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:55:59 -0800

Ah yet this reminds me of when John Fogerty was sued for sounding too much like Creedence Clearwater Revival

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:05:32 -0800

which says loads about my feelings concerning Metallica ...and loads about those news orgs that have already covered the story as real. Metallica's image in the public and press is pretty awful at the moment.

By: donkeysuck

donkeysuck — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:40:05 -0800

watch your local news for reports that metallica sues scoopthis.com for slander

By: wobh

wobh — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:13:35 -0800

Best line: "I thought it was a prank at first," he told us. "Now I'm not sure what to think."

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:25:43 -0800

Man, I feel like a boob. Still, if I had any part in getting the hoax into mainstream news sources, I'm happy.

By: aiq

aiq — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:25:46 -0800

A 6/9 is now my intellectual property. this chord will now be referred to as "arthur". "artie" is unacceptable. no, george harrison didn't copyright the name "arthur" for his haircut...the fool...

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:27:24 -0800

(I did, by the way, actually get drunk. And I'm not sorry.)

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:27:46 -0800

Metafilter: It has to be a joke. Has to. Good God.

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:43:41 -0800

A copy of the bogus MTV article was up and down on MSNBC in the course of 3 hours. Google News carries a bit of evidence though. (don't suppose there's anyplace that caches news sites that quickly?)

By: tommasz

tommasz — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:10:26 -0800

Change Metallica to Phish (for example) and everyone would have immediately said "this is a joke."

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:19:02 -0800

the most amazing thing about this is how many discerning mefites accepted it at face value due to the packaging. did y'all know kyle petty is gay?

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:09:53 -0800

Parody or not, the sad thing is how quickly I was willing to believe it ... which says loads about my feelings concerning Metallica (who I actually like to enjoy). Myself. But, I mean...they sued Victoria's Secret over a color named Metallica...they sued Neiman Marcus, they've sued a perfume company, and of course, Napster. Frankly, it's easy to believe that they would try this lawsuit. I used to love Metallica, I was one of the people they used to let stand with the sound guy to make bootlegs of their shows. (Back when they supported using bootlegs to get their music to markets who might not otherwise hear it.) But, they lost me forever when they said, "We were never a heavy metal band."