Talent vs No-Talent
I came across two amusing stories about bands having issues with one another, one on the legal front, the other onstage and in the public eye.
The first is that apparently the band Slipknot is trying to bring legal action against Burger King for those new Coq Roq commercials they are having for their new Chicken Fries. Basically Slipknot is trying to say that the band in the commercial are stealing their look and sound (if you haven't seen the commercials you can visit www.coqroq.com to get a sample of what they are like).
On first glance at the story it sounds like utter BS. However, the one thing Slipknot has on their side is that, apparently Burger King DID contact Slipknot a few months ago wanting to use them in commercials to promote their product and were turned down. So that looks kind of bad for BK from a legal standpoint.
But other than that, I stand by my initial belief that this is total BS. Fine, BK might have tried to get Slipknot to promote their stuff (although I can't fathom why) and they refused, but the band they DID get to promote the product are not exactly like Slipknot. They might have crazy masks, but all the masks look like Chickens or Roosters- not all crazy kinds like Slipknot does.
Plus, just from the two different BK commercials with Coq Roq that I saw, showed that they have more talent in their pinky fingers than Slipknot as a whole does. So Slipknot is prob just jealous of the new band b/c they are getting lots of exposure for a similar playing style which they obviously can perform better than Slipknot can.
But you can form your own opinion after checking out the article right here.
- The second battle actually involves two more well known acts- Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath (or more specifically Sharon Osbourne on behalf of Ozzy).
Apparently, Bruce Dickinson (the lead singer of Iron Maiden to those of you not in the know- and if you are not in the know- for shame!) had been making a few not so nice remarks about having to open for Ozzy while on stage at a few Ozzfest shows.
So to get back at Bruce and rest of Iron Maiden, on the final show of the tour, Sharon Osbourne handed out about 30 eggs which were snuck past security to people in the front rows, who then pelted the band with them. And they also pumped chants of "Ozzy! Ozzy!" over the loud speaker before and even DURING Iron Maiden's set.
So understandably both sides are pretty pissed with one another. Dickinson made a few comments responding to what happened through his publicist which prompted Sharon to release a written rebuttal, which can be found along with the rest of the article at this link.
It's pretty amusing, so you should check it out. Basically, they are both acting like big babies. So it should be interesting to see if this plays out any further.
The first is that apparently the band Slipknot is trying to bring legal action against Burger King for those new Coq Roq commercials they are having for their new Chicken Fries. Basically Slipknot is trying to say that the band in the commercial are stealing their look and sound (if you haven't seen the commercials you can visit www.coqroq.com to get a sample of what they are like).
On first glance at the story it sounds like utter BS. However, the one thing Slipknot has on their side is that, apparently Burger King DID contact Slipknot a few months ago wanting to use them in commercials to promote their product and were turned down. So that looks kind of bad for BK from a legal standpoint.
But other than that, I stand by my initial belief that this is total BS. Fine, BK might have tried to get Slipknot to promote their stuff (although I can't fathom why) and they refused, but the band they DID get to promote the product are not exactly like Slipknot. They might have crazy masks, but all the masks look like Chickens or Roosters- not all crazy kinds like Slipknot does.
Plus, just from the two different BK commercials with Coq Roq that I saw, showed that they have more talent in their pinky fingers than Slipknot as a whole does. So Slipknot is prob just jealous of the new band b/c they are getting lots of exposure for a similar playing style which they obviously can perform better than Slipknot can.
But you can form your own opinion after checking out the article right here.
- The second battle actually involves two more well known acts- Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath (or more specifically Sharon Osbourne on behalf of Ozzy).
Apparently, Bruce Dickinson (the lead singer of Iron Maiden to those of you not in the know- and if you are not in the know- for shame!) had been making a few not so nice remarks about having to open for Ozzy while on stage at a few Ozzfest shows.
So to get back at Bruce and rest of Iron Maiden, on the final show of the tour, Sharon Osbourne handed out about 30 eggs which were snuck past security to people in the front rows, who then pelted the band with them. And they also pumped chants of "Ozzy! Ozzy!" over the loud speaker before and even DURING Iron Maiden's set.
So understandably both sides are pretty pissed with one another. Dickinson made a few comments responding to what happened through his publicist which prompted Sharon to release a written rebuttal, which can be found along with the rest of the article at this link.
It's pretty amusing, so you should check it out. Basically, they are both acting like big babies. So it should be interesting to see if this plays out any further.
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