Some Violent Femmes Don’t Like Little Red-headed Wendy

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As the last pair of Beatles and the Saatchi guys will tell you, music and advertising make a passionate, but occasionally fatal, mix.

Bassist Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes is suing vocalist Gordon Gano for lack of attribution on some songs and inaccurate earnings distribution.

The lawsuit also alleges Gano “[trashed] the band’s reputation” by licensing the use of “Blister in the Sun” in a Wendy’s ad.

Ooh, pulling out the big guns. The ad doesn’t strike us as super-controversial, but fans feel differently. One blogged, “My ears perked up. Then my jaw dropped. Then my heart sank.”

Awww. There, there. Maybe it’s the ad’s white-collar aspect. Hey, an ’80s folk-punk band can’t stay young forever, and at some point even fans must exchange the bong for the mousepad. We’d cry in sympathy but, oh, we don’t know how.

Thanks Brian for the tip.

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