Romantics Sue 'Guitar Hero' Publishers

The Romantics aren't exactly enamored with Activision Publishing at the present. The rock band filed a suit Tuesday against the video game developer and publisher in federal District Court in Detroit.

The suit claims Activision's videogame, "Guitar Hero, Encore, Rocks the 80's," uses a version of the band's "What I Like About You" by musicians which sounds a great deal like them.

The recording makes it "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version" and therefore confuses listeners into believing the band actually recorded it.

The suit names California-based Activision, Harmonix Music Systems and Redoctane as developers, publishers or distributors of "Guitar Hero" as defendants. Wavegroup Sound was named as performers of the music.

The band members, composed of Master Beat, Wally Palmer, Mike Skill, and Coz Anler, want compensatory and punitive damages for an unspecified amount

Thanks for the info to AllHeadlineNews.com.

Comments

[noisepolution]

"What i like about you - is you really know how to sue" Sheesh...

[route61racing]

could this be the highest praise ever for a cover band?...to say their cover sounds "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version"

[rush4life]

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

[JordanLennon]

pathetic

[JRowe3388]

Can they even do that? o_O

[KingCheesehead]

Oh no! They're introducing one of our songs to a younger fanbase, possibly increasing our popularity! And it's one of their good covers! This won't do!

[BranFlakes182]

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

Couldn't have said it better myself. If a cover band sounded loads like my band, I'd feel complimented. Plus, Red Octane and Harmonix had to have had some kind of permission//money deal with The Romantics to use the son in the first place so they can shut their mouths.


It's not like Rocks The 80's was just a ****ing awesome game either. Lol.

[Menza_]

crap song anyways.

[Bored to Tears]

lol. The point is to sound like the actual bands...

[TJ1991]

what the hell?! surely they cant sue someone over a cover, which they obviously gave permission for them to do, because it sounds too much like the original?

pathetic.

[Shlecht]

this band should just jump off a bridge...didnt they have to agree to letting harmonix/activision use their song? i cant believe anyone would complain about their song being on such a huge game

[GuitarBassDude]

Bored to Tears wrote:

lol. The point is to sound like the actual bands...

exactly.....
they're being stupid

[r.i.pdimebag93]

wow, this is just sad that this is the most attention that these guys have gotten in 15 years

what a bunch of old greedy men

[daytripper75]

so they are supposed to make it sound different, just so people dont get confused? i dont know about everyone else, but i want the songs to sound almost the same as the original. especially when its a song ive heard numerous times. look at how bad Killing in the Name sounded on guitar hero 2. it ruined the song for me. it even says "made famous by" its not like they said that it was an original. this just sounds like a washed up 80's one hit wonder that needs money.

[TheIceCreamMan]

Kind of ironic that for the same game Skid Row got pissed that the cover of 18 and Life DIDN'T sound enough like the original.

Seriously, they sold the rights to re-record the song and use it in the game. They have no case.

[euan_soad]

Who?

[Darkone666]

haha the greedy old F***ers its a band that no one cares about anyway this is probably the only attention they've ever gotten since they started

[droog4life]

they probably allowed them to put their song on guitar hero, not realizing how big it would get... and now they see how big its gotten and now they "need" some money

[dale-banez]

i hate that song

[1llusionz]

Wow, frivolous lawsuits ftw!

I think they are mad because GH musicians can record and play their song better than them.

[1llusionz]

mah bad, ^Wavegroup musicians.

[That-Funny-Guy]

OF COURSE THE COVER SOUNDS LIKE THE SONG!!!
the covers were made to sound as close to exactly like the song as possible! the covers weren't done to ACTUALLY be a cover, or because they couldn't get the rights to the song; they were made so the guitar tracks would be easier to put on the games guitar fretboard interface!! 99% of the covers on there sound 99% like the song but you don't see other bands suing anybody!

you know why? because theyre NOT retarded.

[leftajarandy]

they should hold their hands up and say "sorry for doing this" and then re-record the song so it sounds nothing like the original, just a completly crap song so that everyone that plays it goes, "these are shit" hahahahahaha

[AC/DC-guy]

what douche bags.

[Cobalt Blue]

god, must they sue them for getting a cover right? if they have to purposely sound different we'll end up with more wrong sounding vocals on covers like Ace of Spades & Killing in the Name...

seriously the Ace of Spades vocals were bad... and not in a good way how Lemmy doesn't even really 'sing' i could do a better Lemmy impression than whomever recorded it.

but now i'm rambling, bogus lawsuit, they must really need money.

[phoenix_88]

the guitar hero version is a whole lot different... different tempo, and therefore it's at a different pitch... and the vocals a way less nasal in the GH version.
dumb lawsuit.

[kfkslayerkfk]

im glad the makers of that stupid game are getting sued. that game is an insult to my intelligence. you dont make music with a block of plastic and five plastic "fret" buttons that arent even frets

[demondown666]

um dudes are you ignorant guitar hero fags? ok some band covered their song and then it got onto guitar hero. they want their name to be on the game not some cover band. i hate the band and guitar hero but yeah id be pissed too.

[TacticalMuffin]

Thats a pretty gay reason. The point is to sound like the original band so that people don't give the game shit. If they had the guy singin Sweet Child O' Mine sound like Christopher ****in Walken then Axel would sue for makin him sound like shit.

[AgentWiggles]

demondown666 wrote:

um dudes are you ignorant guitar hero fags? ok some band covered their song and then it got onto guitar hero. they want their name to be on the game not some cover band. i hate the band and guitar hero but yeah id be pissed too.

Except the fact that The Romantics pretty much had to have some kind of deal that allowed the cover band to re-record the song to put it on the game. In fact, the cover band probably doesn't even get their name on the game, it says "as made famous by the Romantics."

So you're wrong, and also stupid.

[St. Angry]

WTF?? This is ridiculus. This is going to have a similar reaction to when Lars attacked Napster. At least that was for a real reason. THese people, The Romantics? There just Idiotic. I hate that song anyway.

[DaniDementia]

Sellouts.

MoneyMoneyMoneyMoneyMoneyMoney

[zxZoSoxz]

If it says "Made Famous By The Romantics," then this whole thing is stupid. I haven't played Guitar Hero 80's so I have no idea what it says.

I do know that "Made Famous By Van Halen" for "You Really Got Me" in GH II was bullshit. If I was one of the Davies brothers I'd have sued. (or at least asked them to change it)

[*kill'emall*]

The Romantics have found a way to make people not like them even more! Is that even possible?

[The-Red-Sky]

Idiots...

[geetarguy92]

Who the hell are The Romantics!?!

[ChucklesMginty]

The song sucks, who cares.

[Misterhustle24]

wow, this is truly retarded. Why would they sue for it sounding too much like them? Isn't that a good thing? At least it doesn't sound so terrible like the Lamb of God cover in Guitar Hero II. Do you know how many people probably think Lamb of God is a crappy band now because of how ridiculous the singer sounded in that cover?

[Page/Rhoads]

As long as they gave permission...

[Thienskater]

easy money... stupid though

[patrickdenneyto]

wow they must be super broke or something

[Quikslayer666]

and yet people make fun of Metallica...

[WastedFire]

Oh look at me, i'm the romantics, i like to give people permission to use my song and then sue because the cover musicians Wavegroup can play our own suck song better than we can. even though it still says as made famous by. jackasses.

[Lauri]

I'm in a band myself and if I got a song of mine into Guitar Hero, cover or not, I'd be happy!

[ooblah]

What a way to make an ass out of yourself.

[TheNewDiabolic]

phoenix_88 wrote:

different tempo, and therefore it's at a different pitch...

God damn it...

[Sean-Man]

the romantics can gtfo

[woodfromnorway]

man, it must suck for a cover band to sound 'virtually indistinguishable' from the real thing. poor guys.

[Harry Krishner]

Maybe they need the money to begin their reunion tour.

[Mistaa Man]

That is a good thing, that it sounds just like it, cause then you get more out of it y'know ?

It is much better than it not sounding at all like it

[dieinafire]

well I'm sure when you call yourself a musician, yet you make songs like "What I like about you", sueing someone is pretty much the only way to make money. what a joke.

[Pantera 666]

r.i.pdimebag93 wrote:

wow, this is just sad that this is the most attention that these guys have gotten in 15 years

what a bunch of old greedy men

lol. the guys name is master beat. *cough* MASTER BATE. lol. i made a funny. XD

[Wakisazhi]

zxZoSoxz wrote:

If it says "Made Famous By The Romantics," then this whole thing is stupid. I haven't played Guitar Hero 80's so I have no idea what it says.

I do know that "Made Famous By Van Halen" for "You Really Got Me" in GH II was bullshit. If I was one of the Davies brothers I'd have sued. (or at least asked them to change it)

Well it says that because it's the Van Halen cover, if they labeled it as made famous by The Kinks and played it as the Van Halen version then that would be a bigger problem right there. I'm pretty sure that the money that went to VH also trickled down to them, if it didn't that would be a problem but seeing as how nothing has happened so far...

[sprinks41]

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

thank you rush4life, you saved me some typing there. that's exactly right. on guitar hero games, it says the song name and then "as made famous by," to show that it's a cover of the real band's original song. when it's the real original version of the band's song, it says "as performed by"

[Strausser33]

Seriously though nobody should blame guitar hero its popular brought alot of people to enjoy music more.....nobody realizes how hard it is to play a guitar.....honestly the game is the reason why i play real guitar
its gotten the songs more popular.....why would u be mad at dat?
they should be happy dat somebody wants to use their old song.....sure i hate remakes but its for a Fin game.....i think they should just go jump off a cliff!! GET A LIFE!!!
its like supply and demand people demanded more GH so they made more.....they need to make $ also....jeez

[pwninator123]

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

just for clarification, not technically a one hit wonder band

this has been...my two cents

[Sixpack5001]

so its a good cover, whats the problem?

[metalhammer79]

this isn't suppose to hurt the review, but didn't they say the same thing about metallica?

[dethskar0]

Isn't that the point of Guitar Hero?

[ozzrhoads1982]

wow what bands have 2 do just 4 the money. if i was them i would feel very proud 2 know a different band covered my song and made it sound like the original. anyway the song sucks so why are they bitching

[paintITblack39]

checked.

[jthm_guitarist]

LOL that's hilarious. I'd bet that they pull that suit pretty quick to avoid further humiliation.

[MX4Life]

LMFAO that is the stupidest shit I've EVER heard. They sign away their song, and then sue them for making it sound good.

[silentscope1234]

Okay, even if people were tricked into thinking that the band actually recorded it ... is that really a big deal.....?

[DString]

GH, to me, actually made the song sound a little better. May be thats why they are suing. Did Dylan sue Jimi over "Along the Watchtower". To me Jimi made that song sound a little better,too.
As plenty of us have figured out, these guys are broke, found out they under-sold themselves and this is a way to re-coup their loses. They should have been smarter from the start or had smarter people workinmg for them. What was the name of that band again.....oh yeah,the Romantics...thats right.

[Kikuta]

So I'm not the only one who punched my screen when I read the band members names?

[Guitarman2533]

Fuckin A man

[matthewsims]

CAN ANYBODY BELIEVE THIS? "OH, Woe is us, our ONLY good song is being acknowledged and some guys are rocking out to us in Denmark or in GREENLAND! You can't do this to us!" WELL BOO HOO HOO...CRY ME A FREAKIN' RIVER! Why don't you record it yourselves, then... I hope Harmonix and all of them squash you...IT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING CRYBABIES...

[wilson 595]

wow it seems suieng people is the most popular thing in the world right now... other than rap

[Mcut202]

Wow. I've seen some ridiculous lawsuits, but this is at the top of the list.

[SoftParade1967]

Alright they try there best to put good covers of the songs up there. And apperently they did a good job on it. Why are they sueing them? Sheesh bands sueing people for stupid reasons nowadays.

[xkalx]

Arctic Monkeys is the best.

[tdiz42008]

and the rest of the world said "who are the romantics?"

grow some testies please.

[Ingsoc]

I guess blowout nobodies from the 80's gotta pay the bills somehow.

[Alexishxc1337]

Horrible reason to sue.

[martyr1130]

jesus, now people are getting sued for doing their jobs well, the world's end is nigh

[Murderface x3]

thats a load of crap.

[PerpetualBurn]

Just proves that a fellow session guitarist is doing the job he's payed to do.

[FreeManson15]

its just a scam to get the romantics names in the media, their music was mostly utter rubbish

[Blash]

euan_soad wrote:

Who?

Thats what I was thinking, lulz

[mitch311]

FreeManson15 wrote:

its just a scam to get the romantics names in the media, their music was mostly utter rubbish

yea exactly

[rifftnstrings]

.....


Okay..

[drummer_boyy]

route61racing wrote:

could this be the highest praise ever for a cover band?...to say their cover sounds "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version"

yea, this is thier big break.almost all of the song in gh3 sound perfect.what dumbass sues a company for sounding too much like a song that they gave permission to use.they are a little late also.

[drummer_boyy]

Ingsoc wrote:

I guess blowout nobodies from the 80's gotta pay the bills somehow.

perfect

[drummer_boyy]

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

yea if they didn't suck so badly, maby the song would have been harder to duplicate,therefore not sound the same.why do you think there was no drum solo in yyz from gh2(and yes i realise the reason was because it would have been wasted time on guitar haro)but still the drummer couldnt have played a good cover for that.neil is like the best drummer ever.also a band from the 80s.still are.

[drummer_boyy]

damn, first bon jovi now this

[drummer_boyy]

anarchy in the u.k. from gh3 sucked but was actually rerecorded by the sexpistols for the game.anything with 2007 by the band means that it was rerecorded for the game, by the band.

[Decembero]

Guitar Hero should re-record that song and make the band sound retarded, just to serve them right, haha lets see them sue for that one.

[Nhex]

the musicians who sue only do that because the game sells more than their albuns

[oh poe poe]

Nhex wrote:

the musicians who sue only do that because the game sells more than their albuns

that game sells more than every musician's album on there... especially with all the illegal (*cough*guilty*gag*) downloading that people do its no wonder.

[AnimatedHand]

jokers

[therealtater]

Did Lars Ulrich join the Romantics?

[EllttEll]

lame, see this is the kind of band that every one know's the song but could care less who the artist is, you think they would be happy about being on the game, but instead they decide to sue for something they allowed

you + lame = this band failing at life

[lwnovember]

thats so lame.. is that not the point of a cover band? to sound like the band they are covering?

[Carlstrmm]

Wow. Thats lame. By getting on something like guitar hero, you usually will get more people with "hey i remember that song!" and "i love that song!" causing people to download their music. In the end its the band that wins. And what do they say? Sue em.

[CSUTremonti777]

Is it just me or did anyone else think that cover was absolute crap? Do they really think they sound that bad? And I dont care what anyone says the worst cover guitar hero ever has is Pride and Joy. SRV is definitely pissed about that one.

[J6strings21fret]

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.

Well said. +1

[Pr0az]

Screams i need money....

[Qasur]

Actually, if you look around, anyone can cover any song as long as you just properly award that song the correct authors.

Why else do you think that bands from 60's, 70's, and 80's were all doing covers of 50's music and Bob Dylan? Yeah, he gets 10c every time they sale that CD, but who cares?

Covers don't require too much permission, just some royalty fees that you have to dicuss. Sometimes, royalties just cost too much, whihc is why Guitar Hero is taking it's time to get some artists that they haven't had yet (such as Led Zeppelin, Steve Ray Vaughn, Hendrix, etc.)

[xCoilx]

Misterhustle24 wrote:

wow, this is truly retarded. Why would they sue for it sounding too much like them? Isn't that a good thing? At least it doesn't sound so terrible like the Lamb of God cover in Guitar Hero II. Do you know how many people probably think Lamb of God is a crappy band now because of how ridiculous the singer sounded in that cover?

true.

[Shredder Guitar]

oh because everyone wants to hear a version of the song that sounds NOTHING like the original...

[Kegan]

drummer_boyy wrote:

kfkslayerkfk wrote:

im glad the makers of that stupid game are getting sued. that game is an insult to my intelligence. you dont make music with a block of plastic and five plastic "fret" buttons that arent even frets
f*** you. dumbass.you are just mad cause you cant make music with 6 strings and 24 frets.

We are now more ignorant for having read your post.

their point is that a person can't make music on a guitar hero controller. it's just a hunk of plastic.

you totally twisted that around and replied as if he was mad that he couldn't play music on a real guitar.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying Guitar Hero, but there is also nothing wrong with other people disliking it.

[doughboy924]

thats just low man

[pHaKe]

what a bunch of little girls,

[Wakisazhi]

Qasur wrote:

Actually, if you look around, anyone can cover any song as long as you just properly award that song the correct authors.

Why else do you think that bands from 60's, 70's, and 80's were all doing covers of 50's music and Bob Dylan? Yeah, he gets 10c every time they sale that CD, but who cares?

Covers don't require too much permission, just some royalty fees that you have to dicuss. Sometimes, royalties just cost too much, whihc is why Guitar Hero is taking it's time to get some artists that they haven't had yet (such as Led Zeppelin, Steve Ray Vaughn, Hendrix, etc.)

Actually they've covered Hendrix once and SRV twice. But yeah Zep has been asking for too much so they've yet to do anything with them.

[oggiedoggy]

leftajarandy wrote:

they should hold their hands up and say "sorry for doing this" and then re-record the song so it sounds nothing like the original, just a completly crap song so that everyone that plays it goes, "these are shit" hahahahahaha

lol

[Stampede]

lol this is friggin ridiculous.

[CHEAPO ESP]

dude, heres the thing man, one hit wonder from the 80's who musta spent all the money they got from it, also did'nt guitar hero have their permission b4 putting it on game? if u give someone ur permission to put ur song on their game they should be able to put ur song on the game, also, dude whats it matter? if a couple illiterate people who cant read "as made famous by" what is it gonna hurt for them to think that the romantics re recorded it?

[MrGuitar123]

TacticalMuffin wrote:

Thats a pretty gay reason. The point is to sound like the original band so that people don't give the game shit. If they had the guy singin Sweet Child O' Mine sound like Christopher ****in Walken then Axel would sue for makin him sound like shit.

That would be ****ing cool man. Christopher Walken = win

[gigson111]

it was a cover song, sooooo, they didnt use their song, therefore they should not be suing them. they dont need to have permission for a band covering a song, its retarded

[paintITblack39]

check.

[ejenkins]

pwninator123 wrote:

rush4life wrote:

Yeah, there's a reason it says "made famous by", not just by. Plus they just want money because they're a one-hit wonder band from the 80's.




just for clarification, not technically a one hit wonder band

this has been...my two cents

HAHAHA! indeed. that song SUCKS!

[the_bi99man]

Congratulations, The Romantics. The number of people commenting on this article has effectively doubled the number of people who know you exist. And the lawsuit itself goes to show how much you fail at life and all that encompasses it, because you claim that the same group of musicians who completely freaking butchered "Heart-Shaped Box", "Beast and the Harlot", and "Hanger 18" on Guitar Hero 2 played your song so well you couldn't even tell the difference. Now that you've sucked ass publicly (again), you can go back to... well... sucking ass. Except we're going to stop paying attention. Again.

[Chickenparts]

....Isn't the point of the whole thing to get as close to the original as possible? I smell jealousy. That some unheard of cover band can just make their recording almost indistinguishable from the original. That could tell you something about the band.

[jizzo]

they were just tryign to make an accurate cover...romantics, shut up

[longhornchad200]

You're the romantics! You're not near important enough to be pulling this kind of crap. And I agree with chickenparts up there.

[Inmykakypants]

drummer_boyy wrote:

route61racing wrote:

could this be the highest praise ever for a cover band?...to say their cover sounds "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version"

yea, this is thier big break.almost all of the song in gh3 sound perfect.what dumbass sues a company for sounding too much like a song that they gave permission to use.they are a little late also.

in GHIII, almost every song is the master track, so its the actual song, not a cover.

[placebic]

First of all, "What I like about you" was a song that became so good, it pretty much sold itself out to commercialism and the like -long ago-
See also: The Doors, The Rolling Stones, you pretty much name it...

So a cover band, once again, played their song better than they could. Big Deal. They knew something like this was bound to happen -long ago-
Please, spare me.

Once apon a time, there was this game called Frequency... stop me if you heard this one...

[ledzep101]

Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80's came out along time ago. Did they just now listen to it? Song sucks anyway.

[Toaster Pastry]

As if anyone even cares about the Romantics.

[-blaze-]

who is doing what now?

[B.Steaksandwich]

SERIOUSLY, If someone has already made a comment, you do not need to write another comment, that is near identical to it. Follow the forum rules, read the entire article and all the comments, respsonses and replies before posting your own. PLEASE

[mr freezy]

Worst song on the any guitar hero game, dosn't even belong on there, the romantics should be happy that there getting more exposure for there shitty one hit wonder.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

im pretty sure teh activision guys have all their ducks in a row and will win the suit. you kinda have to if you're gonna realease a game of cover songs.

[seeing_red]

who ever heard of the romantics anyway?

[Surrylic]

Stupid...

[Hp312]

TJ1991 wrote:

what the hell?! surely they cant sue someone over a cover, which they obviously gave permission for them to do, because it sounds too much like the original?

pathetic.

[Hamham272]

oh poe poe :
Nhex wrote:

the musicians who sue only do that because the game sells more than their albuns

that game sells more than every musician's album on there... especially with all the illegal (*cough*guilty*gag*) downloading that people do its no wonder.

Metallica, guns n roses, van halen to name a few. Tbh this lawsuit won't even make it to a jury. Even if they had a legitimate reason to sue they wouldn't win. Look who they're suing... they have money. Something this band obviously do not have.

[Page/Rhoads]

I was lookin through some stuff and I found out that they sued their managers in the 80's because this song was being used on commercials.

[Guitar Z-neous]

who the f*** is the romantics anyways? is this some pre-emo band from the 80's? they prolly started the band to get chicks but then realized they were gays and broke up. and now they r broke, so they sued guitar hero guys to get some money for booze. retards.

[RockDragon]

Misterhustle24 wrote:

wow, this is truly retarded. Why would they sue for it sounding too much like them? Isn't that a good thing? At least it doesn't sound so terrible like the Lamb of God cover in Guitar Hero II. Do you know how many people probably think Lamb of God is a crappy band now because of how ridiculous the singer sounded in that cover?

That's not the reason people think Lamb of God are a crappy band.

But anyways, I've never even heard of the Romantics but this is daft. It's not like people are going to buy the game to listen to the song OVER buying the song itself. Therefore they're not losing anything whatsoever.

If anything, they're gaining some more publicity.

Remploys.

[C.C. Deville]

the things people do for a cent of money... I don't really see how it's a bad thing really

[SOADrox429]

Haha. This is ridiculous.
This reminds me of the Coke zero commercials where the guys from the company are asking the lawyers if they can sue for 'taste infringement.'

[GregMisiakk]

Hey! Everyone leave them alone! Hookers and toupees are really expensive!

[StringsofBlack]

Wakisazhi wrote:

Qasur wrote:

Actually, if you look around, anyone can cover any song as long as you just properly award that song the correct authors.

Why else do you think that bands from 60's, 70's, and 80's were all doing covers of 50's music and Bob Dylan? Yeah, he gets 10c every time they sale that CD, but who cares?

Covers don't require too much permission, just some royalty fees that you have to dicuss. Sometimes, royalties just cost too much, whihc is why Guitar Hero is taking it's time to get some artists that they haven't had yet (such as Led Zeppelin, Steve Ray Vaughn, Hendrix, etc.)


Actually they've covered Hendrix once and SRV twice. But yeah Zep has been asking for too much so they've yet to do anything with them.

That would be so badass if they did Black Dog by Zep. Dear lord that would be sweet...

[Dead_End]

uhmm you sorta want it to sound like the original, did you hear the Lamb of God song in GH2, the singer was terrible, besides, as its been said, thats why it says "as made famous by" =/ this is kinda pathetic

[Metal_Hed_23]

The Romantics-" Those ****ers sound better than us.... hey, lets take all their money!"

[Th3Russ1an]

What loosers...

[blueberry91]

Well at least this isnt something along the lines of Christmas Carollers being sued because they didn't have the rights to sing jingle bells.

[-xCaMRocKx-]

whatd they expect?!

"OH YEAH WE'LL LET YOU COVER OUR SONG BUT IT HAS TO SOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE OUR SONG."

what is the world coming to? :S

[GREENWARRI0R]

Oh god, the LAWLerness of this article is unbearable.

[nin_freak92]

your band's song on Guitar Hero = MAJOR PROMOTING, MAJOR POPULARITY, MAJOR EVERYTHING. If u want to sue someone over allowing that to happen to you - ****in retarded

[kdownes]

Bullshit!

[frd_marshll]

they are sueing them because a cover band sounds to much like them

[rhcpfan118]

hahahaha, someone's looking for easy cash. hmmm how many hit singles have they had since "what i like about you"? oh, that's right, NONE. their probably having problems with ticket sales and figure hey... here's an easy chance to get money for our starving asses. pathetic.

[deathchord19]

dumbasses,not even a good enough song to sue over but thats besides the point theyre just dumb

[VanCamp]

Menza_ wrote:

crap song anyways.

Dude!Come on! So true,but I don't get it: a game that THEY gave permission to use their song in sounds too much like their original recording?That's a dumber thing to sue over than spilling hot coffee...on yourself.

[ComexAsxYouxAre]

this is retarded

[drummer_boyy]

Kegan wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

kfkslayerkfk wrote:

im glad the makers of that stupid game are getting sued. that game is an insult to my intelligence. you dont make music with a block of plastic and five plastic "fret" buttons that arent even frets
f*** you. dumbass.you are just mad cause you cant make music with 6 strings and 24 frets.


We are now more ignorant for having read your post.

their point is that a person can't make music on a guitar hero controller. it's just a hunk of plastic.

you totally twisted that around and replied as if he was mad that he couldn't play music on a real guitar.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying Guitar Hero, but there is also nothing wrong with other people disliking it.

ok i see your point, but in reality weather you like the way ti sounds or not you can make music with anything you small-minded dumbass.

[drummer_boyy]

drummer_boyy wrote:

Kegan wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

kfkslayerkfk wrote:

im glad the makers of that stupid game are getting sued. that game is an insult to my intelligence. you dont make music with a block of plastic and five plastic "fret" buttons that arent even frets
f*** you. dumbass.you are just mad cause you cant make music with 6 strings and 24 frets.


We are now more ignorant for having read your post.

their point is that a person can't make music on a guitar hero controller. it's just a hunk of plastic.

you totally twisted that around and replied as if he was mad that he couldn't play music on a real guitar.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying Guitar Hero, but there is also nothing wrong with other people disliking it.


ok i see your point, but in reality weather you like the way ti sounds or not you can make music with anything you small-minded dumbass.

by the way, that just shows us that you either don't play a real instrument, or you do it just to be cool.

[drummer_boyy]

Inmykakypants wrote:

drummer_boyy wrote:

route61racing wrote:

could this be the highest praise ever for a cover band?...to say their cover sounds "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version"

yea, this is thier big break.almost all of the song in gh3 sound perfect.what dumbass sues a company for sounding too much like a song that they gave permission to use.they are a little late also.


in GHIII, almost every song is the master track, so its the actual song, not a cover.

not to be rude or disrespectful because you arent a idiot like the romantics, i did know that, but like i said ya know, the sexpistols rerecorded(of course with out thier dead bassist sid vicious)and it sounded like total cowdung.