Lars Ulrich again?

MONTREAL ? Metallica are taking legal action 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.

"People are going to get on our case again for this, but try to see it from
our point of view just once," stated Metallica's Lars Ulrich. "We're not saying
we own those two chords, individually - that would be ridiculous. We're just
saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with
our music."

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 "confusion, deception and mistake
in the minds of the public".

Metallica's lawyer, Jill Pietrini, told us that the band decided to take
legal action only after first sending a letter of complaint to the Canadian band's
singer/songwriter, Erik Ashley.

"We sent a demand letter and haven't reached a resolution, so we had to sue,"
she said. "They continue to shamelessly feature the two chords on their
website song samples and we just can't have that."

Ashley, in the meantime, is still shocked by the entire story, and hasn't yet
decided how the band will respond.

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

Ulrich states that he's not trying to prevent Unfaith from using the two
chords, only that he feels Metallica should be credited for them whenever used,
and is calling for 50% of all revenue generated from any song using them.

"It's nothing personal against them," he added. "We intend to enforce our
rights with any band intending to use Metallica-branded chords in the future."

WHAT?????????? Over 2 chords??? I hope all bands play those chords from now on. I dont know who is a bigger money whore - Gene or Lars!