T-Shirt Tantrums

With all the World's current woes, you'd be forgiven for being ignorant about various clothing disputes with have sent shock waves through the epicentre of the music industry in the past week or so. For your ease, here is a concise summary of the events which have had us glued to our laptops of late.


1) Joy Division v Disney

The child-friendly capitalist empire that is Disney recently paid homage to Joy Division's infamous 'Unknown Pleasures' record cover - apparently without consent - and have since withdrawn the item from sale in fear of legal action. The band's remaining members - who are currently split between being in New Order and not being in New Order - don't seemed too bothered, but no chances have been taken by Mickey and Friends.


American Idiots with expendable incomes are currently bidding three-figure sums for the now hard-to-find items which slipped through the net.


2) Man Is The Bastard v Akron/Family

Experimental indie-folk act Akron/Family have recently made enemies of hard-as-nails rockers Man Is The Bastard, with Eric Wood - the founding member of the plaintiff - going on a vicious social networking tirade regarding the "stealing" of their skull design for a new batch of the accused band's merch.


Lots of F-bombs were dropped over the internet and a statement has been made by Akron/Family's bassist Miles Seaton, stating that their actions were a mere homage to the band's influence on them, which seems reasonable enough.


It is not currently clear whether the T-shirts are still on sale, but we're currently sat on the edge of our seats, anxiously waiting to hear more.


3) No Age v Kings Of Leon

Finally (thank God), L.A. noiseniks No Age have taken to fisty-cuffs with everyone's 'favourite-band-to-hate-even-though-we-loved-them-years-ago', Kings Of Leon. The four-piece from Oklahoma are accused of breaching the trademark that is No Age's LARGE LETTERS on a white background - the cheek of them!

In keeping with the spirit of punk, the duo made their frustrations known by....blogging about it. Sid Vicious would be proud, guys! No court case is expected on the grounds of stupidity.

So, that's the round-up of merchandise maliciousness...for now. And you thought you had problems!

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