Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

Some have found difficulty reconciling this claim when Biafra also licensed to major corporations, approving with the other band members use of Dead Kennedys ’ songs in major studio film releases such as Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The three sued him for contracting for Lee to appear on two unsuccessful reality shows the band claim hurt its image.

Both these musicians claim trademark ownership of the Bill Haley's Comets name ; this dates back to Lane and Rappa ( during a period when they worked together as one band ) winning a trademark infringement lawsuit against the aforementioned Joey Rand group in 1989.

The official websites of each band reflect a split between the shared history of Payne's tenure with the band, as the reunited Asia acknowledge only pre-and post-Payne albums, whereas Asia Featuring John Payne claim Payne-era ( 1991 – 2006 ) albums Aqua ( 1991 ) through Silent Nation ( 2004 ) as part of their own discography.

A New South Wales court dismissed the band and all parties connected with the band from the claim, finding they were not liable.

Darnley also made a band with his allies to advance his claim to the Crown Matrimonial in the Parliament of Scotland in return for restoring their lands and titles.

The same year The Insects became unavailable for co-production and having parted ways with Nellee Hooper, the band were introduced to Neil Davidge, a relatively unknown producer whose main claim to fame thus far had been an association with anonymous dance-pop outfit DNA.

Many claim that the first wave originated in Seattle at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium on October 31, 1981, at the prompting of Dave Hunter ( Husky band trumpet player ) and Robb Weller ( later Entertainment Tonight co-host, and then a television producer ).

Irving labelled the gas chambers at Auschwitz a " hoax ", and writing in the third person declared that he " has placed himself at the head of a growing band of historians, worldwide, who are now sceptical of the claim that at Auschwitz and other camps were ' factories of death ', in which millions of innocent people were systematically gassed to death ".

However, days later, Melissa Auf der Maur, interviewed in Toronto where she was appearing at the North by Northeast music festival, said she had " no clue " about the band's reported reunion and denied the NME claim she had, or was asked to, contribute vocals to the album or had been asked to tour with the purportedly reunited band saying, " I actually don't know the reunion ... I arrived at music festival in Toronto and I heard that Hole were getting back together from people sending me links ," she said.

A longstanding, oft-repeated claim in the music industry and the mainstream press is that Styx were the first band to release four consecutive Triple-Platinum albums, signifying at least 3 million units sold.

Pete Burns, lead singer of the New Wave band Dead or Alive would later claim he was the first to wear braids, big hats, and colourful costumes, but George would cut back with a sharp-tongued remark, " It's not who did it first, it's who did it better ".

He said the courts required a release for anybody to claim ownership of the band name, which was the motivation for the initial Sisterhood single.

Some versions of the legend claim that the band of prostitutes that followed his division were derisively referred to as " General Hooker's Army " or " Hooker's Brigade.

Retrospectively, Zawinul would accuse Vitouš of being unable to play funk convincingly ( something which Greg Errico would corroborate ) and claim that he had not provided enough music for the band.

The Merseybeats appeared regularly at Liverpool's Cavern Club, and they claim to have appeared there with The Beatles on more occasions than any other band from that era.

" He went on to claim that the band flew to Toronto in January during sub-zero temperature " purely because the Rolling Stones had recorded a live album there ..."

" All elements contributed to the band being credited with a ' grunge precursor ' title, a claim often recited in comparisons between pre-Nirvana Minneapolis and Seattle bands.

Other members of the band claim in the biography " Keine Macht für Niemand-Die Geschichte der Ton Steine Scherben " ( No power for nobody-the story of Clay Stone Shards ") that it is a play on the name of the West German labor union Bau-Steine-Erden ( Construction-Stones-Earths ).

At the time the band claimed this was due to dissatisfaction with the two-disc single format, a claim somewhat undermined by their subsequent single releases all being made available in two-CD formats accompanied by a 7 " vinyl.

Their first album was titled Signing Off, as the band were signing off from, or ending, their claim for unemployment benefit.

Another local newspaper reporting that Maxi Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, also included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted this claim: " Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but there is no decision been made to replace Ali Campbell with one definitive singer.

But while the two men are riding into the country, where they are going to dinner, they are attacked in the dark of the forest by a band of thieves, who strip them of everything, including most of their clothes.

They withdrew to Mercia, but, in January 878, made a sudden attack on Chippenham, a royal stronghold in which Alfred had been staying over Christmas, " and most of the people they killed, except the King Alfred, and he with a little band made his way by wood and swamp, and after Easter he made a fort at Athelney in the marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept fighting against the foe ".

Although they are generally classified as a cappella metal, the band also includes a drummer, and use amplifiers on some songs to distort the voice to sound more like a real guitar.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

3, " Maximo ") granted prelates of the greater presidency the privilege of wearing a hat with purple band, which right they hold even after they have ceased to be abbreviators.

In May 2010, the band stated on their website that they were " back in the studio working on some new songs " and later revealed that they were " in the final stages of recording the album ".

He recorded several singles and toured with the band, both domestically and internationally, until the band members revealed that they did not want to live abroad.

Sets are generally arranged so they run the length of the hall, with the top or head of the set being the end closest to the band and caller.

The umbrella they are under is black during their conversation as they walk towards the house ( filmed from slightly above and to the front ), yet after cutting to a lower shot ( filmed from behind Jackie ), Michael walks onscreen from the right holding an umbrella that is not black but beige, with a brown band at the rim.

Ab initio and semi-empirical calculations yield orbital energies ; therefore, they can be applied to band structure calculations.

The current-carrying electrons in the conduction band are known as " free electrons ", although they are often simply called " electrons " if context allows this usage to be clear.

Seymour said that after a month he contacted Finn and they agreed that he would return to the band.

After the band gained complete creative control from their record company, they decided to expand their follow-up of the Metropolis story into a full album: Metropolis Pt.

Due to the provocative name of the band, they sometimes played under pseudonyms, including " The DK's ", " The Sharks ", " The Creamsicles " and " The Pink Twinkies ".

Polydor decided to not sign the band after they learned that the Dead Kennedys ' next single was to be titled " Too Drunk to Fuck ".

In earlier years the band had criticized neo-Nazi skinheads for trying to ruin the punk scene, but just as big a problem was the increasing popularity of thrash metal and stereotypical macho " post-1982 hardcore " which brought the group ( and their genre ) an audience that had little to do with the ideas / ideals they stood for.

Although both sides agreed that the failure to pay these royalties was an accounting mistake, they were upset that Biafra failed to inform the band of the mistake after he and his co-workers discovered it.

Biafra's former bandmates maintain that they sued because of Jello Biafra's deliberate withholding of money, though when pressed they have acknowledged that the payment was an accounting mistake, but insist that Biafra was wrong in failing to inform the band directly.