James Hetfield of Metallica (Photo by Raphael Dias/Getty)
We hear that a Canadian Metallica tribute band is a little upset with us and with a little digging, figured out why. It turns out that a certain letter was delivered to the band Sandman that neither we nor our management were aware of until it surfaced online. Lucky for us, the band was kind enough to post it for us to see, and it turns out that we have a very overzealous attorney who sent this letter without our knowledge. … Sandman should file the letter in the trash. Keep doing what you’re doing … we totally support you! And in the meantime, our attorney can be found at SFO catching a flight to go permanently ice fishing in Alaska.
— Metallica, in an apology given to Rolling Stone after Canadian heavy metal tribute band Sandman was served with a cease-and-desist letter from Jill M. Pietrini, a partner at Sheppard Mullin, regarding the use of Metallica’s name and logo.
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(Flip to the next page to see Pietrini’s cease-and-desist letter.)