Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie has sued lead vocalist Gordon Gano claiming deprivation of credit for some of the Femmes’ material and the proper accounting as a result as well as the slander of the group’s reputation by the allowance of Wendy’s to use “Blister in the Sun” in a commercial. Gano called the lawsuit “a complete surprise.”
Additionally, Ritchie’s lawsuit claims, “This action is the unfortunate culmination of an ongoing intra-band dispute between Ritchie and Gano over Gano’s misappropriation and misadministration of Ritchie’s interests in the jointly owned songs and assets of the band, misappropriation of assets solely owned by Ritchie, improper accounting and nonpayment of royalties.”http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003626880&imw=Y
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