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AUTOPSY OF A PARODY GONE WILD   On Wednesday morning, July 16, 2003, media outlets across America began broadcasting the news that international rock icons Metallica were suing independant Canadian band Unfaith for — of all things — the unsanctioned use of so-called Metallica-branded® chords... E and F.
   Within minutes, the surreal story spread like a virus. First, internet community message boards ran with it. Then, respected internet news sites such as MSNBC and Ananova got in the game. DJ's across America made it a focal point of their on-air discours — several of them going so far as organizing petitions to ban Metallica from their stations over this. Other media — such as Rolling Stone and CNN — contacted me directly for comment. By the time the clock struck 12, even Jimmy Kimmel had brought it up on his late night ABC talk show.

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