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Fall Out Thieves?

03/22/07
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(punkbands) Knives Out is considering taking legal action against platinum-selling pop punks Fall Out Boy. Nicholas Hans alleges the band took a phrase and concept from a T-shirt he designed and used it for lyrics on a track from the multi-platinum 2005 record "From Under the Cork Tree."

In 2001, Hans' former band Knives Out, toured the U.S. and sold a black T-shirt with a drawing of a hand with a ribbon tied around the wrist and the phrase "Don't Open Till After X-Mas." The line "The ribbon on my wrist says, 'Do not open before Christmas,' " is part of Fall Out Boy's song "Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued" (which refers to an unrelated matter).

"They 100 percent ripped us off," Hans told us yesterday. "It just pisses me off. They should have asked," says the artist/musician. [see full story for more including how FOB kind of sort of "borrowed" lyrics in the past] - Click here for the Full Story

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