The Vandals Sued By Daily Variety

American punk group The Vandals are fighting legal action taken against them by Hollywood trade publication Daily Variety.

The Vandals formed in California over two decades ago, and have become cult favourites across the globe due to their combination of crisp punk power chords and an irreverent sense of humour.

However it seems as if an old joke could come back to haunt the band. The Vandals famously borrowed the font from Daily Variety's logo to form their own design, undermining the falsity of Hollywood life.

The Daily Variety hit back, issuing a cease and desist order which the band complied with. Removing the logo from their releases, it seems that the joke's popularity with fans has meant that several have been uploaded to the internet.

Issuing a statement, The Vandals have revealed that Daily Variety are now trying to sue them - despite the cease and desist order being complied with almost five years ago.

"The Daily Variety claims that our old logo for Hollywood Potato Chip, which is a parody of the Daily Variety logo commenting on the materialistic culture of Hollywood, is still on the Internet and they are suing us for this. We agreed not to use this logo anymore and we have no product for sale with this logo so their claims that we are intentionally using it and harming the Daily Variety are ludicrous."

"We do not have this logo, or any other of their logos on any of our sites under our control. They are telling us that it is still on the Internet but they wont tell us where it is. Instead, they have demanded a HUGE sum of money. I mean HUGE, OUTRAGEOUS, and IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE; and $25,000 for their attorneys to cover all the damages they have suffered from what they call a breach of our settlement agreement."

"We have breached nothing. We are just a punk band and a small insolvent record label trying to keep stuff on the shelves and pay royalties to other artists."

The fight goes on.