Given that the joe Strummer-less Clash and the Johnny/Joey/Dee Dee-less Ramones have used the deaths of influential band personnel to cash in on some fat American advertising dollars, I see no reason why the surviving members of old punks bands - which have some of the highest mortality rates outside of hip hop - shouldn't do likewise. The surviving Germs, for example, could use "Cat's Clause" for kitty litter, or change "No God" to "Oh God" and sell it to the Catholic Church. And does anyone think John Lydon is more than one missed payment to his hair stylist away from signing "Holidays in the Sun" over to Carnival Cruise lines?
With that in mind, I can finally justify my bellowing of "Acid reducer/Ain't no loser" to the irritation of just about everyone else in the pharmacy section of Sam's Club yesterday. Someone from Prilosec should give me a call, since it isn't like Stiv Bators is going to complain.
I don't care for the use of Guns N' Roses' "Hair of the Dog" on that stupid Dodge Charger commercial. Especially when the lyrics go "Now You're Messin With . . ." and just sort of trail off. I guess it's OK to pirate rock for commercials as long as you don't pirate the whole thing.
Here we have Steve Jones selling cars on the radio. I think they're even used. He doesn't mention the Sex Pistols in the ad, though.