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| From | "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> |
| Subject | Another legal battle over band name rights |
| Date | Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:00:41 -0000 |
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Add this to the long list of bands fighting over legal rights to who
is representing the legacy of the band.
Badfinger, C.C.R., so many to name and now this...
Anyone, interested I think you can google photos of the bands and
decide for yourself.
Steve D
NP: in my head Paul's "Little Mascara"
Two rival dwarf Kiss tribute bands are feuding over
who owns shrinkage rights to the glam rock superstars.
US acts MiniKiss and Tiny Kiss both feature dwarves in
face paint and fright wigs playing Kiss songs -
although Tiny Kiss also boasts a 160-kilogram woman.
The 1.3-metre MiniKiss frontman, Joey Fatale, tried to
confront Tiny Kiss leader, 1.2-metre "Little" Tim
Loomis for allegedly ripping off the little Kiss
concept, US news reports said.
However, Fatale has denied he tried to ambush his
rival Kiss Army cadet, the LA Times reported.
Loomis, a former drummer for MiniKiss, was performing
with Tiny Kiss on St Patrick's Day at Beacher's
Madhouse, a Las Vegas variety show, when the incident
occurred, the report said.
Show host Jeff Beacher told The Times that Fatale
"tried to sneak in saying he was Tiny Kiss" and had to
be escorted from the premises.
The New York Post reported that, Fatale's lawyers sent
a legal cease-and-desist letter to the show trying to
shut down the act.
Loomis told the Post: "[Fatale] came out here [to Las
Vegas] and tried to cause trouble, so I had him 86'd
[thrown out] from the Hard Rock. The impression I got
was that he was looking for a fight. He'd been
threatening me over the phone."
But Fatale disputed the accusation, telling The Times:
"This whole thing about me going to the Hard Rock with
my gang - that didn't happen.
What happened was, I went there because somebody told
me [Tiny Kiss was] doing the show that night....
Nobody escorted me out of there.
"I went there by myself to approach them as a
gentleman."
Fatale said he had "nothing to say" about Loomis,
except, "He's a nice guy."
And, he added, "This is all a big publicity act for
the guy at Beacher's."
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