The Linkin Park gang announced Sunday that they issued a cease and desist letter regarding the use of the song “In the End” in a video promoted by President Trump and White House deputy chief of staff for communications Dan Scavino. The video appears to have been removed from Twitter, where Scavino and Mr. Trump shared the video.
“Linkin Park neither endorsed nor endorses Trump, nor authorized his organization to use our music,” the band said. “A cease and desist has been issued.”
Shortly after Trump took office, Chester Bennington, the former Linkin Park lead singer who died of suicide in 2017, tweeted that the president was a “greater threat to the United States than terrorism,” adding that “we have to get back. our voices. ” and defend what we believe in. “
The version of “In The End” used in the video was a cover that featured Jung Youth, who expressed his displeasure at appearing in the video on Saturday night.
“Today I discovered that Trump was illegally using a song he was part of in a propaganda video he tweeted … anyone who knows me knows that I am firmly against intolerance and racism,” the artist tweeted. “Much love to all members of the Twitter community who helped delete the video!”
Linkin Park is far from the first band to challenge Trump’s use of his music. Earlier this month, Neil Young objected to Trump playing several of his songs during a July 4 event at Mount Rushmore.
“I stand in solidarity with the Sioux in Lakota and this is NOT okay with me,” Young tweeted.
After Trump performed Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” at a June campaign rally in Tulsa, the late singer’s family also issued a cease and desist letter. Aerosmith leader Steven Tyler has also gone to fight the president over the use of the band’s music in the protests.
REM, Prince Estate, Adele and other musicians have also opposed having their songs used in support of the President.
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