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BRMC Wants Out: Band Tells Homeland Security to Stop Using Their Song, Politely-ish
After spotting their rendition of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” deployed in a Homeland Security recruitment video, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club fires off a cease-and-desist wrapped in barbed irony and legal assertiveness. The band slams the unauthorized use, not hesitating to question both copyright ethics and constitutional boundaries in one breath.
Homeland Security’s response? A bizarre message dripping with passive aggression, likening legal critique to a publicity favor. Frontman Robert Levon Been calls it “a bonkers ex-girlfriend email,” revealing the institution’s reply felt more petty than professional.
