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Surprise, surprise: Hummer is a pariah

Posted by Yankee on February 28, 2006 - 2:11pm
Topic: Sociology/Psychology
Tags: commercials, hummer [list all tags]

This post is very frivolous, but I really liked this story. Treehugger reports that famous bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and the Talking Heads, among other smaller indie rock and electronica bands, have declined to provide their music as a sound track to a Hummer ad. Bands would have received between $50,000-$180,000 for their song, and they still turned Hummer down. More good quotes from the band members in the Austin American-Stateman:

Washington D.C.'s Trans Am were offered $180,000 by Hummer for the song "Total Information Awareness."

"We figured it was almost like giving music to the Army, or Exxon," guitarist Philip Manley said.

They said no.

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