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Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani


Background information
Born July 15, 1956
Born place Westbury, New York, United States
Genre(s) Instrumental Rock
Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Sony Music
Relativity Records
Associated acts Chickenfoot
Deep Purple
Sammy Hagar
Steve Vai
Alice Cooper
Mick Jagger
G3
Jason Becker
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Coldplay Reject Song Plagiarism Claims

December 10, 2008
Coldplay Reject Song Plagiarism ClaimsColdplay have called an alleged similarity between their hit single 'Viva La Vida' and a track by an American artist “entirely coincidental”.

The band are being sued by American guitarist, Joe Satriani, who claims the song borrows “substantial original portions” from his 2004 instrumental track, 'If I Could Fly'.

"With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations," Coldplay said in a statement.

"If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him.”

They added: "Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours."

In a lawsuit filed at Los Angeles Federal court last week, Satriani is seeking jury trial, damages and “any and all profits” linked to the track.

On Monday, Satriani said he had tried “everything” to prevent the case going to court, “but Coldplay didn't want to talk about it”.

He added when he first heart Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', "I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much."

(by Jason Gregory)



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