Black Keys Object to Pizza Commercials
Home Depot and Pizza Hut used two Black Keys songs in commercials to sell Ryobi power tools and “Cheesy Bites Pizza” without permission, according to two lawsuits filed by the band and producer Danger Mouse.
Danger Mouse and Black Keys members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney claim Pizza Hut and Home Depot used the songs “Gold on the Ceiling” and “Lonely Boy,” from the 2011 Black Keys album “El Camino” in two commercials. Danger Mouse, whose real name is Brian Burton, produced and co-wrote the songs with the band members, according to two complaints in federal court in Los Angeles. Burton won a Grammy for “Producer of the Year” for his work on “El Camino.
Home Depot’s commercial for Ryobi brand power tools uses a re-make of the song “Lonely Boy,” the first single off the band’s seventh album, “El Camino,” the first lawsuit states.
And Pizza Hut made an ad for “Cheesy Bites Pizza” featuring a reproduction of the album’s second single, “Gold On The Ceiling,” according to a second lawsuit, also in federal court in Los Angeles.