Bad news for Nickelback: a Texas judge has ruled that the band should face a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement in their 2005 single Rockstar. Last October, the band filed to have a lawsuit brought against them over the allegations dismissed. Now, Texas Magistrate Susan Hightower has ruled that they should face the lawsuit from Kirk Johnson, a former member of the band Snowblind Revival, who claims Rockstar is – and we’re cutting through legalese here – a rip-off of his own group’s song, Rock Star, from 2001. Read this: The 50 best albums from 2001 According to case documents, the suit against the band, Roadrunner Records and Warner/Chappell Music states that Snowblind Revival had been an active band for years, and in 2001 had sh...
