Beastie Boys are accusing Chili’s of committing the last word celebration foul on their legacy … utilizing one in all their songs with out permission — and it occurs to be their traditional hit “Sabotage” at that!!!
According to courtroom docs obtained by TMZ Hip Hop … surviving Beastie Boys members Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz and the late member Adam “MCA” Yauch‘s widow declare Brinker, the guardian firm of Chili’s, jacked the band’s iconic, 1994 music video for a business.
The lawsuit alleges Chili’s ran an advert on social media in November 2022, synchronizing the well-known monitor and styling it after the Spike Jonze-directed video. The video featured three characters carrying the identical conspicuous ’70s-style disguises because the Beasties … the place they comically rob a Chili’s restaurant of its secret components.
The band says they do not license “Sabotage” or any of their songs to third-party advertisers, and declare MCA — who died in 2012 — had a provision in his will prohibiting such makes use of as properly.
The Beastie Boys property is asking for big-time damages and needs the courtroom to order Brinker to take down the Chili’s advert.
