Flaw guitarist fired for plagiarism

2019-10-09 by DatsNotDaMetulz | 45 Comments
US nu-metal/hard rock group Flaw have this week fired guitarist/bassist Tommy Gibbons after a month of revelations that music from the group's latest album was plagiarised from various YouTube musicians.

After the issue was first raised, vocalist Chris Volz issued an apology, pledging to "deal with the matter" while seeking to make peace with those whose music was stolen. It later emerged that Gibbons had spoken on social media about a song he "wrote", which was one of the stolen tracks in question. One of the songs, however, was licensed properly for use on what turned out to be "Conquer This Climb", which received a music video courtesy of late night TV host Stephen Colbert.

It is not currently known if the band, or Gibbons, face any legal action.

Read more: https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/10/07/flaw-guitarist-fired-from-band-gives-lamest-excuse-ever-for-plagiarism/



Tagged: Flaw

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SitarHero
October 9th 2019
14714 Comments


Hahahaha! Whaaaat?!

wwf
October 9th 2019
7198 Comments


wow I don't think I've ever heard of someone getting fired for plagiarism

Lord(e)Po)))ts
October 9th 2019
70242 Comments


Hopefully in light of this gibbons has seen the flaw of his ways.

Orb
October 9th 2019
9387 Comments


good band name

SitarHero
October 9th 2019
14714 Comments


*badumtsss*

There's so many levels to this.

a). There are random youtubers out there writing and recording full on generic nu-metal songs.

b). Flaw is so creatively bankrupt that they're ripping off unknown youtubers' songs wholesale.

c). Unknown youtuber actually owned up to the fact that he had written the riffs on those Flaw songs.

d). Somehow Flaw haven't yet thought of just hiring the unknown youtuber to be their guitarist.

onionbubs
October 9th 2019
21099 Comments


yea lotta flaws in this situation

Trebor.
Emeritus
October 9th 2019
59870 Comments


It's almost as if writing nu-metal is really easy

Casavir
October 9th 2019
5645 Comments


[2]

Imperial
October 9th 2019
2050 Comments


Douche canoe.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
October 9th 2019
18936 Comments


Shame on you Tommy Gibbons

BigBlob
October 9th 2019
5864 Comments


nu-metal is in a sorry state. we need bizkit to return and save it ASAP

ramon.
October 9th 2019
4186 Comments


Some of the comments on the original instrumental are pretty hilarious including this gold one:

"I was unaware of this, but I've been using this for over two years. It was on my band's first album. Is there a way we can work a deal so you can get the proper credit? I had no idea it was a royalty free track. Super bummed that I was lied to about the music being original."

How does this even happen

RoderickINM
October 9th 2019
101 Comments


Vol IV: Because of the YouTubers

botb
October 9th 2019
17901 Comments


Disappointed there’s no comments about the fact this band’s whole career has been spent plagiarizing other D rate numetal bands

kalkwiese
October 9th 2019
10450 Comments


A flawed genre beyond repair. Just let it die in piece and never talk about it again

KjSwantko
October 9th 2019
12082 Comments


"Disappointed there’s no comments about the fact this band’s whole career has
been spent plagiarizing other D rate numetal bands "

Not true. Their first album Through the Eyes is one of the few nu-metal albums that's still listenable. Their second, Endangered Species is solid too. After that they turned to dog shit, though true.

advancedwarfighter
October 9th 2019
126 Comments


yeah, through the eyes is one of the best nu-metal albums tbh, it still holds up

MotokoKusanagi
October 9th 2019
4290 Comments


"d). Somehow Flaw haven't yet thought of just hiring the unknown youtuber to be their guitarist."

lmao

Demon of the Fall
October 9th 2019
33928 Comments


Damn, after Tool's disappointing release, can nu-metal survive yet another blow?

Keyblade
October 9th 2019
30678 Comments


even the name Through the Eyes sounds like a Machine Head record

Viriathus
October 9th 2019
3570 Comments


No surprise considering how mediocre these guys have always fuckin been

cvlts
October 9th 2019
9939 Comments


just give them each a songwriter credit and write out that $10 royalty check.

DatsNotDaMetulz
October 9th 2019
4317 Comments


Also bring in a guitarist who can write original and - better yet - interesting songs.

KjSwantko
October 9th 2019
12082 Comments


"even the name Through the Eyes sounds like a Machine Head record"

It does lol. Give it a listen though, there are actually some really good impassioned songs on it.

hexfix93
October 9th 2019
2438 Comments


^Through the Eyes is one of my favorite "nu metal" albums. Don't get the hate for this band.

I mean, I get the hate for that guitarist but not the other members or their music. I've always liked Flaw more than most other bands in that genre.

turnip90210
October 9th 2019
451 Comments


Endangered Species is where it's at. It's such a sorrowful, anguished record. "Consequences of Emotion" and "Keep Me Behind" are stellar too, somehow got left off the album.

That said, this whole situation is laughable. The level of replication, down to electronic whooshes and whatnot, reeks of not at all accidental plagiarism.

iglu
October 9th 2019
1740 Comments


those riffs suck anyway so whatever

iglu
October 9th 2019
1740 Comments


also it kinda sounds like a shitty version of my own summer so

Source
October 9th 2019
19917 Comments


crime doesn't pay, kids

Asdfp277
October 9th 2019
24346 Comments


what a mess

Spec
October 9th 2019
39495 Comments


Lmao. At least steal some good riffs.

Storm In A Teacup
October 9th 2019
45784 Comments


nu-metal is in a sorry state. we need bizkit to return and save it ASAP 5475463737

Keyblade
October 9th 2019
30678 Comments


just heard the song. so we just ripping off power chords now? this dude will never live this down

Lelle
October 10th 2019
2771 Comments


I guess their approach to music creation was... flawed?

hexfix93
October 11th 2019
2438 Comments


Chris Volz is a good vocalist and decent lyricist. He needs to find better musicians to play for his band. Both as far as someone who won't plagiarize, and people who can actually write good riffs. Not sure what happened to the original lineup.

Also, this song isn't one of the stolen songs. Chris had permission to use it. Tbh he should just pick up a guitar and write himself since the people he's chosen to do the job haven't been very good.

sixdegrees
October 11th 2019
13127 Comments


just lol

Shredgazmo
October 11th 2019
41 Comments


was bound to happen

KjSwantko
October 11th 2019
12082 Comments


Chris has always been the only somewhat talented guy in this band. Wasted potential really

TheSonomaDude
September 27th 2020
9077 Comments


i always think of this article. so fucking dumb for flaw to allow this. even worse is why they would rip off such a bland and generic stock song.

oltnabrick
September 27th 2020
40682 Comments


it was his only flaw

Scoot
September 27th 2020
22213 Comments


they made a couple bangers though

Storm In A Teacup
September 27th 2020
45784 Comments


Colbert looks fun to go to a metal concert with.

oltnabrick
September 27th 2020
40682 Comments


is that one of ur troll comments or do u truly believe that?

TheSonomaDude
September 27th 2020
9077 Comments


now now boys, calm down. dont make me steal your generic stock backing tracks

alamo
September 27th 2020
5575 Comments


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