Green Day crack down on remix artists

Green Day have issued a cease-and-desist order against DJ duo Dean Gray and their online remix of the band's hit American Idiot.

Party Ben and Team 9, who are together known as Dean Gray, launched their own version of Green Day's smash hit on the website Americanedit.net, where it was available for free download. Green Day's record label Remix/Warner Brothers has taken exception to the remix and told the site to remove its content immediately.

In an interview with MTV.com, Party Ben explained: “There are also some tracks we did that created entirely new songs, and they're amazing. So we decided to put the entire mashed-up album online. Unfortunately, we were emailed a cease-and-desist order, at which point we shut down."

This is not the first time DJs have posted their own remixes of hits on the internet. Dangermouse’s The Grey Album, a mix of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles The White Album were also served a cease-and-desist about its internet distribution when it was discovered by EMI.

“I mean, Danger Mouse went on to produce Gorillaz's Demon Days album, so maybe something like that will happen to me,??? comments Party Ben. “If Damon Albarn calls, I'll listen, for sure. But if someone from Warner calls, I'll probably put them through to my voicemail.???