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Is Miley Cyrus' Lifted Riff Coincidence? Lustra Guitarist Thinks Not



Lustra, an L.A. rock band whose biggest moment to date was landing a song on the Eurotrip soundtrack, are claiming Miley Cyrus—or the people who actually write her songs—stole the opening riff for her song "Rockstar" from their "Scotty Doesn't Know," according to an item in today's Page Six. Above, a U.K. radio host does the back-to-back comparison. It appears that the band was first tipped about the Cyrus similarity on its popular MySpace page by a commenter who wrote on May 14, "Miley Cyrus released a single "Rockstar" with a guitar hook that is very similar to the main guitar riff of 'Scotty Doesn't Know' ... Check it out and sue away." Lustra guitarist Nick Cloutman tells Radar there were a whole slew of comments and e-mails from their fans about the similarities between the two songs ...

He says the band doesn't plan any legal action and admits the whole thing has been a publicity boon for them. But could it just be coincidence? "It's pop music, there is only three chords to choose from," Cloutman admits. "But you've heard it yourself. It's a pretty strong coincidence if it is one."

Asked Lustra planned to cover any Hannah Montana tunes, Cloutman says, "Maybe 'Girl's Night Out?' I don't know. We'll have to bring out our old drag routine for that one."

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Updated this item from an earlier version after talking to Lustra guitarist. --tgray

Posted by: gray on May 16, 2008 1:32 PM

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