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Chrome Hearts Drops Lawsuit Against Neil Young Over Band Name

The luxury fashion brand Chrome Hearts has voluntarily dismissed its copyright infringement lawsuit against Neil Young, filed in September 2025, concerning his backing band "Chrome Hearts."

Rolling Stone·May 15, 2026·via Rolling Stone

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Luxury Brand Chrome Hearts Drops Lawsuit Against Neil Young Over Band Name

Fashion label sued rocker in September 2025 over the Chrome Hearts backing band, but voluntarily dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday

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May 15, 2026

Luxury fashion brand Chrome Hearts has dropped their copyright infringement lawsuit against Neil Young and his similarly named backing band.

In September 2025 —a few months after Young and his then-new band released their first album Talkin to the Trees — Chrome Hearts (the brand) sued Young and the Chrome Hearts (the band), claiming they never “granted a license” or gave Young “any form of permission to use intellectual property belonging to Chrome Hearts”; the fashion company has existed since the late Eighties, while Young branded the band in late 2024.

In not only using the name Chrome Hearts, but by making and selling merchandise emblazoned with the name “Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts,” the brand said Young and his bandmates would “likely cause confusion” in the marketplace.