Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts are being sued by luxury brand Chrome Hearts

Neil Young and his backing band, The Chrome Hearts, are being sued by luxury brand Chrome Hearts.

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The trademark infringement lawsuit was brought against Young and his band by the high-end brand, who have been active since the late ‘80s and are well known for the luxury clothing, jewellery and accessories that has been outfitting musicians, designers and athletes for decades.

They are now seeking an injunction that would immediately force Young to stop using the Chrome Hearts name, with the damages they’re seeking as yet unspecified.

Per Rolling Stone, Chrome Hearts have alleged that they never “granted a license” or gave Young “any form of permission to use intellectual property belonging to Chrome Hearts”, with the complaint adding: “Defendants have copied Chrome Hearts’ federally registered trademarks in an effort to exploit Chrome Hearts’ reputation in the market.”

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As well as Young’s Chrome Hearts bandmates – namely Micah Nelson, Corey McCormick, Anthony Logerfo, and Spooner Oldham – Young’s production company, The Other Shoe Productions, was also named as a defendant in the suit.

The Los Angeles-based brand said that by making and selling merchandise bearing the name “Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts” (NYTCH), the ‘Big Crime‘ singer and his band would “likely cause confusion” in the marketplace.

While none of Young’s merchandise mimics any of Chrome Hearts’ trademarked logos, the brand claimed that third-party apparel vendors have “apparently already mistakenly assumed there is a connection between NYTCH and Chrome Hearts, and are actively promoting that purported connection”.

As noted by Pitchfork, the complaint claims Chrome Hearts had notified Young’s team about the alleged trademark infringement back in July, but they continued to tour under that name and sell merchandise emblazoned with it.

Earlier this summer, the band headlined Glastonbury 2025 and topped the bill at BST Hyde Park in London. They also played a concert at Malahide Castle in Dublin, among numerous other European dates.

In a four-star review of Young’s return to the Pyramid Stage at Glasto, NME described the performance as “a headline set that proves that sometimes, there’s still power to be found in an old-school approach”.

“It is, in short, the definition of no frills,” it read. “It’s testament to the power of Young’s songwriting, then, just how brilliantly it all works, how little the momentum drops.”

Young released his first studio album with the Chrome Hearts, ‘Talkin To The Trees’, in June.

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