Scots band cash in on U.S. photocopier ad tune
GLASGOW indie band Looper are quids in after copying firm Xerox used one of their tracks on a TV advertising campaign in the US.
The
group, fronted by former Belle And Sebastian founding member Stuart
David, gave permission for their 2000 single Mondo 77 to be used in the
adverts screened across the US.
The track has also featured on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise movie Vanilla Sky and German film The Edukators.
It
has been aired regularly over the past three years after Xerox
advertising executives picked it for its “simplicity, energy, modern
style and sense of humour”.
It’s estimated Looper could have earned £500,000 in royalties from the advert.
Stuart
David, who formed Looper with his wife Karn, said the track made them
enough money to give them a living. But he said they had not amassed
many new fans as a result of the song being used in the ads.
The
band are currently without a record label, having released their last
album, The Snare, on Mute after leaving their original label Jeepster
after two albums, Geometrid and Up A Tree.
They are working on new songs to be released as download tracks from their intenet site.
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