Drummer Chad Smith says the Californian funk-rockers would never allow their music to soundtrack commercials, claiming corporate co-option is "dangerous."
Smith, speaking before the group's headlining appearance at this past weekend's T In The Park festival in Scotland, commented: "I'd feel like a jerk if we did that. But they're all lining up to do it. I think Black Eyed Peas look like a bunch of idiots. It's dangerous. The U2 song on the iPod [commercial] when it came out was weird and it was longer and it had more parts."
He continued: "I think young people, not old guys like myself, think it's normal now to have Led Zeppelin on jeans commercials. Oh, no! That's not normal to me."
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