Editing Violent Femmes (section)

===Lawsuit and disbanding (2007–2009)===
In 2007, Gano angered Ritchie by selling advertising rights for the classic "[[Blister in the Sun]]" to [[Wendy's]].

Although nearly all of the band's songs, including "Blister in the Sun," credit Gano as the sole songwriter, Ritchie responded to the use of the song in the commercial by saying:
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"For the fans who rightfully are complaining about the Wendy's burger advertisement featuring "Blister in the Sun," Gordon Gano is the publisher of the song and Warners is the record company. When they agree to use it there's nothing the rest of the band can do about it, because we don't own the song or the recording. That's showbiz. Therefore when you see dubious or in this case disgusting uses of our music you can thank the greed, insensitivity, and poor taste of Gordon Gano, it is his karma that he lost his songwriting ability many years ago, probably due to his own lack of self-respect as his willingness to prostitute our songs demonstrates. Neither Gordon (vegetarian) nor me (gourmet) eat garbage like Wendy's burgers. I can't endorse them because I disagree with corporate food on culinary, political, health, economic, and environmental grounds. However, I see my life's work trivialized at the hands of my business partner over and over again, although I have raised my objections numerous times. As disgusted as you are I am more so."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onmilwaukee.com/music/soundcheck/articles/femmeschili2.html|title=Femmes' Ritchie reacts to Wendy's chili {{sic|comme|rical|nolink=y}} controversy|website=Onmilwaukee.com|date=March 6, 2007|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706153757/http://www.onmilwaukee.com/music/soundcheck/articles/femmeschili2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Ritchie filed a lawsuit against Gano in August 2007, seeking half ownership of Violent Femmes' music and access to royalty accounting.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Violent Femmes Embroiled In Inter-Band Lawsuit|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049850/violent-femmes-embroiled-in-inter-band-lawsuit|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=September 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910073100/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049850/violent-femmes-embroiled-in-inter-band-lawsuit|url-status=live}}</ref> Many speculated this would lead to the band's breakup. However, on June 17, 2008, the band released a cover of "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" by [[Gnarls Barkley]], who had previously covered "[[Gone Daddy Gone]]".

The band disbanded in 2009 as a result of Ritchie's lawsuit against Gano.<ref name="musicau">{{cite web |url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/01/25/grinderman-reform-for-coachella/ |title=Grinderman reform for Coachella |website=Themusic.com.au |date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219180543/http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/01/25/grinderman-reform-for-coachella/ |url-status=live }}</ref>