You may not have heard of The American Dollar, as they’ve never gotten big, and their music is a bit niche. As they describe their sound on their website, it’s “evocative, stimulating songs, which incorporate rock, ambient, electronic, vocal cuts and beat-driven elements.”
Back in 2010 the band and Osteen’s people signed a contract that was to allow the pastor and his wife the use of the song “Signaling Through The Flames” for one year, according to The Christian Post. The reasons for this deal are not completely clear as the band is not a Christian band, according to the Houston Chronicle. The band’s attorney, Jarrett Ellzey, said that the group was made aware that the music would be licensed to “a few megachurches” when they signed on the dotted line, but they didn’t know that Osteen’s was one of them.
The band claimed that, first of all, Osteen’s people used the song on audio clips intended to sell DVDs well after the agreement had expired; and second, that they didn’t want their music attached to this particular preacher. “They don’t want to be tied to a global televangelist for the rest of their careers, and a controversial one at that,” Ellzey said. The band sued for $3 million.
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