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Romney campaign hits ‘Panic Switch;’ Silversun Pickups not amused

Romney campaign hits ‘Panic Switch;’ Silversun Pickups not amused Oh, this is rich (so to speak). L.A. rockers Silversun Pickups have sent Mitt Romney a cease-and-desist letter asking that the GOP presidential hopeful stop using the quartet's 2009 single "Panic Switch" at his campaign stops. The statement from SSPU frontman Brian Aubert: "We don't like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don't like the Romney campaign. We're nice, approachable people. We won't bite. Unless you're Mitt Romney! We were very close to just letting this go because the irony was too [...]