A California punk band has filed suit in San Diego federal court claiming the CBS reality competition "Rock Star: Supernova" stole its name.
The suit names rock veterans Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and Gilby Clark -- the three members of CBS' Supernova who are seeking a lead singer via the reality competition -- along with Mark Burnett Productions, Rockstar Entertainment Inc. and CBS Broadcasting.
The original Supernova is seeking a jury trial along with the destruction of all "labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, containers, advertisements, electronic media and other materials bearing the Supernova mark," MTV.com said.
The trio -- still actively performing and getting ready to record a fifth album -- said punk rockers could wind up accidentally buying music and merchandise put out by the metal band of the same name.
