The Exies rage against ... Paris?

I'm not a huge fan of the Exies' competent but ultimately fairly ordinary hard rock, but you have to tip your cap to them for their stealth-promotion. A bulletin this morning announces that the L.A. band is taking up the case against Paris Hilton, lending the Exies' MySpace site to the "Send Paris to Jail" campaign. Supporters of Hilton, of course, have started an online petition beseeching Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon the heiress, who was sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving with a license that had been suspended due to a previous DUI arrest. The Exies have joined in with the throngs doing a counter-petition.

Exies singer-guitarist Scott Stevens, from the press release:

“Paris is nothing more than a glorified internet-porn star who has gotten a free ride from the media. She has absolutely no discernible talent other than that of self-promotion, and shouldn’t receive privileged treatment in this case, in which she’s quite obviously broken the law and deserves to serve the punishment she’s been sentenced to."

Not to doubt the band's convictions one bit, but, speaking of self-promotion, did we mention that the Exies have a new album out? (Today's press release didn't, by the way.) It's called "A Modern Way of Living With the Truth."

OK, so I fell for it. Here's the band's video for "Different Than You":

The Exies - Different Than You