Tommy Lee (left) and Deadmau5 on Coffee RunToday in the Twitterverse, Deadmau5 decided to pick a fight, and this time it was with the jovial bass bros Zeds Dead. "Yay! @whoszed coffee break! Brilliant idea!" tweeted the opinionated EDM star in response to Zeds Dead's tweet about the newest episode of Coffee Break—a THUMP video series that sees the heavy bass duo chatting with some of dance music's finest over coffee as they traverse the United States on tour.Yay! @whoszed coffee break! Brilliant idea! Who the fuck says EDM is unoriginal? Let's have coffe break on coffe run. Where's xhibit at?— deadmau5 (@deadmau5)May 6, 2014"Who the fuck says EDM is unoriginal? Lets have coffee break on coffee run," he continued. Deadmau5, AKA Joel Zimmerman, was referring to Coffee Run, a web video series of his own, which follows him as he drives around Toronto engaging in unedited, casual conversation with other EDM stars and pop culture celebrities like Kaskade, Tommy Lee, and Pharell. He later commented, "EDM is all about the copy pasta. If it wasn't for Ctrl+c Ctrl+v we wouldn't have all this amazing talent," inferring that Coffee Break is a copy cat of Coffee Run.Not really. EDM is all about the copy pasta. If it wasn't for Ctrl+c Ctrl+v we wouldn't have all this amazing talent! @dylbud @whoszed— deadmau5 (@deadmau5)May 6, 2014.@deadmau5 are you in toronto? lets get a coffee— Zeds Dead (@whoszed)May 6, 2014We reached out to Zeds Dead for their thoughts on Zimmerman's recent comments, and they responded by email:[Deadmau5] thought we copied him but we didn't. We had been planning our show before we realized he was doing something similar, so we knew he would think we copied. We both obviously were inspired by Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld. The reason we started our show was because a few years ago we released a song called "Coffee Break" and it kind of became a fan favorite. Over time coffee became more and more a part of Zeds Dead and we wanted to do a travel type show so it seemed natural. Regarding Zimmerman's comments about a lack of originality in EDM, Hooks of Zeds Dead responded, "The same could be said for all innovation in art and science, but I think there's originality out there." The three of them weren't able to find time in Toronto to schedule a coffee date, but Hooks says they hope to appear on each others' respective shows to get to know each other in person. And what would the topics of discussion be? "I have no idea," says Hooks. "It could be really awkward, but then again from what I've seen of his show—that's pretty common." Wtih regards to Deadmau5's often caustic Twitter presence, Hooks doesn't seem too stressed about the extra attention. "I think he likes being disliked." Anyways, if you don't have time to sit down and watch 30 unedited minutes of Deadmau5' dash-cam, you can enjoy our more bite-size, lovingly edited Coffee Break series with Zeds Dead. Which takes place in tour buses, horse-drawn buggies, house parties, and private jets, so you're less likely to get bored.This story has been updated for clarity.
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