August 11 [12:00 EDT] -- Portland's The Dandy Warhols sparked a major label bidding war (won by Capitol) after their debut album, "Dandys Rule OK," was released by the independent Tim/Kerr Records back in 1995.

When their latest album, "The Dandy Warhols Come Down," was recorded, radio couldn't wait to play it. The record company Capitol had to resort to a court order to keep it off the air until it was officially released.

Their new effort sees the cheeky Dandy Warhols go from hook-laden pop tunes to lush, esoteric flights of fancy, prompting one reviewer to call them a cross between the Monkees and the Velvet Underground.

One of those catchy pop tunes is the album's first single, "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth." The single is raising a lot of right-wing eyebrows given it's title, but the label is quick to point out it's an anti-drug song.

The video for "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth," [1.1MB QuickTime] directed by well known fashion photographer David LaChapelle, helps illustrate the absurdity of drug addiction, taking the viewer through a darkly humorous game show for junkies.

The folks at the record company hope that radio programmers will not avoid the song thinking it advocates drug use, but they're resigned to the fact that it happens.

They knew what they were getting into when they signed the Dandy Warhols says one label rep. "They're a gloriously risky band."