Apple Music have denied claims made by Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe.

Speaking on Twitter, Newcombe claimed that after being contacted about Apple’s non-royalty policy during Apple Music’s trial period, he asked what would happen if he declined. According to him, Apple threatened to remove all of his band’s music from iTunes. Newcombe called Apple “a satanic corporation”, adding that “they shouldn’t threaten people to work for free. It’s not ok for these fucking idiots to decide art has no value.”

In a response to Rolling Stone, a spokesperson for Apple has denied this, simply saying “It will not be taken off”. In a previous dialogue with the magazine, Apple executive Eddy Cue admitted that the trial period had put off some artists, adding that “there’s lots of negotiations that go on with all of that.”

“People will pay for great services,” Cue said, when quizzed about how this situation could be improved. “They said they wouldn’t pay 99 cents for a song but they did. We’ve always believed that. When you go to work, you don’t work for free; nobody works for free. Nobody can say, ‘I want to work for free.’ Nobody says that.”