Members of Village People feud over co-founder's return without them

A member of the 70's disco group Village People is getting the band back together... the only problem is, it won't consist of any of the original members of the group.

NBC News says that Victor Willis -- the cop -- is returning to the group after 38 years, but apparently he's using all completely new members.

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Obviously, his former bandmates and fans aren't very happy about it.

Felix Rose -- the band's Native American -- called the move a "corporate hijacking" and says "the outrage is, is he is replacing all of us."

The original members are apparently "furious" and have even taken to social media to alert fans in Australia of Willis' stunt.

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Willis, who won a 2012 legal battle for song rights, fired back on his Facebook page calling his former bandmates "karaoke faces."

Willis co-founded the band and wrote many of the original songs, but left the group in 1979 to pursue a solo career.

He said his former bandmates "had misled the public for many years into believing that they are the singers of the Village People hits when in fact the real singer has always been me."

In addition, TMZ is reporting the group has added a new addition -- a Chinese model/actor who happens to be the iconic group's first-ever Asian member. He will appear on the frontlines as a construction worker.

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