Like Heart before them, the Foo Fighters are calling for Sen. John McCain to stop using their song "My Hero" in his presidential campaign without their permission.
"It's frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property," the band said in a statement. "The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song. We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song--and start asking artists' permission in general!"
What does it say about McCain's campaign that they have such a hard time finding suitable music from artists who support him that they have to stoop to using songs from artists who are actively against him?
PHOTO: Foo Fighters -- Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel -- by Ben Watts.