Foo Fighters To John McCain: 'Stop Using Our Song!'

Access Hollywood - October 8, 2008 6:26 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- John McCain may be an American hero -- but the Foo Fighters still don't want him using "My Hero" at his campaign rallies.

The rock band is the latest act to call on the McCain-Palin campaign to stop using its music. Heart, Van Halen, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne have also asked for the campaign to turn off their tunes, according to ABC News.

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"This isn't the first time the McCain campaign has used a song without making any attempt to get approval or permission from the artist," the Foo Fighters said in a statement. "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 saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

"My Hero" is a track from the Foo Fighters' 1997 album, "The Colour and the Shape."

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"We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song," the band added, "and start asking artists' permission in general!"

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  • paris
    HMMMMMMMM...WHERE DO I START..MCCAIN IS TOO OLD TO RUN FOR PRES...OBAMA IS WHERE ITS AT..MCCAIN LOOK LIKE HE IS CASKET READY...LOL..CHANGE IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS..GEORGE BUSH SCREWED AMERICA..EVERYBODY KNOWS DIS..WHY SUGARCOAT IT???
    report abuseposted December 10, 2008 4:41 PM PST
  • paris
    HMMMMMMMM...WHERE DO I START..MCCAIN IS TOO OLD TO RUN FOR PRES...OBAMA IS WHERE ITS AT..MCCAIN LOOK LIKE HE IS CASKET READY...LOL..CHANGE IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS..GEORGE BUSH SCREWED AMERICA..EVERYBODY KNOWS DIS..WHY SUGARCOAT IT???
    report abuseposted December 10, 2008 4:41 PM PST
  • paris
    HMMMMMMMM...WHERE DO I START..MCCAIN IS TOO OLD TO RUN FOR PRES...OBAMA IS WHERE ITS AT..MCCAIN LOOK LIKE HE IS CASKET READY...LOL..CHANGE IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS..GEORGE BUSH SCREWED AMERICA..EVERYBODY KNOWS DIS..WHY SUGARCOAT IT???
    report abuseposted December 10, 2008 4:41 PM PST
  • SICOFIT
    Mrs Nobama while at Princeton wrote that she PRAISED the Black Panthers and other radical black groups because she said they were right to fight the white power structure. How do we know who she is, but we can read her writings they tell us she was a racist, and being with Rev Wright is only further proof. This is not a vote to elect a low level job this is for the future of our kids no way Nobama
    report abuseposted October 11, 2008 2:14 PM PDT
  • SICOFIT
    20 years a muslim 20 years a christian this Nobama can't be trusted to run rhe USA. How do we know he won't change back to a muslim he changes with the wind. He will reach out for knowledge from others and based on his past choices (Wright Ayers Rezko) He has shown bad judgement with who he assiciates with, Palin was right to get that abusive cop fired, anyone with a brain knew he
    report abuseposted October 11, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
  • SICOFIT
    Nobama has been advised by the likes of Rezko, Ayers, Wright, the chicago labor unions all convicted and exposed as anti-american so I don't see how a drunk state trooper that tasered his son and terrified his exwife can compare. If you want to blame someone blame Nobama for his past alliances He is a slick talker that will bring back the Jimmy Carter years. He can't be trusted he
    report abuseposted October 11, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
  • T Renne
    BESIDES MRS. PALIN BEING FOUND GUILTY NOW, MCCAIN GOT BIT IN THE A$$! HE GOT BOOED AT HIS OWN CAMPAIGN BY SAYING OBAMA IS A DECENT, FAMILY GUY THAT HE HAS SOME DISAGREEMENTS WITH, BUT...IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO MCCAIN AND PALIN LIED TO MANY REP. VOTERS, STATING OBAMA IS FRIENDS WITH TERRORISTS. PEOPLE...START USING YOUR COMMON-SENSE AND STOP FALLING FOR THE HYPE OF MCCAIN AND PALIN!
    report abuseposted October 11, 2008 2:04 AM PDT
  • T Renne
    HAHAA!!!! PALIN TALKIN' ALL THAT JUNK ABOUT OBAMA BEING A "TERRORIST", BUT SHE'S A TRUE BULLY! IT IS OFFICAL THAT SARAH PALIN ABUSED HER POWER AS GOVENOR! GOD DOESN'T LIKE UGLY AND HAS SHED LIGHT ON SARAH'S UGLY TRUE COLORS!!! WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE LIKE SARAH PALIN IN OFFICE, HER RECORD IS TARNISHED NOW, WITH ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION!
    report abuseposted October 11, 2008 1:49 AM PDT
  • jazzy g
    there is a special place in hell....for certain people ! and you know who you are !!!
    report abuseposted October 10, 2008 3:21 PM PDT
  • SICOFIT
    McCains ideas are fresh while Nobama's money give away are just unfullfiled wishes I've seen nothing from the MESSIAH other than fluff, free this free that it wors for the idiots that believe it but smart people know he is a slick talkin unexperienced fake candidate. He was raised a muslim for 20 years and attended a white hatin church for 20 years thats the type for experience he
    report abuseposted October 10, 2008 4:45 AM PDT
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