Irish rockers Horslips have criticised an Irexit group who used their hit song Dearg Doom at an event at the weekend, branding them "saddos."
The band said they are looking into whether the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) Group - the Nigel Farage-led organisation behind the event - breached their copyright.
They said in a statement on the Horslips Facebook page that they aren't happy that Dearg Doom was played at the Eurosceptic meeting, which took place at Dublin's RDS on Saturday.
The Dublin band said: "Some of you may have spotted that the saddos in the Eirexit conference had the f*ckin' temerity to use Dearg Doom as a soundtrack and to show the image of the album cover on the big screen.
"Needless to say, they didn't ask us.
"If they had, we'd have pointed out that we wouldn't p*ss on them if they were on fire - which they're unlikely to be, anytime soon.
"Five hundred damp, self regarding e*jits being patronised by the Crazy Frog lookalike Nigel Farage isn't going to set the heather blazing in the near future."
Trad musicians Horslips stressed that they did not want to be associated with the EFDD Group and claimed they stand for very different things.
"Horslips stood for a hopeful, outward looking, inclusive vision of Ireland with plenty of drink and a Blue Range Rover.
"This lot stand for a diminished, fearful, xenophobic state. Little Irelanders.
"Checking out whether we can do them for copyright infringement," they said.
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