It’s hard to argue that conservative radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh hasn’t deserved everything he’s gotten this week. In the wake of him calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” last month for testifying before Congress on birth control policy, Limbaugh’s show has lost dozens of advertisers and been dropped by a few stations (though not enough to make a dent in his huge affiliate network). Limbaugh himself has made a few mealy-mouthed, backhanded apologies, but only seems to fan the flames every time he opens his mouth.

And now comes word of some more backlash that will have us rocking our faces off. Rush, the radio host, is at long last being threatened with legal action from Rush, the band. Raw Story reports that the Canadian prog-rock legends are fed up with Limbaugh using their tracks as bumper music, citing in particular his use of “The Spirit of Radio” in the background at the moment he called Fluke a slut.

In a cease-and-desist letter first obtained by The Huffington Post, Rush’s (the band) attorneys write that “Rush Limbaugh, Premiere Radio Networks and The Rush Limbaugh Show have been using Rush’s recorded music as part of what is essentially a political broadcast.”

Rush’s discography, the letter continues, “is not licensed for political purposes and any such use is in breach of public performance licenses and constitutes copyright infringement.”

Politicians, especially during election seasons, often run into these kinds of letters from musicians and their representatives when campaigns use songs without the endorsement or authorization of the artist. In January, 1980s arena-rockers Survivor sued Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign for its use of “Eye of the Tiger.” In 2011, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was ordered to issue a public apology to David Byrne for using the Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere” in his 2010 campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Read the letter from Rush’s attorneys below:
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