Bloodhound Gang Laud Moore

Among the revelations in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is the fact that troops stationed in Iraq have been using the Bloodhound Gang's "Fire Water Burn," as a pre-battle anthem. The song -- which borrows the chorus "The roof, the roof is on fire/We don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn/Burn, motherfucker, burn" from Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three's 1985 rap hit "The Roof Is On Fire" -- is sung ironically, but the film shows troops relishing a more literal interpretation.

In a posting on the Bloodhound Gang's official Web site, the band expresses little concern for the missed irony: "As long as our troops aren't illegally downloading our songs, we could care less if we're killing machine bed music. We would rather the Bloodhound Gang be 'The Soundtrack to War' than Creed. Now that would be embarrassing. Our president is a clown, so Michael Moore invited the whole world to laugh at him. We're proud to be a part of that."

Though the band, known for songs like "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" and "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper Is Crying," and the filmmaker take on slightly different subject matter, the Bloodhound Gang profess to have found a kindred spirit in Moore: "Michael Moore kicks ass. He's the master of delivering a compelling point in an entertaining manner. So, when he asked us to use 'Fire Water Burn' in Fahrenheit 9/11, we not only said 'fuck yeah,' but waived our normal fee. Anyone that pisses people off while making them laugh is OK in our book."