Angry band launches 'massive attack' against Tories

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Top band Massive Attack are considering legal action after the UK's Conservative Party used one of their songs to launch a pre-election manifesto without permission.

The duo, 3D and Daddy G, say they may sue the Tories after their track 'Man Next Door' -- from the best-selling 'Mezzanine' album -- was played during party leader William Hague's entrance and exit at the launch in Birmingham on September 5.

The angry pair issued a statement expressing their rage at the use of the song and their intention to take action.

In the statement to the New Musical Express magazine, they said: "Massive Attack have not and will never support the Conservative Party or their policies.

"If our music has been used by the Tories it is without our knowledge or our permission.

"The mis-appropriation of our music by any organisation or broadcaster will be dealt with in the strongest way we can."

A spokesperson for the Bristol-based dance band reportedly confirmed on Thursday that they and their advisers were considering their position.

He told The Guardian newspaper: "The Tories couldn't have picked a worse band politically.

"Massive's political leanings are far more to the left than Hague, although I'm not sure they would give permission to any political party to use their music."

A spokesman for the Conservative Party told the newspaper: "It's a massive attack over nothing. The music was for background and was not intended for broadcast."

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