Alex Kapranos is so not "lovin' it" right now. The Franz Ferdinand frontman threw a whopper of a Twitter tantrum last week when he realized that Epic Records, the Scottish band's US label, had licensed one of their tracks for a McDonald's ad campaign without their permission.

"This...is an example of how a band falls out with their US label," Kapranos tweeted. "Did they think we'd approve this [stuff]?"

"Dirty bastards. Stupid arrogant mother[effin'] pig-brained arseholes," he continued ranting in a second tweet. "I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds."

Kapranos soon re-focused his ire upon the band's American label, tweeting that “I’m not really pissed off with McDonalds. They’re just the same as any other psychopathic corporation — no more evil, no less...The psychopathic corporation I am pissed off with is Sony who owns Epic who release our records in America. But not really surprised.”

Though the specific song and the exact nature of its use in the ad campaign have not been revealed, a McDonald's/Franz Ferdinand pairing is especially ironic, given that Kapranos was formerly a chef in his native Glasgow, and his writings about enjoying exotic world cuisine while on tour were collected a few years back in an acclaimed (and very amusing) book called Sound Bites. So it's not particularly surprising that he'd freak out upon finding his band paired up with the biggest name in fast-food crap.

Still, Kapranos eventually managed to regain his sense of humor about the situation, tweeting that, "I'm just pissed off because I had a sponsorship deal with White Castle on the cards which is now totally scuppered... was going to get a lifetime supply of those cute (much tastier than McD) burgers..."

"Cute burgers"? Um, Mr. Food Writer? Around these parts, we call 'em "sliders."