The band in question is The Rheostatics, who have recorded Wreck. The claim is at a Rheostatics web site, but has supposedly been retracted and said to be "just a joke". Reportedly, someone in the band yells out "Take Me Back To Derry" during a live performance of Wreck. I can't say if that's true, as I can't hear it in the mp3 someone sent me.
Needless-to-say (I hope), the claim is untrue and the joke not very funny. The song was recorded by Christy Moore on his 1984 album Ride On. It is credited to Bobby Sands (lyrics) and Gordon Lightfoot (music). Bobby Sands was the Irish hunger striker. Why the claim is still at the web site is beyond me. Among other things, Back Home In Derry was written and recorded well after Wreck.
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Valerie Magee
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