Surly is an Irish alternative rock band from Limerick City. Mike Noonan, Kieran Nunan, Liam O'Byrne and Kevin Quigley met when attending Crescent College Comprehensive. The members of the band had played together in various incarnations during their time in school but it wasn't until 2003 that all four joined together in a committed manner to form Surly.

Arrogant; haughty.

Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.

Rough; dark; tempestuous.

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"