NINE INCH NAILS Mainman Slams Military Use Of His Music As Torture - Dec. 13, 2008

NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation.

"It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music you've put your heart and soul into creating has been used for purposes of torture," he said in a statement.

"If there are any legal options that can be realistically taken they will be aggressively pursued, with any potential monetary gains donated to human rights charities.
Thank GOD this country has appeared to side with reason and we can put the Bush administration's reign of power, greed, lawlessness and madness behind us."

According to The Scotsman, a number of bands and artists whose recordings have been used in controversial interrogation techniques by U.S. forces are backing a new campaign to end the practice.

The playlist of songs, designed to traumatize and destabilize prisoners psychologically, includes such acts as AC/DC, AEROSMITH and METALLICA.

The Stop The Music Torture drive is the brainchild of Reprieve, the human rights charity that provides legal representations for inmates at Guantanamo Bay.

The campaign aims to exert pressure from the international community to bring to an end the techniques used by U.S. forces in Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Read more from The Scotsman.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Rock-legends-want--to.4782083.jp

The songs most frequently played to interrogate Guantanamo prisoners:

1. Enter Sandman – Metallica
2. Bodies – Drowning Pool
3. Shoot to Thrill – AC/DC
4. Hell's Bells – AC/DC
5. I Love You, from the Barney And Friends children's TV show
6. Born In The USA– Bruce Springsteen
7. We Are The Champions – Queen
8. Babylon – David Gray
9. White America – Eminem
10. Sesame Street – theme from the children's TV show


Enter Sandman?? One of the poppiest, most popular Metallica songs of all time?? I'd use "Disposable Heroes" or "Metal Militia" by the band if I was sick and stupid enough to do that. Lars Ulrich has even said he's surprised they're using "Enter Sandman", he thinks they should use a really extreme band like Venom!! :lol: :nod:

DROWNING POOL Bassist Sets Record Straight On 'Music-As-Torture' Practice
- Dec. 13, 2008

DROWNING POOL bassist Stevie Benton has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation.

He said in a statement: "I would like to set the record straight to say that upon our return from Baghdad (in 2006) and after visiting our injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Hospital, I commented to Spin magazine that I take it as an honor to think that perhaps our music could be used to quell another 9/11 attack as part of a longer comment. I sincerely regret if my statement was taken out of context as supporting any specific policy or agenda. My remarks were an emotional reaction to the band's personal experiences. The band's intention has been, and will always be, to support our young men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line every day. Our performances for soldiers abroad led to the honor of being able to speak before Senate and Congressional leaders in support of extended health care rights for our returning veterans. We cherish this distinction and continue to maintain a close relationship with our military personnel and their families."

According to The Scotsman, a number of bands and artists whose recordings have been used in controversial interrogation techniques by U.S. forces are backing a new campaign to end the practice.

The playlist of songs, designed to traumatize and destabilize prisoners psychologically, includes such acts as AC/DC, AEROSMITH and METALLICA.

The Stop The Music Torture drive is the brainchild of Reprieve, the human rights charity that provides legal representations for inmates at Guantanamo Bay.

The campaign aims to exert pressure from the international community to bring to an end the techniques used by U.S. forces in Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan.


Wow, he takes it as an "honor" that his music as a torture method could quell another 9/11. I now know the name of my first metal album: 'Music to Torture Prisoners By." Not expected to be a big seller in the States, but boy, it would fly off the shelves like hash-filled hotcakes in Cuba. :nod:

The songs most frequently played to interrogate Guantanamo prisoners:

1. Enter Sandman – Metallica
2. Bodies – Drowning Pool
3. Shoot to Thrill – AC/DC
4. Hell's Bells – AC/DC
5. I Love You, from the Barney And Friends children's TV show
6. Born In The USA– Bruce Springsteen
7. We Are The Champions – Queen
8. Babylon – David Gray
9. White America – Eminem
10. Sesame Street – theme from the children's TV show


Enter Sandman?? One of the poppiest, most popular Metallica songs of all time?? I'd use "Disposable Heroes" or "Metal Militia" by the band if I was sick and stupid enough to do that. Lars Ulrich has even said he's surprised they're using "Enter Sandman", he thinks they should use a really extreme band like Venom!! :lol: :nod:
I'm surprised Barry Manilow's not on this list. :rofl:

I'm surprised Barry Manilow's not on this list. :rofl:
:dance: I write the songs that make the prisoners scream,
I write the songs of war and atrocities
I write the songs that make the Gitmo's cry
I write the songs, I write the songs....

:dance: I write the songs that make the prisoners scream,
I write the songs of war and atrocities
I write the songs that make the Gitmo's cry
I write the songs, I write the songs....
:clap :rofl: :brent