Trent Reznor Upset His Music Used To Torture Prisoners, Dude From Drowning Pool Not So Much

An article about musicians protesting the use of their tunes to torture prisoners begins with "March Of The Pigs" "blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate" at the U.S. Military detention center in Iraq where it "hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon." This would reportedly continue for "days, then weeks, then months." The prisoner, Chicago military contractor Donald Vance, told the AP it made him suicidal. In his case it was NIN and Queen, but the military's also used AC/DC, Pantera...

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14:12 on December 12 2008

Trent Reznor Responds to Torture Reports

Chorus.fm — Trent Reznor has responded to the reports (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_prisoners_torment_by_music) that *NIN* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/ni... more info

Trent Reznor

09:15 on December 12 2008

Trent Reznor Upset His Music Used To Torture Prisoners, Dude From Drowning Pool Not So Much

Stereogum — An article about musicians protesting the use of their tunes to torture prisoners begins with "March Of The Pigs" "blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate" at the U.... more info

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