I Have Here In My Hand A List
A brigade of musical artists including Billy Bragg and Trent Reznor, as part of the Campaign to Close Guantanamo, want to know what music was used as torture during interrogations at the Cuban military base.
Previously released documents from a 2005 Army investigation show that the works of Metallica, Britney Spears and some rap artists were used as a “futility technique” with uncooperative detainees.
Reznor previously stated on his blog:
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.
Other acts used, according to a Fox News report, include the theme to Sesame Street. Now, how would you respond to knowing that someone had considered your music torture? Or, alternately, what music is torture to you? Cheap shots against manufactured pop stars lose you scene points.
