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Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners

Posted by Karman on October 24, 2009, 4:56 pm

I'm pretty sure we posted something way back when the news came out that, among other songs, AP was used to torture Guantanamo prisoners (playing loud music for long periods of time to try to drive them crazy). Now, a bunch of musicians have filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out just WHOSE music (and what songs) were played. The article didn't mention Don as one of the musicians involved, but since AP was mentioned from the beginning as one of the songs they used, he should definitely be interested and I highly doubt he approves of such use of his music. Hey, I've heard the song enough times that if I never hear it again, I wouldn't mind, but that's neither here nor there.

Link: Music Torture Article

Message Thread: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Karman October 24, 2009, 4:56 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Martin October 24, 2009, 5:09 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - BillH October 24, 2009, 5:49 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Karman October 25, 2009, 1:42 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Neil October 25, 2009, 2:09 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - fedela October 25, 2009, 5:29 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Dejay October 26, 2009, 3:26 pm Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - Karman October 27, 2009, 1:43 am Re: Musicians Demand to Know if Their Music Was Used to Torture Prisoners - BillH October 27, 2009, 11:06 am « Back to thread

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