 Tom Morello Among Musicians Condemning, Use of songs in war |
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 Dec 10 2008, 09:09 PM
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Musicians condemn use of their songs as instruments of war
• Bands to protest against the practice during shows • Prisoners say rock music was part of interrogation Duncan Campbell The Guardian, Thursday December 11 2008 Nearly 20 years ago the US armed forces in Panama used the music of Guns N' Roses and Elvis Presley, played at maximum volume over loudspeakers, to try and drive the country's leader, Manuel Noriega, to surrender. A tactic was born. Since then, music played at unbearable volumes has been frequently deployed in Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere by the CIA, as part of a sophisticated portfolio of torture against detainees. Now the music world is hitting back. A collective of bands and artists, including some whose recordings have been used against their wishes, have come together to demand the US stops using their work as an instrument of war. Complete Article -------------------- Yin To Your Yang All of those rocks there, all of them, Thrown at us for as long as we can remember. All of our dreams, all of them, Flattened and crushed, as soon as they start taking shape. Ah baby, who do they take us for. Battered and bruised, constantly, relentlessly. Killing? Not their aim. Keeping us in an unimportant place is what this is about. Ah baby, who do they think we are. |
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