Trent Reznor slams military use of his music as torture[views:3470][posts:39]________________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:10pm - zyklon ""] 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. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:14pm - the_reverend ""] reznor has been torturing me with his vocals for while. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:24pm - Lamp ""] Nine Inch Nails blows. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:28pm - yummy ""] The playlist of songs, designed to traumatize and destabilize prisoners psychologically, includes such acts as AC/DC, AEROSMITH and METALLICA. She's got the jack! No. Seriously, she does. Start talkin. Pink is my favorite color. Give me fuel give me fire give me that which I desire. whooooaaaahhooooyeeaaahheeeaaaa. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:33pm - zyklon ""] Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows. The Downward Spiral is not that bad actually |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2008 9:35pm - yummy ""] zyklon said: Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows. The Downward Spiral is not that bad actually Neither is Broken or Fixed. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2008 10:07pm - the_reverend ""] the fragile would be awesome if it had no vocals. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2008 10:59pm - SkinSandwich ""] EAT THIS TRENT!!! [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 11:09am - orgymf@work ""] Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 3:04pm - MikeofDecrepitude ""] Everything NIN recorded up to The Perfect Drug is ok with me. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 3:19pm - Yeti ""] Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows most bands out of the water i concur. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 5:50pm - yummy ""] MikeofDecrepitude said:Everything NIN recorded up to The Perfect Drug is ok with me. agreed |
| ______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 5:55pm - Lamp ""] Yeti said: Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows most bands out of their hard earned dollars with their mouths i concur. Yup. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 9:44pm - yummy ""] Lamp said: Yeti said: Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows most bands out of their hard earned dollars with their mouths i concur. Yup. Only Trent sang. Their mouths? I do not concur. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 1:55am - Hungtableed ""] MikeofDecrepitude said:Everything NIN recorded up to The Perfect Drug is ok with me. I agree. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 8:28am - ouchdrummer ""] hmm... i like "wish". |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 8:40am - largefreakatzero ""] Though I may not condone torture in most cases, I would actually be thrilled if Life at Zero songs were used as such. They were torture to play, that's fo' sho'. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 9:03am - xmikex ""] Someone find the mailing address for the Guantanamo Bay torture facilities. I'm sending them a Betrayed By All cd. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 1:48pm - orgymf@work ""] Yeti said: Lamp said:Nine Inch Nails blows i concur. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 1:48pm - orgymf@work ""] fixed |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 1:56pm - hyper_sludge ""] someone give trent a bolt thrower album and a bowl of candy, that is if the candy was made in the USA. you wouldn't want him writing an album about how abused the candy makers of the world are. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:01pm - Josh_Martin ""] If Einstuerzende Neubauten = Mayhem/Death and Foetus = Immortal/Morbid Angel Nine Inch Nails = Dimmu Borgir/Six Feet Under |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:13pm - hyper_sludge ""] aren't you giving them too much credit? |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:14pm - Josh_Martin ""] They are popular and they suck. I thought it was a perfect analogy. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:28pm - hyper_sludge ""] should've used cradle of filth instead. |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:30pm - largefreakatzero ""] I honestly can't tell the difference between Dummy Burger and Cradle of Gay. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:44pm - MikeOvDecrepitvde ""] Dimmu Borgir at least had a few good albums, notably Stormblast and Enthrone Darkness Triumphant. |
| _____________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 2:46pm - anothermetaldrummer ""] This may be just me but I thought the new Dimmu Borgir album was pretty good |
| ______________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:18pm - Yeti ""] so did i. i hate that they have become a gayer Dethklok, but the album was good. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:20pm - Yeti ""] largefreakatzero said:I honestly can't tell the difference between Dummy Burger and Cradle of Gay. there really isn't much of a difference, aside from Dimmu having a good vocalist, and CoF having one of the worst vocalists that ever lived. even Shagrath from Dimmu has lost his vocal appeal, you can tell that he barely sings above a raspy whisper and just cranks the volume. his vocals on Enthrone Darkness Triumphant and Godless Savage Garden were insane. i love the way they sound. he even sounds good on Spiritual Black Dimensions, but it was the beginning of the downfall. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:21pm - Yeti ""] and Six Feet Under, aside from "Haunted" they are atrocious. |
| _____________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:22pm - anothermetaldrummer ""] I am a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir's drummer! He is just fucking nasty on those drums |
| ______________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:24pm - Yeti ""] they've always had killer drums. Tjodalv, Barker, Tony Laureano, and then Hellhammer. even Shagrath wasn't bad when he drummed on "For All Tid". |
| _____________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:26pm - anothermetaldrummer ""] I wish I could drum like all those guys, they are on a whole different level of drumming |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:26pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Nine Inch Fails |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:27pm - hyper_sludge ""] i like the PEM album. I also like how Dimmu seem to choose three gnarly words for their albums now. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 3:35pm - dreadkill ""] hyper_sludge said: I also like how Dimmu seem to choose three gnarly words for their albums now.that might be the thing i hate the most about them. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 16,2008 6:01pm - immortal13 ""] It's almost as bad as three word band names. |