Band Bills Pentagon $666K For Using Its Music As Gitmo Torture Tactic

[green73]

In the murky realm of industrial music, pioneering Canadian band Skinny Puppy has long been revered among the scene’s patron saints. But if you’re going to use their music for torture, you’re going to have to pay up.

It was revealed today (Feb. 6) that the band, which paved the way for acts like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, has sent a bill in the devilish amount of $666,000 to the Pentagon after learning that its music is being used as a form of torture during interrogations at Guantanamo Bay.

“We sent them an invoice for our musical services considering they had gone ahead and used our music without our knowledge and used it as an actual weapon against somebody,” Cevin Key, one of the band’s founding members, explained in an interview with CTV News.

“I wouldn’t want to be subjected to any overly loud music for six to 12 hours at a time without a break,” he continued, adding that the band members were “offended” that their music was being used to “inflict damage.”

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http://news.radio.com/2014/02/06/sk...g-its-music-as-guantanamo-bay-torture-tactic/

 

[jllundqu]

Ha! Skinny Puppy is not Punk by any stretch.... Industrial? Yes...

THey are very pacifist and actually write about animal abuse etc.... good for them to sue... hope they get their just deserts

 

[green73]

Ha! Skinny Puppy is not Punk by any stretch.... Industrial? Yes...

THey are very pacifist and actually write about animal abuse etc.... good for them to sue... hope they get their just deserts

Thanks. I fixed it.

 

[Origanalist]

Ha! Skinny Puppy is not Punk by any stretch.... Industrial? Yes...

THey are very pacifist and actually write about animal abuse etc.... good for them to sue... hope they get their just deserts

What they will probably get is a I_R_S audit.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

That is some serious copyrights violations there.

 

[CPUd]

What they will probably get is a I_R_S audit.

They are Canadians.

 

[oyarde]

I figured they used rap music .

 

[enhanced_deficit]

They are Canadians.

Drones.
SWC dronebag has said that no boundary limits on using drone to defend our enhanced techniques freedoms.

 

[Origanalist]

They are Canadians.

I missed that. I'm sure the IRS can figure out something.........http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-global-anti-tax-dodger-push&highlight=canada

 

[acptulsa]

They are Canadians.

I'm no lawyer, but I sure wouldn't advise them to come down and visit any time soon...

It may be nice to fool with the MIC, but it sure ain't healthy.

 

[EBounding]

Techno Band bills Pentagon for Gitmo Abuse (and not receiving royalties...)

EDIT: Sorry I put this in the wrong forum. Mod, please move where appropriate.

Skinny Puppy invoices Pentagon for $666,000 in royalties. They may consider a lawsuit.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...using-music-torture-Guantanamo-prisoners.html

A Canadian industrial rock band has sent a $666,000 bill to the Pentagon over allegations that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay used their music as a form of torture.

Skinny Puppy founder Cevin Key said the band learned of the alleged tactic from a fan and former guard at the detention center who is writing a book about his experiences there.

'Someone being forced to listen to something at deafening volumes for six to 12 hour at a time until they basically defecate or urinate themselves ... it's kind of like our music is being used as a torture device or weapon,' Key said in an interview with CBC.

'I am not only against the fact they're using our music to inflict damage on somebody else, but they are doing it without anybody's permission.'

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[Petar]

I'm pretty sure that you can torture people with someone else's music all that you want as long as you don't try doing unlicensed for-profit performances.