What do these artists have in common? AC/DC, the Bee Gees, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Don McLean, Eminem, James Taylor, Pink, Prince, Queen, Metallica and Nine Inch Nails.
Their music, along with many other songs — such as theSesame Street theme and theStar Spangled Banner — and the works of other performers have been used as implements of torture. This is not the age-old war between teenagers and parents played out in homes. This is serious. Loud rock music has been used by the US in the war against terror, specifically against inmates at Guantanamo Bay. It was labelled "futility music".
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