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Nine Inch Nails not made for torture
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 18 December 2008
Trent Reznor has condemned the US military after discovering that Nine Inch Nails tracks had been used for the purposes of torture. Of course, he’s just the latest of a number of artists to hit out after discovering their music is used by the US military in a bid to force enemy soldiers to reveal information.
As previously reported, the UK Musician’s Union have been spearheading a campaign via their equivalent bodies around the world to put pressure on governments to stop the use of music as a torture device.
Writing on the NIN website, Reznor said: “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”.
“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”.
