As a Puppyhead, I understand that people with no ear for industrial might find them abrasive. I find it very disturbing that such intricate music (their math is exquisite) is used in conjunction with torture. I feel terrible that people who are suffering are associating that suffering with music of any kind. Although it is very ironic that the music of Skinny Puppy is an expression of rage and pain at the suffering people and animals endure at the hands of humans every day. Story below.
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How would you react if you discovered your music was being used as an instrument of torture? I like to think that if, in some mad parallel universe, my cat-wail of a singing voice was being piped into prison cells to torment detainees, I’d have the same reaction as the Canadian industrial rock band, Skinny Puppy.
According to CTV News, Skinny Puppy learned that its music was being played to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay during interrogations to “inflict damage”. Understandably, the band was “offended” when a fan, who happened to be a guard at Gitmo, told them this was happening. “Because we make unsettling music, we can see it being used in a weird way. But it doesn’t sit right with us," the band’s keyboardist Cevin Key told the Phoenix New Times.
But then, Key hatched a plan. Initially they intended to design an album cover with an invoice to the US government, but then they discovered they could sue the Defence Department for using their music without their permission. Skinny Puppy says it has now invoiced for $666,000 in compensation, although the BBC reports that a US military spokesperson said no invoice had been received. Skinny Puppy says if it receives no response, it says it will consider suing.
A little more:
http://www.newstatesman.com/...