Pop stars challenge U.S. Government: Tell us if our music was used for torture at Guantanamo

REM, Pearl Jam and Billy Bragg are among a coalition of musicians demanding that the U.S. government tell them if their music was used for torture at Guantanamo Bay.

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has been lodged on behalf of the artists in a bid to force authorities to reveal the truth about the use of loud music to interrogate inmates at the infamous U.S. prison.

Former detainees at the centre have claimed that songs from the likes of AC/DC, Britney Spears, the Bee Gees and Sesame Street were played at an ear-splitting level to break terrorist suspects.


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