stated to you guys from my exclusive interview with nick ogre of the band skinny puppy. the scarf or so that was. in the finish line of the marathon. was. like. the. music is a beautiful thing that can be used to inspire and heal one of the last things you would expect it to be used for is torture that's exactly what happened at one time obey prison an industrial music group skinny puppy founded by kevin king and never over ogre excuse me discovered that their music was being used in this way they decided to do something about it the band sent an invoice the pentagon for six hundred sixty six thousand dollars it was a balls a move but nothing out of the ordinary for such a politically conscious group one that used its music to drive awareness about issues ranging from animal testing to nuclear power while skinny puppy happens to be on poor right now and i was not only lucky enough to catch their show but i also got a chance to sit down with the front man in the decoder i first asked him as one of the pioneers of industrial music how the band has maintained its political

form of you know musical structure was allowed as long as it wasn't you know the norm person a skinny puppy uses a lot of theatrical like blood masks gore on stage what are you trying to portray by using these elements during your life performing as always we've always used those types of things to try and shock people into awakening and one tour we actually used some japanese footage called guinea pig it was it wasn't real at the time we weren't really sure either and it was basically almost an off t.v. and so we started during one of the songs incorporating some of it in to see what the reaction was to our fans who kind of you know would embrace the blood and the mud and all that stuff and knew what we were doing but once we incorporated that footage there was revulsion and so i realized that there is a difference between how people react to you know theater versus what they feel is reality and it gave me some hope and a lot of ways. you know people you know we're just kind of continuing down this path of looking for more and more you know death blood to fill the vacuum in what i see as a

for is torture that's exactly what happened at one time obey prison an industrial music group skinny puppy founded by kevin keegan nitpick over excuse me discovered that their music was being used in this way they decided to do something about it the band sent an invoice the pentagon for six hundred sixty six thousand dollars it was a ball z. move but nothing out of the ordinary for such a politically conscious group one that's used its music to drive awareness about issues ranging from animal testing to nuclear power while skinny puppy happens to be on poor right now and i was not only lucky enough to catch their show but i also got a chance to sit down with the front man. i first asked him as one of the pioneers of industrial music how the band has maintained its political charge in the genre after all these years. sometimes i think i was telling you i think sometimes we exist in order to give the impression of freedom of speech in america but i'll grab that as more so i care i'm an older industrial music used to be far more politicized throbbing gristle genesis p.-orridge they did thing

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weaponized in their art but one canadian band has taken it one step further industrial music group skinny puppy just found out that their music has been used on at least four occasions and the thought of the u.s. government using the band's dark melodies to inflict mental and physical anguish was deeply troubling to the group the lead singer seven keys said quote we never supported those types of scenarios because we make unsettling music we can see it being used in a weird way but it doesn't sit right with us so what are the band do.

weaponize in their art but one canadian band is taking it one step further industrial music group skinny puppy just found out that their music has been used on at least four occasions and the thought of the u.s. government using the band's dark melodies to inflict mental and physical anguish was deeply troubling to the group. lead singer seven keys said quote we never supported those types of scenarios because we make unsettling music we can see it being used in a weird way but it doesn't sit right with us so what are the band do all they dedicated and presented their new album as an inner voice to the us government it's called weapons in the album itself is a literal bill for use in the band's service as torture methods so crude owes to an awesome band for using its platform to call attention to the human rights abuses that are still going on today now let's break this up. for the day. it was a. very hard to take a. look. at her had sex with her right there though.

abby this group skinny puppy house of down your interview with that yes so the end of the new vocalist over time. i found out that he's actually a huge fan of the show shocking enough to cover the fact that they had to send a literal invoice of us got me a big fan of their music was due to torture inmates and i'm on the show is an amazing interview. he has talked about what they felt like and what they did in response to find out how. ah let's hear from him. their new album from where we actually are research all the frequencies for torture new narrative with songs and how fast facts on with a booklet with no sale now and put it over wanted to start music now when reagan in certain subliminal some different dialects talking whatever of him saying things like that in all although this music sounds horrible and terrible and scary please understand that in our countries use to fight the very useful the amazing there i mean he's talking about how they wanted to on a noticeable all messages in the end the album what i found out through this is it wasn't just not that spark than to be a poli

artist who found out their music was used to torture inmates at guantanamo bay abby this group skinny puppy tell us about your interview with them so the lead vocalist ogre . i found out that he's actually a huge fan of the show shark and you know if i covered the fact that they had sent a literal invoice of the u.s. government up they found out that their music was use of torture inmates and i had him on the show it was an amazing interview he just talked about what they felt like and what they did in response to finding that out let's hear from him. we're going to do an album where we actually researched all the frequencies for torture do a narrative of the songs and then have aspects with a booklet that would say ok now put the hood over the water to start music you know and then we're going to insert not subliminals and different dialects pashtoon whatever saying things like you know although this music sounds horrible and terrible and scary please understand that in our country it's used to fight the very same story. amazing their i mean he's talking about how they wanted to put all th

the canadian rock band skinny puppy sent a bill to the pentagon because their music than used to torturetanamo bay. the bill is for 666,000 dollars for unauthorized use of their recordings. the band says they were told by a former guard their music was played at incredibly high volumes for up to 12-hours. >>> a sculpture at wellesley college in boston is your honor itti turning som-- turning hea. students say the idea is to get attention it is working. >> standing there kind of lost in underwear. >> they thought it was a real person. >> at this point it doesn't look like the college plans to remove the nearly naked many time soon. >>> it is time now to brew on this. the winner of the biggest loser raising eyebrows this morning. >> some people say she lost too much wait. rachel fredericksson went from 260 pounds down to 105. >> my journey was about finding that again and little by little challenge by challenge that athlete came out. it sparked inside me this feeling that i can do anything. >> we want to hear, what do you think? did she go too far? send your comments to us facebook, twitte

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puppies. we'll not skinny of them and feed them to the lions because they north giraffes. >> a second person hasom an explosion at a home east of nashville. they say a passage blew up inside the house on marx killed a 74-year-old man and now his wife has died. the feds say they're still investigating the source of the package. >> tech researchers say americans are holding on to more than $13 billion worth of old iphones. $4 billion jump from this time last year. $13 billion. also happens to be the size of apple's profits between october and december of last year. and detectives in southern california had a pretty easy case after burglars grabbed $10,000 in cash, watches and other items from a church. one suspect took a selfie and then left the phone there. he and two other ares now under arrest. we'll get the rest of to the news to you in. >> thousands over fliers across the country won't be going anywhere soon. live pictures from newark -- -- and atlanta. the busiest one, and they're sitting around. airlines have cancelled more than 6,000 flights nationwide. and those are some serious flight de