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Metallica objects to use of "Enter Sandman" in psychological operations
Found courtesy of the Brothers Judd.Metallica are particularly unhappy about certain actions the U.S. military has taken in Iraq. Not the ones that resulted in the collapse of Saddam Hussein's empire â the ones in which the band's music was played to extract information from terrified Iraqi prisoners who'd never been exposed to heavy metal. Speaking to the press in Europe, drummer Lars Ulrich told the World Entertainment News Network that he strongly objects to the use of "Enter Sandman" as a device of coercion. "I feel horrible about this," he said. "No one in Iraq has ever done anything to hurt me, and I don't understand why we have to be implicated in that bullsh--." I never did anything to you either, Lars, and that didn't stop you from releasing "Enter Sandman" as a single in the North American radio market. Ulrich added that if the Army is intent on using loud music to break Saddam's supporters, they should find something really grating on the ears. "What about firing up some Venom or some of those Norwegian death metal bands?" And yet nothing, I mean nothing, not even "Norwegian death metal," if such a thing is possible, could be as horiffic as . . . gulp . . . "The Chicken Dance." Posted by: Mike 2003-06-13 |
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