Bands want to know if their music was used on Gitmo detainees

Rock bands, including REM and Pearl Jam, want to know whether their music was played at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A series of Freedom of Information Act requests will be filed Thursday in conjunction with this week's "Close Gitmo Now" national campaign, said Trevor Fitzgibbons, a campaign spokesman.

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The FOIA requests and the campaign have been endorsed by numerous artists, including REM, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, he said.
The FOIA requests stem from testimony of former Guantanamo prisoners that heavy metal, rock, and rap music -- even children's tunes -- were part of interrogation techniques.
A coalition of retired generals and liberal activists launched the "Close Gitmo Now" campaign Tuesday, a multimillion-dollar national grassroots effort to pressure members of Congress to support President Obama's endeavor to close the Guantanamo Bay prison