The campaign to close the detention center at Guantanamo Naval base in Cuba that holds suspects in the war on terror has included the voices of a number of musicians that object to the use of music to break prisoners. Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Jackson Browne, REM and others have criticized the use of high volume, non-stop music to deprive detainees of rest. Pearl Jam and others are now calling for declassification of secret documents that describe the use of music as an interrogation device and call for the facility to be shut down. A statement on the Pearl Jam web site says band members join Americans who "...were alarmed and ashamed to learn what happened at Guantanamo in our names."
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