Wednesday, February 5, 2014

SKINNY PUPPY: "Disgusted" (MUSIC WAS USED TO TORTURE PRISONERS AT GITMO) "So we thought it would be good idea to make an invoice to the U.S. government for musical services"

Canadian industrial pioneers SKINNY PUPPY have complained that the U.S. government were using bootleg SKINNY PUPPY releases to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay (Cuban prison camp),  as stated by a former "Gitmo" guard whom is writing a book about his prison guard experiences.

Members of SKINNY PUPPY are considering a lawsuit and are sending an invoicing charging for use of their music.



Vancouver, Canada based legendary Industrial pioneers SKINNY PUPPY have announced a winter 2014 NORTH AMERICAN tour with DJMREX, ARMY OF THE UNIVERSE and BAAL.

SKINNY PUPPY unleashed "Weapon" 5/28/2013 via METROPOLIS RECORDS.

METROPOLIS RECORDS have uploaded a few tunes from SKINNY PUPPY's new release "Weapon"
via YOU TUBE and BANDCAMP.

FROM MIRROR.CO UK:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/skinny-puppy-guantanamo-bay-rock-3107878
http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/features/2014/02/04/canadian-band-skinny-puppy-claims-its-music-used-for-torture-at-guantanamo/



FROM SKINNY PUPPY:
Skinny Puppy is getting a lot of press for the the story that they billed the U.S. government for using their music in interrogation of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a story which conceptually inspired the album, Weapon.

CBC features the story here, including an audio interview with cEvin Key on the subject:::



BBC News picked up the story here.

Huffpost Live's Free Speech Zone with Alyona Minkovski includes an interview with Ogre, beginning at the 21 minute mark in this edition:::








SKINNY PUPPY WINTER 2014 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
SKINNY PUPPY TOUR 2014

This is the news you've been waiting for. Skinny Puppy: Live Shapes For Arms 2014, with support acts DJMREX (1/24-2/03), Army Of The Universe (2/04-2/28) and BAAL (3/01-3/05).
Portland Oregon added / Skinny Puppy tour USA 2014

there is a mistake on the poster, PORTLAND is on March 2nd


Feb 5 Orlando, FL Beacham Theater

Feb 7 Miami FL Grand Central

Feb 8 Tampa FL The Ritz Ybor

Feb 10 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend

Feb 11 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore

Feb 13 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero

Feb 14 New York, NY Webster Hall

Feb 15 Boston, MA Royale

Feb 16 Montreal, QC Club Soda

Feb 18 Toronto, ON Sound Academy

Feb 19 Detroit, MI The Majestic

Feb 21 Chicago, IL The Vic

Feb 22 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights

Feb 23 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre

Feb 24 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre

Feb 26 Salt Lake City, UT Lo-Fi Cafe

Feb 28 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom

Mar 1 Seattle WA Showbox Market

Mar 2 Portland, OR Wonder Theatre

Mar 4 San Francisco, Ca The Fillmore

Mar 5 Los Angeles, CA Mayan Theatre


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-