Stevie Benton

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Stevie Benton
Benton performing with Drowning Pool in 2014
Background information
Born	(1971-02-17) February 17, 1971 (age 50) Farmersville, Texas
Genres	Alternative metal hard rock post-grunge heavy metal nu metal
Instruments	Bass guitar vocals
Years active	1996–present
Associated acts	Drowning Pool Even the Dead Love a Parade
Website	drowningpool.com

Stevie Benton is an American bass guitarist who is best known for performing in the rock band Drowning Pool, also as a backing vocalist.^{[citation needed]} Benton is also a member of Even the Dead Love a Parade. Stevie Benton has a son named Sebastian Benton. ^[1]

Comments on torture[]

Even the Dead Love a Parade

In Spin's December 2006 issue, the magazine confronted Benton with information regarding his music being used as a torture and interrogation method at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In response Benton said, "People assume we should be offended that somebody in the military thinks our song is annoying enough that, played over and over, it can psychologically break someone down ... I take it as an honor to think that perhaps our song could be used to quell another 9/11 attack or something like that." He later added: "If they detain these people and the worst thing that happens is they have to sit through a few hours of loud music - some kids in America pay for that ... It doesn't seem all that bad to me."^{[citation needed]}

On December 13, 2008, Benton issued an apology on Drowning Pool's MySpace page about these comments on musical torture, stating his comments had been "taken out of context".^[2]

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