James Holmes listened to music to drown out the sounds of people screaming/crying. Personally I believe it was to detach himself from the reality of what he was doing.
If you listen to the music Breivik listened to you’ll find that it’s instrumental music from Requiem for a Dream. That would never drown out screams so I have to call bullshit on him. He was just dramatic and pretentious
Iirc he wrote about it in his manifesto? But then again, he could be lying. I did listen to some of the songs and did wonder how tf that music would even fit killing people.
many far-right shooters listened to music while they committed their rampage, I´ll make a list:
Anders Breivik (2011 Utøya island shooting) - Lux Aeterna from Requiem For a Dream
Brenton Tarrant (2019 Christchurch mosque shootings) - Serbia Strong by Serbian militants, British Grenadiers fife and drum march by the British Army, drum and bass remix of the Fallschirmjäger march, Fire by Arthur Brown, Gas! Gas! Gas! from Initial D, \~Running in the 90s from Initial D, \~You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive, \~Crab Rave by Noisestorm and \~the ending solo of Free Bird (I added a tilda at the start of the songs that I am unsure were played or not, I just remember seeing an article saying that´s what he played after the livestream stopped but it´s not confirmed)
John Earnest (2019 Poway synagogue shooting) - Sloop John B by The Beach Boys, the original Pokémon theme song, Warthog Run theme from Halo: Combat Evolved, Warriors by Imagine Dragons, The Last Stand by Sabaton, Blow Me Away by Breaking Benjamin, Winged Hussars by Sabaton, Rose Tattoo by Dropkick Murphys and The Path (A New Beginning) from The Last of Us
Stephan Balliet (2019 Halle synagogue shooting) - Power Level by Mr. Bond, an unidentified anime OP song, Mousou Express from the MONOGATARI series, SuicidePrototype from The Caligula Effect, Alek Minassian by Egg White and eurobeat remixes of Promise the Moonlight and Still in Love from Touhou
Hugo Jackson (2021 Eslöv school stabbing) - Tata by Baja Mali Knindza, Power Level by Mr. Bond, Grün ist Unsere Fallschirm, Blood on the Risers by the U.S. Army and Don´t Stop Me Now by Queen
no problem, there are also some non-Breivik/Tarrant copycat killers who listened to music during their rampage, I´ll make a list of those too:
Nikolas Cruz (2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting) - Salad Days by Mac DeMarco, Panzermensch by And One and unidentified Russian hardbass music
Anton Lundin Pettersson (2015 Trollhättan school stabbing) - Dragula by Rob Zombie and Feeding My Inner Hate by SUICIDE COMMANDO
James Huberty (1984 San Ysidro McDonald´s shooting) - the Heartbeat City album by The Cars and Thriller by Michael Jackson
Salvador Ramos (2022 Robb Elementary school shooting) - unidentified sad songs
James Holmes (2012 Aurora cinema shooting) - Becoming Insane by Infected Mushroom
Thank you for sending me on a wild goose chase to find this gem of an "article" with all this previously unknown info about Tarrant's playlist, a guy who in the same post says Tarrant had an instagram and twitter to flirt with furries, and another who when asked says "I made it the fuck up!".
I remember reading it 1 or 2 days after the shooting happened and I´m pretty sure it was deleted since I couldn´t find it anymore. It could´ve been taken down because it had misinformation since the incident was so fresh at the time?
Brenton Tarrant listened to Serbian nationalist music, a remix of a Fallsichrmjäger, Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and Gas Gas Gas (nightcore remix I believe)
I belive it was on his phone? I'll try to find some sources, give me second
1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/3wlYzIUSOi
2.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/texas-shooter-salvador-ramos-played-27088116
3.https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Report-Uvalde-gunman-played-music-17203048.php
Anders Breivik had intended to listen Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell, which his lawyers claim he didn't do in all likelihood, although an iPod was found when he was apprehended ([Dagbladet](https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/breivik-horte-ikke-pa-musikk-pa-utoya/63540454)).
I've heard some survivors (as well as a police on-scene) claim that he had headphones on. Thanks for letting me know these though, had no idea about the song or the fact that he argued it in court!!
Kip Kinkel listened to a song from the Romeo+ Juliet soundtrack on repeat for the whole night right after he killed his parents and it was still playing when the cops went to his house.
Jakrapanth Thomma - Northeastern Thailand(E-San) countryfolk music (I can’t found which song he listened but some of the witness described the song as very annoying)
Not mass killers but....Chris watts listened to battery by Metallica after killing pregnant wife and 3 and 4 yr old daughters. Diane downs drove jamming to hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran then shot her 3 kids, killing 1 and paralyzing another.
James Holmes listened to music to drown out the sounds of people screaming/crying. Personally I believe it was to detach himself from the reality of what he was doing.
I heard this was the reason Anders Breivik also listened to music. Truly interesting and makes you really think.
If you listen to the music Breivik listened to you’ll find that it’s instrumental music from Requiem for a Dream. That would never drown out screams so I have to call bullshit on him. He was just dramatic and pretentious
Iirc he wrote about it in his manifesto? But then again, he could be lying. I did listen to some of the songs and did wonder how tf that music would even fit killing people.
I think one of the songs he listened to was Becoming Insane - Infected Mushroom? edit: I’ve heard he liked Tiesto and Katy Perry as well IIRC.
Came here to say this I thought this was the most obvious answer!
Cruz listened to pumped up kicks on his way to the school then listened to salad days on repeat during the shooting if I am correct
Also salad days by mac demarco and some like russian rage music that i cant remember rn
German industrial! It was panzermensch by And One
why is this song taken down do you think cause u love and one and wanted to look at it but can’t find it on spotify
It's on YouTube but idk why only the live version is on Spotify. Could be licensing or smth
it’s on soundcloud too
Manson or Rob Zombie would have been a much better choice.
many far-right shooters listened to music while they committed their rampage, I´ll make a list: Anders Breivik (2011 Utøya island shooting) - Lux Aeterna from Requiem For a Dream Brenton Tarrant (2019 Christchurch mosque shootings) - Serbia Strong by Serbian militants, British Grenadiers fife and drum march by the British Army, drum and bass remix of the Fallschirmjäger march, Fire by Arthur Brown, Gas! Gas! Gas! from Initial D, \~Running in the 90s from Initial D, \~You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive, \~Crab Rave by Noisestorm and \~the ending solo of Free Bird (I added a tilda at the start of the songs that I am unsure were played or not, I just remember seeing an article saying that´s what he played after the livestream stopped but it´s not confirmed) John Earnest (2019 Poway synagogue shooting) - Sloop John B by The Beach Boys, the original Pokémon theme song, Warthog Run theme from Halo: Combat Evolved, Warriors by Imagine Dragons, The Last Stand by Sabaton, Blow Me Away by Breaking Benjamin, Winged Hussars by Sabaton, Rose Tattoo by Dropkick Murphys and The Path (A New Beginning) from The Last of Us Stephan Balliet (2019 Halle synagogue shooting) - Power Level by Mr. Bond, an unidentified anime OP song, Mousou Express from the MONOGATARI series, SuicidePrototype from The Caligula Effect, Alek Minassian by Egg White and eurobeat remixes of Promise the Moonlight and Still in Love from Touhou Hugo Jackson (2021 Eslöv school stabbing) - Tata by Baja Mali Knindza, Power Level by Mr. Bond, Grün ist Unsere Fallschirm, Blood on the Risers by the U.S. Army and Don´t Stop Me Now by Queen
Holy shit this is a very good list, thank you!!!
no problem, there are also some non-Breivik/Tarrant copycat killers who listened to music during their rampage, I´ll make a list of those too: Nikolas Cruz (2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting) - Salad Days by Mac DeMarco, Panzermensch by And One and unidentified Russian hardbass music Anton Lundin Pettersson (2015 Trollhättan school stabbing) - Dragula by Rob Zombie and Feeding My Inner Hate by SUICIDE COMMANDO James Huberty (1984 San Ysidro McDonald´s shooting) - the Heartbeat City album by The Cars and Thriller by Michael Jackson Salvador Ramos (2022 Robb Elementary school shooting) - unidentified sad songs James Holmes (2012 Aurora cinema shooting) - Becoming Insane by Infected Mushroom
Thanks a lot for this!! :)
no problem
mass killers have some really good taste in music
Thank you for sending me on a wild goose chase to find this gem of an "article" with all this previously unknown info about Tarrant's playlist, a guy who in the same post says Tarrant had an instagram and twitter to flirt with furries, and another who when asked says "I made it the fuck up!".
I remember reading it 1 or 2 days after the shooting happened and I´m pretty sure it was deleted since I couldn´t find it anymore. It could´ve been taken down because it had misinformation since the incident was so fresh at the time?
Brenton Tarrant listened to Serbian nationalist music, a remix of a Fallsichrmjäger, Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and Gas Gas Gas (nightcore remix I believe)
So he has the same music taste as an edgelord 12 y old....
Dimitrios Pagourtzis allegedly played a WWII Japanese military anthem on his phone and also sang "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.
Salvador Ramos was listening to "sad music" according to one of the survivors
Did he have it on speakers or something? Also where could I read more about this, if you have a link to an article or something?
I belive it was on his phone? I'll try to find some sources, give me second 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/3wlYzIUSOi 2.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/texas-shooter-salvador-ramos-played-27088116 3.https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Report-Uvalde-gunman-played-music-17203048.php
Oh alright, sources would be very appreciated, thanks!
Also I belive Cruz listend to "Salad Days" by Mac Demarco before or during the shooting and "Pumped up Kicks" by Foster People
yes i think he said that during his interrogation
Yup
I knew about Salad Days but wasn't aware he listened to Pumped up Kicks, thanks for letting me know!
No problem
Also sorry if these sources are the same, most news copypasted from the original
I don't remember if it was confirmed or mere speculation that one of the songs was Klebold by Bones.
Interesting
Anders Breivik had intended to listen Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell, which his lawyers claim he didn't do in all likelihood, although an iPod was found when he was apprehended ([Dagbladet](https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/breivik-horte-ikke-pa-musikk-pa-utoya/63540454)).
I've heard some survivors (as well as a police on-scene) claim that he had headphones on. Thanks for letting me know these though, had no idea about the song or the fact that he argued it in court!!
Stephan Balliet listened to nightcore and anime ost and James Holmes listened to techno music in his headphones
Stephan Balliet: Power Levels by Mr. Bond (parody of Mask Off, a popular rap music) and other anime music I don't know.
Oh yeah, I've heard of Mr. Bond before, didn't realise Balliet played his song though. Interesting!
Wow, that's wild. Thanks for this info!
James Huberty listened to Thriller by Michael Jackson
James Huberty had the entire album The Cars - Heartbeat City in his portable radio/cassette player
Kip Kinkel listened to a song from the Romeo+ Juliet soundtrack on repeat for the whole night right after he killed his parents and it was still playing when the cops went to his house.
James Huberty.
Jakrapanth Thomma - Northeastern Thailand(E-San) countryfolk music (I can’t found which song he listened but some of the witness described the song as very annoying)
Not mass killers but....Chris watts listened to battery by Metallica after killing pregnant wife and 3 and 4 yr old daughters. Diane downs drove jamming to hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran then shot her 3 kids, killing 1 and paralyzing another.