In 1990, a world leader surrendered after the military blasted rock music at him
When a defiant Panamanian leader took refuge in a Vatican embassy, the United States military turned to an unconventional weapon: a relentless, high-volume playlist of heavy metal and rock music.
On January 3, 1990, Manuel Noriega surrendered to American forces after a bizarre ten-day psychological standoff at the Apostolic Nunciature in Panama City. To flush him out without storming the embassy, the U.S. military surrounded the building with massive speakers, blasting songs like 'Welcome to the Jungle' and 'I Fought the Law' at deafening volumes.
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