In Arak: Son of Thunder, Satyricus can use his pan flute to elicit emotions in his listeners that vary from lust to terror.In the Eros Comix Domino Lady miniseries, the villains learn that the flute the natives use to control the dinosaurs can also be used to control the natives, and use it to take control of the tribe and set themselves up as kings.He gets a whole crowd of adults and Mary under his spell, forcing Billy, who temporarily has to avoid turning into Captain Marvel, to figure out how to stop him alone. In Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, a villain named Axe has a guitar that can hypnotize people.In the story, it turns out to be a Mad Scientist with a Fiendish Machine. The "hypnotic power of rock" was an actual concern of Moral Guardians at the time. In " The Pied Piper of Steel " ( Action 398, March 1971), Clark's first television assignment is to cover a Woodstock-like rock concert, where he observes that "the kids" mindlessly obey whatever the lyrics say.Likewise, Spider-Man infamously once fought the disco-themed Hypno-Hustler, often held up as one of the goofiest villains ever.One Bronze Age Superman story pits him against a mad scientist using a machine to use music to mind control kids at a rock concert.He can control people with his music from his sophisticated flute capable of hypnotizing anyone within range of its sound. An ex-villain and ally, the Pied Piper.His successors are Virtuoso of the Suicide Squad and Hawkman enemy Thrasher (who uses an electric guitar). The villainous Fiddler is a master hypnotist who can focus his abilities through his violin.On the cover of issue #152 ◊ of House of Mystery, an organ grinder's music causes people to give his monkey money.In Superlópez, a rock band allied with the mob uses this.3 use the drum on its stomach to force a crowd out to the Shogun's temple, in an attempt to cause a riot and force the Shogun's resignation. Samurai Pizza Cats: One episode has the wind-up Taiko No.Dubbed 'The Suicide Symphony', for obvious reasons. The original Read or Die OVA was centered around a group of villains trying to put together a particular, lost symphony by Mozart, which had the power to make anyone who heard it so utterly depressed that they would instantly commit suicide by whatever means was closest at hand.This is seen when he causes an entire stadium to riot against the Marines. Brook from One Piece plays music that can influence the actions of others by "reaching to their very souls".In Macross Delta, it's revealed that those infected by Var Syndrome are susceptible to being mind-controlled by the songs of Windermere's Wind Singer in fact, Windermere is deliberately spreading Var for this very reason.It's strangely hypnotic, especially when combined with her light show. Listening to it, you can kinda' feel how it might work. Macross Plus has Virtual Idol Sharon Apple paralyze an entire world with her hit single, 'Information High'.Whoever hears Kyoransky's music sets out to attack Lupin in a violent rage. Used in episode 79 of Lupin III: Part II by Kyoransky, an eccentric musician and the episode's villain.Kiddy Grade features one instance where a song is used to broadcast a mind-control signal.
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