The PMRC and the 1980s Senate hearings shaping music censorship and parental advisory
Prince, Madonna, and Judas Priest were among top 1980s rock stars targeted by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), a group of politically connected women concerned about explicit content in music. Formed by Tipper Gore and others, the PMRC launched a campaign culminating in US Senate hearings i... [More info]
Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panic
Watching 'banned in the 80's' on iPlayer
I'd forgotten how wonderfully fucking subversive Frankie Goes to Hollywood were.
Sounds Suspicious - by Stephen Macaulay
The other day, while sitting in a treatment chair in an endodontist’s office, something occurred to me: In dental offices, unlike the offices of general practitioners, podiatrists, orthopedic surgeons or other medical professionals, there is always music playing.
As I thought back over the years, I remembered the first audio experience was probably Muzak, canned, unoff...
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