You're Wrong About

Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Hearing


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Mike tells Sarah the real reason Congress called a bunch of rockers to Washington D.C. Digressions include cartoon violence, sleeveless tees and Trixie Mattel. Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" and Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" are dissected at length. 

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Links! 

  • The hearing transcript 
  • Dee Snider's memoir
  • Frank Zappa's memoir
  • Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
  • Music-Evoked Emotions—Current Studies
  •  Don’t Let The Man Get You Down: Rock and Roll and The Development of The Parents’ Music Resource Center
  • Save the Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism
  • Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music
  • The Parents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship
  • “Leer-Ics” or Lyrics: Teenage Impressions of Rock 'n' Roll
  • Parental Advisory – Explicit Content: The Parents Music Resource Center, Conservative Music Censorship, and the Protection of Children
  • Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars
  • The Effects of Violent Music on Children and Adolescents
  • A Comparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938 to 2010

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