Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Hearing
from You're Wrong About
by Michael Hobbes & Sarah Marshall
Published: Mon Feb 15 2021
Show Notes
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
- DeeSnider's memoir
- Frank Zappa's memoir
- Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
- Music-EvokedEmotions—Current Studies
- Don’t Let The Man Get You Down: Rock and Roll and The Development of The Parents’ Music Resource Center
- Savethe Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism
- Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music
- TheParents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship
- “Leer-Ics”or Lyrics: Teenage Impressions of Rock 'n' Roll
- ParentalAdvisory – Explicit Content: The Parents Music Resource Center, Conservative Music Censorship, and the Protection of Children
- AndrewHartman’s A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars
- TheEffects of Violent Music on Children and Adolescents
- AComparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938to 2010