When was music censored

In an instance in October of , President Nixon invited about 70 radio broadcasters to a drug abuse conference in the White House, hoping to win them over in the battle against the screening of rock music.

It is interesting that such a strong correlation between Rock music and the influence of drug use had motivated the President and the FCC to hold such a conference simply because when asked about the correlation, many of the broadcasters explained that there really was no such correlation.

Although many young listeners experimented with drugs, the broadcasters believed that the music did not introduce listeners to drugs but rather simply reflected the culture of the generation.

Similar to the Presley case, it is evident that, once again, the issue of censorship seems to be entangled in a much larger process. The reason that many songs were censored or outright banned from being played by stations had to do with the fact that they were reflecting parts of culture that were seen as negatively affecting the youth and encouraging experimentation with drugs.

However, it is interesting that the broadcasters mention that the music is simply a reflection of the culture rather than a catalyst for these obscenities. Also, the fact that the definition of obscene that the FCC provides to stations is vague seems to further hint at the fact that it is not so much about the content of the music that makes it offensive.

Thinking back to the Street quote from earlier in this section, it is also interesting how music, as a result of this complex chain of events, is given a sort of power. A power that the Ancient Greeks may have hinted at early on. As a sort of concludimg point, I like to think that for the most port the question of censorship has not necessarily been answered, but has begun to be clarified.

In order to truly understand censorship in its various degrees, it is important to survey the various ways in which censorship is used not only in the US, but around the world. The PMRC advocated an extensive, content-based labeling system for sound recordings. In this photo, Tipper Gore, wife of Sen. Al Gore Jr. The Supreme Court issued a decision in Reno v.

American Civil Liberties Union affirming a lower court finding of the CDA as unconstitutional because it was overbroad and vague. COPA was challenged in Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union and Ashcroft v.

Even without contemplating legislation, Congress has held hearings investigating popular music and culture. Delores Tucker urged legislators to regulate the recording industry. In the Senate Government Affairs Subcommittee heard testimony on the effect of popular music on youths. In September , Congress held hearings on violent entertainment, including popular music, marketed to children. This article was originally published in He is considered a pioneer in the field of Popular Music Studies.

Barnet, Richard, and Larry Burriss. Controversies of the Music Industry. Block, P. Christenson, Peter G. Cresskill, N. Martin,Linda,and Terry Seagrave. New York: da Capo Press, Redhead, Steve. Zaytseva told venues the band would exclude that song from the program, as well as any other songs the authorities thought inappropriate.

However, the venues were sufficiently intimidated by the warnings and believed that there would be repercussions for hosting a Friendzone performance. In some cases, venues cancelled the concerts at the last minute. In one case, they contacted the manager in advance of the scheduled performance. On November 12, the group was scheduled to give a concert in Krasnoyarsk, but the venue administration suddenly cancelled.

The group found another site, but it also cancelled. On November 13, Friendzone was preparing for a concert in Kemerovo.

Then, the rest of tour was cancelled. Their recent videos are gothic in style. Some of the images seem intended to shock. The clip also includes images of them drowned and burned to ashes.

The lyrics include references to police round-ups, suicide, destruction, and drugs. On November 19, the tour organizers made arrangements with another venue, but fire safety inspectors arrived there and demanded that the concert be cancelled, threatening to close down the club for supposed violations of fire safety regulations. Miftakhutdinov said the municipality called the club and pressured the management. However, shortly before the sound check, municipal officials, FSB, and police arrived and demanded that they cancel.

IC3PEAK moved the concert to yet another site, but 30 minutes into the performance, Miftakhutdinov said, authorities arrived, made the club shut off the electricity and forced everyone to leave. Police claimed there had been a bomb scare, but Miftakhutdinov, who was at the concert, said the police at the venue did not behave as if they were genuinely responding to a bomb scare.

Once the track finished, people started leaving. She said the group managed to line up a third site, but at about p. Police officials ordered the fans to leave, threatening those reluctant to leave with public disturbance charges. People started leaving.

Why take them outside the city? What are they accused of? Eventually the group was allowed to leave the premises. Dom Pechati went ahead with the concert. The tour manager found another venue. Police handcuffed Kostylyov and took him and Mitrofanov to a nearby precinct. Kreslina immediately called their local Agora-affiliated lawyer, Valentin Demidenko, who arrived promptly.

Demidenko said police at the station were polite but did not provide any information as to the identity and affiliation of the officers who had arrested the men. The tour manager met with police, together with Vladmir Vasin, an Agora-affiliated lawyer in Krasnoyarsk.

On December 6, in Voronezh, a Rospotrebnadzor official arrived at the club where IC3PEAK was scheduled to perform that evening, saying he had to run tests due to an alleged food poisoning complaint.

Police arrived there about an hour later, shortly before the performance was scheduled to start. They told the management that the Rospotrebnadzor official had filed a complaint alleging that the club had prevented him from carrying out his duties.