Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. In this extensively researched ode to scandal Peter Blecha recounts the travails of musicians who have dared to air unacceptable topics. Filled with several centuries' worth of raunchy sex ditties morbid murder ballads satanic songs paeans to intoxication and radical political anthems this book lays the censors' stories bare and casts a much-needed spotlight on civil liberties and artistic freedom in our post-9/11 world. Highlights the work of hundreds of controversial musicians including: the Beatles Ray Charles the Dixie Chicks Dylan Eminem Billie Holiday Nirvana Elvis Public Enemy Sex Pistols Springsteen Zappa and others. Blecha tells a story of how free we aren't. It's a story every music fan needs to know. Dave Marsh

Taboo Tunes : A History of Banned Bands and Censored Songs, Used [Paperback]