Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Case Against "Porn Rock"

Mike tells Sarah how a congressional wife started a moral crusade. Digressions include Sheena Easton, Satanic rhymes and teen homicide statistics. Ozzy Osbourne's bat story is recounted in full. Support us:Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute merch Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads Mike's other show, Maintenance PhaseLinks! Save the Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism Everything you need to know about Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat in Des Moines Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music,  The Emergence of Youth Suicide: An Epidemiologic Analysis and Public Health Perspective The Role of Gun Supply in 1980s and 1990s Youth Violence The Parents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship 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 Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954–2003 'I'd Sell You Suicide': Pop Music and Moral Panic in the Age of Marilyn Manson A Comparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938 to 2010 “Children Having Children,” the 1985 moral panic article in Time   Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices