This List Of Bands Banned On Soviet Radio Is A Real Head Scratcher

Uproxx ^ | 06.02.14 | Robo Panda

[Slings and Arrows]

Did you ever want to see AC/DC, The B-52′s, Pink Floyd, Donna Summer, The Village People, and Julio Iglesias in the same place? Well then, you can either read my dream journal or check out this list of Western music banned on Soviet radio stations. The list was titled “The approximate list of foreign musical groups and artists whose repertoires contain ideologically harmful compositions” (catchy title) and was distributed to Communist Party officials in January of 1985. We like how they call it an “approximate list”. Everything in the USSR was so slapdash.

[dfwgator]

Top Cambodian pop singers were executed in the 60s.

Hmmm, might not be a bad idea........Bieber would be first up against the wall.

[dfwgator]

theyve BANNED...Genghis Kahn?

Any relation to Chaka?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hard to fault them for Depeche Mode, though.

[Lazamataz]

I *KNEW* you were a Juggalo!

[dfwgator]

At least Van Halen didn’t exclude the Red M&Ms.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Maybe the Politburo thought they were literally singing about trees...

LOL! Well done. Love that song.

[jaydubya2]

B-52s (the band), have gay members, maybe that’s why?

[mad_as_he$$]

naw, GK is opening for the Stones this week in the Summer concert series Our Brown Sugar Melted.

[Constitution Day]

Agreed. Even they knew dreck when they saw it.

[dfwgator]

There was some great music that came out of Poland in the 80s, during Martial Law, and before the fall of the Wall. The government was fairly lenient because they knew if they tried to crack down, their heads would have ended up on pikes.

[MeshugeMikey]

special guest appearance by Imam Bob Pappy Bergdahl

[dfwgator]

Soviets loved Elton John, though. He toured there in the early 80s.

[MeshugeMikey]

her great great greatX4 Uncle I hear

[MeshugeMikey]

I cant say for certain but maybe Louis Farra-Kahn Can

[Liberty Valance]

Metallica - Enter Sandman (Live, Moscow '91)

[dfwgator]

I believe Iron Maiden was the first major rock band to play behind the Iron Curtain when they played in Poland.

[Liberty Valance]

PAUL McCARTNEY IN MOSCOW - Back in the USSR

[Constitution Day]

LOL. Mine too. I do remember disco being EVERYWHERE back then, and I was just a yute as well.

[a fool in paradise]

"What does means 'Party Out Of Bounds'?!!"

[Cboldt]

10cc banned for neofascism?