Posted on 06/03/2014 7:56:46 PM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at uproxx.com ...
Surprised they didn’t include Grand Funk Railroad for being An Americanski Band.
Judas Priest...racism?
Hardly, your talking to a guy who used to blast Warpigs while under "condition black" during military exercises.
I am surprised Motörhead didn't make the list...Guess they were terrified of Lemmy
Hard core libertarians, so yes, EXTREMELY anti-communist...
I would have thought that Priests of Syrinx would have got them on the banned list, if Anthem did not.
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