[Agamemnon]

Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot was a guest on a panel we had in LA about how rock helped combat communism. I’d say he’s moderate-to-conservative.

My parents were Birchers back in the mid 1960's. They were convinced that rock 'n' roll was an instrument of the devil and the CPUSA, intended to corrupt the morals of youth and to promote the drug culture and anti-VietNam war fervor.

I agree there was significant anti-war sentiment in some music, some music meant to suggest drug tripping, and plenty of good ol' sex-by-inuendo (as thought THAT never happened until the '60's - yeah, right), but I am intrigued to learn more of Rick Sarzo's take on how Rock 'n' Roll was instrumental in destroying communism.

Surely it has more to do with things other than just Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album, or Billy Joel's tour through the USSR in 1987 accompanied by his then- (and still) gorgeous former wife, Christy Brinkley.

FReegards!

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I agree there was significant anti-war sentiment in some music, some music meant to suggest drug tripping, and plenty of good ol' sex-by-inuendo (as thought THAT never happened until the '60's - yeah, right), but I am intrigued to learn more of Rick Sarzo's take on how Rock 'n' Roll was instrumental in destroying communism.

There are some great documentaries on Rock music in Communist Poland during the 1980s, one is called "Beats of Freedom", and another one called "The Children of Jarocin". (Jarocin was the location of a Woodstock-like music festival in Poland)