Thu 29 Jul 2010
Quote Of The Day: Twisted Revenge Edition
Posted by Sean Higgins under Fortune cookies , Schadenfreude
The song ‘We’re Not Going to Take It’ was part of the ‘filthy 15,’ for violence — they said it was a violent song. They wanted to rate everything. I went down to Washington with Frank Zappa and John Denver to testify before Congress, and I was the scourge of society. I was the poster boy for everything wrong with society. Let’s cut to 25 years later. I’m still married — none of my kids have been busted for drug possession. Can Al and Tipper Gore say the same thing? I don’t think so.
– Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, looking back at the music labeling controversy lead by the Gores in the 1980s.