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Daniel "Dee" Snider [1] (born March 15, 1955) is an American musician, ... In the 1985 Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) Senate hearings, Snider stated: "I was ...
The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 [1] with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers. The committee was founded by four women known as the ...
The film follows the story of Dee Snider, John Denver, and Frank Zappa, testifying before Congress against lyrics labeling laws. The film focuses on the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center and its impact on music during 1985. It stars Jason Priestley, Mariel Hemingway as Tipper Gore, Griffin Dunne as Zappa, and Snider as himself. The ...
Snider said the group doesn't have his “permission or blessing to use my song for their moronic cause." Twisted Sister singer to anti-maskers: Don't use our song Skip to main content
Shortly after their formation in April 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) assembled a list of fifteen songs with deemed unsuitable content. Particular criticism was placed on " Darling Nikki " by Prince , after PMRC co-founder Mary "Tipper" Gore bought the album Purple Rain for her 11-year-old daughter Karenna , unaware that the ...
Before Dee Snider recorded his new solo album, Leave a Scar, he’d decided to quit music entirely to focus on other creative endeavors.“I had told my family, my friends, my management, and my ...
Dee Snider is taking a novel approach to life after rock stardom. The former singer for the '80s glam rock band Twisted Sister just released his first novel, “Frats,” about the madness ...
In 1985, it received criticism when the Parents Music Resource Center included the song on its "Filthy Fifteen" list for alleged violent lyrical content, allegations that were repudiated by lead singer Dee Snider.