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CENSORSHIP
- Thread starter Metalbasspro
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I will say that G.G. Allin tribute project I was in wasn't as fun when the retirement home hired us for one of its Sunday lunches.
In all seriousness, I was in a Top 40/modern rock band that was primarily a club act. However, whenever we'd play an outdoor or all-age gig, our singer was a master at self-censorship. One of our highlights was playing an Eminem song. Our singer could chop out all of the bad words in Lose Yourself and never break flow.
I played in a country project where the BL wanted to start pushing a "family friendly" image. The bass player who replaced me is a young, comely female. The BL doesn't allow her to wear shorts on stage because it's "slutty." When my old drummer told me this, I laughed my ass off, because I sometimes wore a Suicide Girls shirt on stage, which definitely isn't family friendly.
In all seriousness, I was in a Top 40/modern rock band that was primarily a club act. However, whenever we'd play an outdoor or all-age gig, our singer was a master at self-censorship. One of our highlights was playing an Eminem song. Our singer could chop out all of the bad words in Lose Yourself and never break flow.
I played in a country project where the BL wanted to start pushing a "family friendly" image. The bass player who replaced me is a young, comely female. The BL doesn't allow her to wear shorts on stage because it's "slutty." When my old drummer told me this, I laughed my ass off, because I sometimes wore a Suicide Girls shirt on stage, which definitely isn't family friendly.
This was a fail. No guitar was smashed, from what I can see. Of course, most guitar smashers put stress points into the guitar ahead of time, you know.
If the band is any good they gear the set list to the audience. It's not "censorship" ... it's propriety. No, we've never been censored.
I voluntarily left to accept a day gig that would have prevented me from playing their schedule. I still actually get calls to play with that band.
Got slapped down in junior high over a book report. We were told to read a book and do a report. I read The Godfather and when I started to present my report, my teacher heard the name of the book and stopped me on the spot. I was assigned another book and the school changed their policy to book reports done on a pre approved list of books.
I know. Someone could have gotten hurt. It seemed like a good idea at the time and that nothing could go wrong with any of it.
