Bands & Artists banned in the USSR in 1985 for being "Ideologically Harmful"

2014/09/26 15:01:34

A few surprises on this list, and some weird 'propaganda' reasons for being banned - Village People - "Violence"; Julio Inglesias - "Neofascism"

2014/09/26 15:05:27

Karyn

Canned Heat - homosexuality
Village People - violence

2014/09/26 15:14:56

SteveStrummerUK

Here's the original...

Certainly took some translating

2014/09/26 15:28:01

tom1

I'm surprised the ever dangerous Cat Stevens wasn't on the list.

2014/09/26 15:51:16

paulo

Karyn
Canned Heat - homosexuality
Village People - violence

Maybe they meant that allowing VP to play would provoke violence - I certainly played at a few places back in the day where it probably would have.

2014/09/26 16:24:38

Karyn

I still do... (FOH anyway)

I'm going to one of those places in about an hour..

2014/09/26 17:15:50

quantumeffect

2014/09/26 17:57:06

robert_e_bone

But they allowed DISCO and Maurice Albert?

Bob Bone

2014/09/26 19:08:41

sharke

Who needs all that Western crap when you have the trololololol guy anyway

2014/09/27 10:50:23

g_randybrown

sharke
Who needs all that Western crap when you have the trololololol guy anyway

whooo-doggies...that'll make your butt pucker won't it?!

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