Banned In The USSR
10/19/2009
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(Rock Radio) A secret Cold War document has been revealed, listing bands the Soviet Union refused to allow to be heard in youth discos - and while the usual suspects are high in the ratings there's a few surprising entries too.The Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest and AC/DC all appear, as might be expected. But alongside them are some surprising entries, including "punk violence" acts Madness and Blondie, and "neofascist" performers Julio Iglesias and 10cc. The People's Cube has translated the paper into English, detailing the reasons why 38 acts were not to be heard in the USSR during the mid-1980s. The site editor explains: "We never saw it before because it was for internal use only, but we felt the invisible presence of such lists throughout life in the Motherland." - more on this story
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