1985 “Porn Rock” Senate Hearing Comes to Life at Hollywood Fringe
June 01, 2016
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE:
1985 “Porn Rock” Senate Hearing Comes to Life at Hollywood Fringe
Hollywood, CA – June 1, 2016 – The controversial and unintentionally hilarious hearing, engineered by Tipper Gore of the Parents’ Music Resource Center, comes to HFF in an intentionally hilarious re-staging.
In 1985, Tipper Gore and three women with strong ties to Washington politicians formed the Parents’ Music Resource Center (PMRC). Their goal was to slap warning stickers on heavy metal albums that contained content that was “inappropriate for children”, and to raise the political profile of Sen. Al Gore.
The PMRC leveraged their political power and secured a Senate Committee hearing…and the Congressional record was never the same.
On C-SPAN, and in front of international media, the PMRC provided examples of the very language and imagery they objected to. Consequently, the most outrageous and ridiculously over-the-top rock lyrics were read aloud to the entire world.
