A list of western rock bands and musicians, banned by the Soviet goverment, that deemed their music as “dangerious” to the Soviet youth(1985)(Translation in the description)
A list of western rock bands and musicians, banned by the Soviet goverment, that deemed their music as “dangerious” to the Soviet youth(1985)(Translation in the description)
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Source: [https://happymag.tv/punk-sex-and-religious-obstructionism-a-list-of-38-dangerous-western-bands-banned-in-the-ussr/;](https://happymag.tv/punk-sex-and-religious-obstructionism-a-list-of-38-dangerous-western-bands-banned-in-the-ussr/😉
Translation:
1. Sex Pistols(punk, violence)
2. B-52(spunk, violence)
3. Madness(punk, violence)
4. Clash(punk, violence)
5. Stranglers(punk, violence)
6. Kiss(neofascism, punk, violence)
7. Crocus(violence, cult of strong personality)
8. Styx(violence, vandalism)
9. Iron Maiden(violence, religious obscuritanism)
10. Judas Priest(anticommunism, racism)
11. AC/DC(neofascism, violence)
12. Sparks(neofascism, racism)
13. Black Sabbath(violence, religious obscuritanism)
14. Alice Cooper(violence, vandalism)
15. Nazareth(violence, religious mysticism)
16. Scorpions(violence)
17. Gengis Khan(anticommunism, nationalism)
18. UFO(violence)
19. Pink Floyd (1983)(distortion of Soviet foreign policy (“Soviet agression in Afghanistan”)
20. Talking Heads(myth of the Soviet military threat)
21. Perron(eroticism)
22. Bohannon(eroticism)
23. Originals(sex)
24. Donna Summer(eroticism)
25. Tina Turner(sex)
26. Junior English(sex)
27. Canned Heat(homosexuality)
28. Munich Machine(eroticism)
29. Ramones(punk)
30. Van Halen(anti-soviet propaganda)
31. Julio Iglesias(neofascism)
32. Yazoo(punk, violence)
33. Depeche Mode(punk, violence)
34. Village People(violence)
35. 10CC(neofascism)
36. Stooges(violence)
37. Boys(punk, violence)
38. Blondie(punk, violence)
Julio Iglesias – “neofascism” ??? Of all things listed, how on earth?
Aycy daycy
Took me a minute to figure out what КЛЭШ was
Can’t stop laughing at 30 actually having a typo and spelling “Ban Halen”. I guess somewhere in between someone said “Oh yeah, V in russian is B” and the russian was like “okay then, B is Б”.
You deserved your fall just for banning Pink Floyd and AC/DC.
The text by the secretary of the [oblast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast) [Komsomol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komsomol) committee P. Grishin that prephases the list, states that *all the discos and all the* [*VIAs*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_(music)) (basically, music bands) of the district (Nikolayev, Ukrainian SSR) *must be* provided with this list.
You don’t get it. This is a way of promotion. Reversive psychology 😉
Imagine being a young musician in USSR, and you get a list of banned bands that sing about punk, sex, and eroticism.
Love this document
AC/DC is neofashistic? How brainwashed were the commies? Funny thing, today in the West in many places both an aspiring or well astablished artist of any kind if called fashist by enough people on twiter may be crushed into the ground.
Some people just hate fun
This is misleading. Doesn’t say anything about banning, let alone anything that comes from the Soviet government. What it says in the picture is that it’s a list put together by a Ukrainian Leninist youth organization with recommendations on which bands bands can be considered harmful to the Soviet youth.
B52s spunk and violence…. odd combination
ACDC and Kiss…neofascism? What?
To be fair, Sparks actively subvert all forms of authority to this day 🥰
How are Yazoo violent?
The true measure of a superpower is their cultural dominance
We still know Roman poets Ovid, Virgil, etc.
The US & UK: all these legendary bands
Russia: …tATu
Has anyone listened to the Wind of Change podcast series about the Scorpions?
It centres around their song ‘Wind of Change’ *possibly* being written by the CIA *supposedly* causing the end of the Cold War. I saw them on the list and immediately thought of it. Even if it’s not true it’s a fun listen!
https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/
I’m a little surprised Queen wasn’t on the list. They were accused by western critics a couple of times of being fascist (dumb, but it happened).
VLKSM of Ukraine.
How times can change.
What a lovely list (except iglesias). Are we sure they didn’t *recommend* these bands for their spirit of rebellion?
Has anyone a source for this? I have seen this for years (both in English and Russian), but without any source.
Nevertheless these groups and musicians were popular in USSR. There were black markets with above-mentioned tapes and underground bars, where it was possible to enjoy the forbidden music.
When something is banned by the government people always try to find the alternative way
How the fuck is Depeche Mode harmful or violent.
USSR was like a country equivalent of the dad from “Tenacious D: the pick of destiny”
Crocus – cult of strong personality
It’s all you need to know about authoritarianism
Goddamn they were every bit as pearl clutchy as the soccer moms of the time.
Village People (violence)…Lol
Cekc not good
Interesting sidenote: in contrast to the USSR and other communist states, Yugoslavia had a huge rock scene, both foreign and domestic bands were hugely popular with the youth, and as such Yugoslav rock n roll established itself as a fascinating contrast compared to the very large government censorship machine.
Canned Heat – homosexuality
What? I would never have associated those 2.
Yugoslavia on the other hand had punk bands in 70s and regular concerts of Western rock bands.