![]() ![]() While the PMRC gave up the fight in the mid-1990s, it left a legacy of the ‘Parental Guidance Explicit Content’ sticker and a cultural shift, which according to Dwarves’ front man Blag Dahlia, saw the rise of a softer, non-confrontational attitude within music. Led by Tipper Gore, wife of would-be Vice President Al Gore, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) sought to hand control of artists’ content to protective parents, with the aim of ensuring little Timmy and Tiffany wouldn’t join a Satanic cult after listening to Twisted Sister. In 1985, against a backdrop of Cold War tensions, a group of suburban politicians’ wives took it upon themselves to defeat a bigger evil than the supposed threat of communism - explicit language in music. ![]()
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