The Parent Music Resource Centre (PMRC) led by Tipper Gore, then wife of former Vice President of the USA Al Gore and a group that became known as the “Washington Wives” due to their husbands high-powered political positions were responsible for pressuring the recording industry to label music deemed offensive to display this label in 1985
The PMRC used a list of 15 songs the “Filthy Fifteen” in a series of Senate hearings to pressure the recording industry into a voluntary compliance with the warning label. This label had many ramifications that are still felt in 2011. And now for your enjoyment …
| 1 | Prince | Darling Nikki | |
| 2 | Sheena Easton | Sugar Walls | sex |
| 3 | Judas Priest | Eat Me Alive | sex |
| 4 | Vanity | Strap on Robbie Baby | sex |
| 5 | Mötley Crüe | Bastard | violence |
| 6 | AC/DC | Let Me Put My Love Into You | sex |
| 7 | Twisted Sister | We’re Not Gonna Take It | violence |
| 8 | Madonna | Dress You Up | sex |
| 9 | W.A.S.P. | Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) | sex |
| 10 | Def Leppard | High ‘n Dry | drug and alcohol use |
| 11 | Mercyful Fate | Into The Coven | occult |
| 12 | Black Sabbath | Trashed | drug and alcohol use |
| 13 | Mary Jane Girls | In My House | sex |
| 14 | Venom | Possessed | occult |
| 15 | Cyndi Lauper | She-Bop | sex, masturbation |
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