"Most classical and popular music through the 1800's was created under a patronage system-where a rich benefactor of royalty would pay a composer to create musical works. Music was deliberately created to the tastes and interests of the patrons-if the patron did not enjoy a theme or style the composer simply would not be able to created and perform the music as easily" (www.ericnuzum.com).

Now of course the music industry is a lot different, but the censorship still remains.

Censorship has done many things. It has affected music groups such as The Insane Clown Posse, and Marilyn Manson. It has created groups such as the Parents Music Resource Group, PMRG, and the Southern Baptists who are actively fighting for music censorship. And finally, censorship has gotten a lot of attention in the media, the biggest case being Wal-Mart's censorship of groups such as White Zombie, 311 and the Fugees.

But the down side to the stickering system is that they are just a warning, they don't stop kids from buying the x-rated material. Julia Dunn discusses this in her Insight on the News article, "Warning labels don't keep kits from shock CD's". "The parental-advisory labels on compact discs and tapes are effective only if parents monitor their children's purchases." She goes on to state, " The label consists of four words: 'Parental Advisory/Explicit Content.' But parents and music-industry officials often are clueless about the nature of the music carrying such labels." (39)

Last year Wal-mart would not carry Sheryl Crow because it included a line about children buying guns at Wal-mart. The chain denies that it sells guns to minors. Crow refused to change the lyrics, and her label, A&M, stood by her. (30)

Parents For Rock And Rap: Available WWW: http//www.xnet.com/~paigeone/noevil/pfrr.html

The other recent censorship incident recently is against the "shock-rock" band, Marilyn Manson. This group has had a hard time combating opposition. According to unsubstantiated affidavits, "Manson's concert's include animal sacrifice, sex with dogs, rapes, and heavy drug use" (Bohelert 27). As a result of these affidavits, all of the concerts on the tour were protested, and a considerable amount were canceled.

The other organization devoted to anti-censorship, is Parents For Rock And Roll. PFRAR was started in 1990 by 63 year old, Mary Morello. This group fights to "put pressure on local, state and federal governments that try to take away freedom from artists", and they "boycott corporations and other organizations that censor or in some way support those who favor censorship." (www.xnet.com)

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Approximate Word count = 1882
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)