{"id":16342,"date":"2025-09-28T15:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16342"},"modified":"2025-09-28T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:51:48","slug":"all-new-mkultrasound-podcast-the-p-m-r-c-s-filthy-15-at-forty-part-two-9-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16342","title":{"rendered":"ALL NEW MKULTRASOUND PodCast: The P.M.R.C.’s \u2018Filthy 15\u2019 at Forty Part Two 9\/28\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The P.M.R.C.’s \u2018Filthy 15\u2019 at Forty Part Two 9\/28\/2025 with Alex Zander and JSIN Harmon (artwork by Vas O Agnostos)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty years ago, a committee known as the Parents Music Resource Center made a playlist of what it deemed the most offensive music at the time, including songs by megastars like Madonna and Prince and culty underground metal groups like Venom and Mercyful Fate. The list, dubbed the \u201cFilthy 15,\u201d was to serve as an example of how the PMRC thought albums should be \u201crated,\u201d in a way similar to the MPAA. But instead of issuing general \u201cPG\u201d and \u201cR\u201d designations, the committee \u2014 on which former Second Lady Tipper Gore famously served \u2014 suggested content-based ratings: \u201cX\u201d for profane or sexually explicit lyrics, \u201cO\u201d for occult references, \u201cD\/A\u201d for lyrics about drugs and alcohol and \u201cV\u201d for violent content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, the Record Industry Association of America convinced labels to affix potentially offensive albums with the warning stickers the world has grown to love: \u201cParental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics.\u201d At the time, record-stickering became such a talking point that the Senate\u2019s Committee on Commerce held a hearing on the \u201cContents of Music and the Lyrics of Records,\u201d at which Frank Zappa, John Denver and Twisted Sister\u2019s Dee Snider testified. The musicians were worried that stickering would lead to record stores refusing to carry albums, a fact that came true with Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 2 Song List<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madonna “Dress You Up” (Sex)
W.A.S.P. “Animal (F**k Like A Beast)” (Sex)
Def Leppard “High N’ Dry” (Drug and Alcohol Use)
Mercyful Fate “Into The Coven” (Occult)
Black Sabbath “Trashed” (Drug and Alcohol Use)
Mary Jane Girls “In My House” (Sex)
Venom “Possessed” (Occult)
Cyndi Lauper “She-Bop” (Sex\/Masturbation)
2 Live Crew – “Banned in the USA”
The Mentors “Golden Showers”
Anthrax “Startin’ Up a Posse”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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