Since as early as the 1950's music censorship has had a negative effect on rock music. There have been many cases of music censorship, it is nothing new. One case goes back to the mid-seventeenth century. Official censors often rewrote the operas of Giuseppe Verdi to make it appropriate for different aged groups that would either read or see his operas. His operas had material that offended those who were in power at that time. So the censors were altered or left “bad stuff”out and replaced them with something they thought was more appropriate.

Many others think that some musicians have a bad influence on teenagers and children. One major one was when Kurt Cobain

Another case, which I am sure you all have heard of before, The Beatles. Even if you never listened to them personally, I am sure your parents have. In June of 1966, the Beatles came out with a album called, “Yesterday and Today.” The cover of the album was called the “butcher cover,” which had a photo of the band wearing bloody butcher smocks, they were holding raw pieces of meat, and they were surrounded by baby dolls. These baby dolls were naked and had either there heads, legs, or arms missing. After a couple of weeks the Capitol, which is a recording company recalled all of the copies of the album and made a new cover which had a picture of the band smiling. The Beatles were not happy at all.

As early as the 1960's many album covers had been changed because they were not appropriate. There is another band called the “Scorpions,” a heavy metal band from Germany, who came out with and album called, “Virgin Killer” in 1976. The album has a young girl about the age of twelve, whose genitals were barely covered. Many people thought that is album cover was child pornography. Because of that the album was banned in American and the band received a lot of criticism from the American media. The criticism did not stop t

Some topics in this essay:
Nirvana Kurt, Lo Habitual”, , Giuseppe Verdi, Jane’s Addiction, album called, Kurt Cobain, 1st amendment, rock music, cover album, amendment rights infringed, paper bags shop, 1st amendment rights, infringed musicians, baby dolls, rights infringed, brown paper bags, album cover, beatles album called, man’s hand, cover picture,