coda
20th April 2009, 16:27
This is a fascinating film irrespective of the outrageous claim.
The historical background was the 1985 PMRC ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMRC ) crusade for music censorship led by Tipper Gore. Later that year, the event below happened to give them much steam.
The film is the events surrounding the trial of the band Judas Priest accused of putting subliminal lyrics in their songs that was said to be the cause of a suicide and attempted suicide of two fans of their band.
Warning: the film is very graphic, with interviews of survivor James Vance.
synopsis:
On December 23, 1985, two young men in Reno, Nevada put shotguns to their own heads after drinking and smoking marijuana as they listened to a record by the English rock group Judas Priest. Raymond Belknap shot himself fatally, while the other, James Vance, was grossly disfigured.
Their parents, claiming that subliminal messages in the heavy metal band's songs mesmerized the boys into their bizarre suicide pact, filed suit against CBS Records. Centered around this non jurored trial, DREAM DECEIVERS looks at this story through interviews with Vance, his and Belknap's parents, other Reno "metalheads", and members of Judas Priest.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B7C426CFC5DF2990 (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B7C426CFC5DF2990)
The historical background was the 1985 PMRC ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMRC ) crusade for music censorship led by Tipper Gore. Later that year, the event below happened to give them much steam.
The film is the events surrounding the trial of the band Judas Priest accused of putting subliminal lyrics in their songs that was said to be the cause of a suicide and attempted suicide of two fans of their band.
Warning: the film is very graphic, with interviews of survivor James Vance.
synopsis:
On December 23, 1985, two young men in Reno, Nevada put shotguns to their own heads after drinking and smoking marijuana as they listened to a record by the English rock group Judas Priest. Raymond Belknap shot himself fatally, while the other, James Vance, was grossly disfigured.
Their parents, claiming that subliminal messages in the heavy metal band's songs mesmerized the boys into their bizarre suicide pact, filed suit against CBS Records. Centered around this non jurored trial, DREAM DECEIVERS looks at this story through interviews with Vance, his and Belknap's parents, other Reno "metalheads", and members of Judas Priest.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B7C426CFC5DF2990 (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B7C426CFC5DF2990)