"case in his stand-up routines, asking ""What performer wants his audience dead?"" He performed a sketch mimicking Judas Priest being sick of their wealth, power, and fame and coming up with the subliminal message as a solution to their problems. Comedian Denis Leary also commented on the trial on his album ""No Cure for Cancer"", saying heavy metal bands should put ""more"" subliminal messages in their records: ""Kill the band, kill your parents, then yourself"". Better by You, Better than Me ""Better by You, Better than Me"" is a 1969 song by the English rock band Spooky Tooth. The song"
"80s"". While the game developers did secure appropriate rights to cover the song in the game, The Romantics claim that the cover is ""virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version"" and thus would ""[confuse] consumers into believing that the band actually recorded the music and endorsed the product"". The lawsuit requested the cessation of sales of the game and monetary damage. On December 20, 2007, Activision was awarded a preliminary injunction to prevent blockage of sales of the game. A summary judgment hearing was held on July 9, 2008, and the case was dismissed the next month, with a U.S. District"
"the UK High Court from a funk R&B band, also called ""Liberty"", who achieved success in the 1990s, including being awarded Capital Radio Band of the Year, playing Wembley Arena, European tours and the release of albums in the USA, Europe and UK. The original Liberty claimed that the newly formed Liberty was taking advantage of the goodwill that had been created by the former's success (known in English law as the ""tort of passing off""). The final judgment was in favour of the funk R&B band and the ex-""Popstars"" then asked readers of ""The Sun"" to suggest a new"
"Satanic messages in earlier Electric Light Orchestra LPs by Christian fundamentalists, which led up to American congressional hearings in the early 1980s (a similar response had been made by Lynne on the ""Face the Music"" album, during the intro to the ""Fire on High"" track). In Britain, the back cover of ""Secret Messages"" has the mock notice ""Warning: Contains Secret Backward Messages"". Word of the album's impending release in the United States caused enough of a furore to cause CBS Records to delete the cover blurb there. The back cover of the record jacket (made to look like the back"
"Philip Collins Ltd v Davis Philip Collins Ltd v Davis [2000] 3 All ER 808 is an English unjust enrichment case, an example of a restitution claim and the change of position defence. Phil Collins released ""Serious Hits… Live!"" with 15 tracks in 1990. Rahmlee Davis and Louis Satterfield contributed performances on five tracks and received album royalties via Collins' publishing company ""Philip Collins Ltd"". In 1997, Collins said they had been mistakenly overpaid by a factor of three. They had been paid as if they had performed on all fifteen tracks, but they had only performed on five. To"
"disfigured face. He died three years later after a suicidal overdose of painkillers. Vance's parents and their legal team, headed by Nevada attorney Ken McKenna, subsequently alleged that a subliminal message of ""do it"" had been included in the song. They alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. The three-week trial was watched closely by the music industry and constitutional lawyers. In a pre-trial motion, the judge ruled that subliminal messages were incapable of being protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, since they were by definition not noticeable and thus could not"
"anonymously, ""The Observer"" linked the tape with the band. Previously classified government documents made public in January 2014 under the UK's 'Thirty Year Rule' reveal that the prime minister was personally aware of the tape and had discussed it with her cabinet. Questions about the band in Parliament and an attempted prosecution by Conservative Party MP Timothy Eggar under the UK's Obscene Publications Act for their single, ""How Does It Feel..."", made them question their purpose: The band had also incurred heavy legal expenses for the ""Penis Envy"" prosecution; this, combined with exhaustion and the pressures of living and operating"
"music director for Ebenezer Obey's Decross Band & Inter Reformers' Band in the 80s. Omotoso is alleged to have groomed people and abused them from the age of 14. If the court finds that the allegation of sex with minors is true, he will be convicted of statutory rape regardless if the act was consensual or not and he may face a life behind bars. He is alleged to have serially abused people over a period of time and shielded his acts behind the pulpit. Over 30 young girls have come forward to detail their experiences at the hand of"
"column during the 1980s. King went so far as to release his own cover version of ""Wild World"" as a single, using a similar musical arrangement to ""It's a Sin"", in an effort to demonstrate his claims. This single flopped, while the Pet Shop Boys sued King, eventually winning out-of-court damages, which they donated to charity. 7"": Parlophone / R 6158 (UK) 12"": Parlophone / 12R 6158 (UK) CD: Parlophone / CDR 6158 (UK) 12"": Parlophone / 12RX 6158 (UK) 12"": EMI-Manhattan / V-19256 (US) In 2004, the band participated in Passport Back to the Bars, a series of benefit"
"kozzradio.com. In 2007 he launched the Max Volume Band. In the late 1980s, Volume supported the British rock band, Judas Priest, in court, when they were sued by families of two young Sparks, Nevada men who had shot themselves in a suicide pack while listening to an album, ""Stained Class."" The band was eventually exonerated. For his support of the band, Volume became the target of hate groups, fueled by media coverage of the suit, receiving on-air death threats and harassment. In 2013 he was back in court again, testifying in the Jack Russell vs Mark Kendall, Audie Desbrow, Michael"
"actions that eventually led the band before the Supreme Court. In 2017, the band released their extended play ""The Band Who Must Not Be Named"". Later that month Simon Tam and the rest of the band appeared before the Supreme Court in an effort to gain the trademark over their band name, ""bringing a seven-year Freedom of Speech battle closer to conclusion"". The outcome has drawn the attention of the Washington Redskins, whose similar case could be affected by the outcome. The case has been described as a fight for free speech, and countering a ""submissive"" stereotype of Asian Americans."
"end up hijacking the news broadcast in order to get their message out to the public. ""UK: London Records NANA 7 / NL: London Records 820 081-7"" + some copies of the 7"" came with free poster + some copies of the 7"" came with a 3D sleeve ""NAND 7"" ""London Records NANX 7"" + some copies of the 12"" came with three 3D cards ""NAND X7"" Rough Justice (Bananarama song) ""Rough Justice"" is a song by English girl group Bananarama. It was co-written by group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward and the writing-production duo Jolley &"
"mean, a drugs fix, it could mean a solution to something or a fix, as in a set-up"" Hawkins told the BBC in July 2008. There are however some recurring themes - although they were not intentional; espionage and being lied and manipulated to by the media and government appear frequently Tracks which deal with deceptions, and specially target certain bodies include ""Responsible Citizen"" which targets the government's policies on drinking, ""Magazines"" is written about the band's experiences with the press and how the media can manipulate its audience. ""Accessories"" similarly deals with the media - specifically the record industry."
"charges after the release of the book, due to alleged ""incompliance with moral norms"" and “hurting people’s moral feelings.” Sel Yayıncılık and the books’ translators face three more years of uncertainty after the judge pronounced that the trial would be postponed until 2015, due to the implementation of new legislation. Meanwhile, the judge warned that if either of the publishing houses or the translators were foolish enough to publish further ‘obscene’ works, these cases would be added to the charge sheet. English rock and jazz band Soft Machine, from Canterbury, named themselves after the book, when they formed in mid-1966."
"witnesses. Oliver reached the £5000 mark, but lost it all in a bid to double his winnings. In recent years, the band's work has been critical of British politician Nick Clegg, with the 2013 song ""Coalition Government Blues"" describing the Liberal Democrats' leader as ""liking his perks"". The band's 2015 album ""Yellow Leader"" was widely suspected of referring to Clegg, with yellow being the official colour of his political party. U.K. Subs The U.K. Subs are an English punk band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been"
"1980s Alternative Tentacles opened an office in the UK to release special editions of American punk records that were unavailable in Europe, many of which were licensed from other independent U.S. labels. Among these were releases by SST Records' groups Black Flag and Hüsker Dü, the Dischord Records compilation ""Flex Your Head"", and an EP of tracks from the Bad Brains eponymous 1982 album, as well as U.K. pressings of all American Dead Kennedys releases. The arrangement was short-lived. In 1985, Los Angeles prosecutors charged Biafra with ""distributing harmful matter to minors"" for artwork contained in the Dead Kennedys album"
"""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" in May 1980. The performance was later featured in the ""Synth Britannia at the BBC"" programme following the Synth Britannia documentary first broadcast in October 2009. The group also made their ""Top of the Pops"" debut on 8 May 1980 when the single was at just no. 53 in the UK Singles Chart. Sheffield electronic music band The Human League also made their Top of the Pops debut on the same show. Although ""Messages"" made slow progress in the charts, the band made a second performance on the programme on 29 May when it was"
"£300,000 () was reached out of court prior to proceedings. He is credited with playing bass on ""Secret Messages"", although it has been stated from an official source that he only played on four songs (""Train of Gold"" and ""Rock n Roll is King"" from the single disc release and ""No Way Out"" and ""Beatles Forever"" from the original double album). He took part in some of the ELO spin-off groups: OrKestra, ELO Part II, and The Orchestra. He toured worldwide with The Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II) and also took part in tours as part"
"conditional discharge. Jones' trial took place in November 1967. In December, after appealing the original prison sentence, Jones received a £1,000 fine and was put on three years' probation, with an order to seek professional help. The band released ""Their Satanic Majesties Request"", which reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the US, in December 1967. It drew unfavourable reviews and was widely regarded as a poor imitation of the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". ""Satanic Majesties"" was recorded while Jagger, Richards and Jones were awaiting their court cases. The band parted ways with Oldham"
"gang Supreme Team. It is rumored that the song and the following music industry blacklisting of 50 Cent by Kenneth ""Supreme"" McGriff and his associates, led to the murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay. There is speculation that Jay ignored the blacklisting by taking the young 50 Cent under his wing and introducing him to the music industry. According to an affidavit by IRS agent Francis Mace, law enforcement officials believed that the shooting of 50 Cent in 2000 was in retaliation for the lyrics of the song which detailed the history of Supreme Team, McGriff's gang. Ghetto Qur'an"
"the cover artwork alongside Sayle) discussing Britain's most stolen car of the period. In 1985, Toshiba ran a TV advertising campaign that featured the song with altered lyrics – ""'Ello Tosh! Gotta Toshiba?"" – performed by Ian Dury. Upon an obscenity trial over their song ""Bata Motel"", the anarchist punk band Crass presented the b-side to this song as an example that there were much more obscene records out there than ""Bata Motel"". While it was being played, much of the court responded with uproarious laughter. This outraged the magistrates, who threatened anyone who laughed with a charge for contempt"
"for the use of samples and prosecuting those who used them without permission. Larger US acts could afford to licence samples and still turn a profit for their labels, a luxury not available to many smaller UK artists. One such victim of this was Milton Keynes group The Criminal Minds. Their first two releases, the 1990 mini-album ""Guilty As Charged"" an 1991 EP ""Tales From The Wasteland"" were bogged down by potential sample clearance problems and thus were only ever made available in small numbers, yet rate amongst some of the finest pieces of UK hip hop recorded. As breakbeat"
"song in particular, ""Skin Her Alive"". The song prompted an obscenity charge in the United Kingdom, against which the band successfully defended themselves. In 1992, Dismember released the ""Pieces"" EP, and the following year continued with second full-length ""Indecent & Obscene"" which featured their song ""Dreaming in Red""; the ""Dreaming in Red"" videoclip was shown in MTV's ""Headbangers Ball"". According to an interview with fellow Nuclear Blast group Benediction in metallian.com, Dismember and the said band got into a business dispute and eventually a fisticuff at this stage over tour arrangements and moneys owed. Like many of the other Scandinavian"
"five years earlier, allegedly after hearing the subliminal statement ""do it"" in a Priest song. While the case attracted a great deal of media attention, it was ultimately dismissed. In 1991, UK police seized death metal records from the British record label Earache Records, in an ""...unsuccessful attempt to prosecute the label for obscenity"". In 1997, the Egyptian police jailed many young metal fans and they were accused of ""devil worship"" and blasphemy, after police found metal recordings during searches of their homes. In 2012, the Norwegian metal band Taake, which was nominated for the Norwegian Spellemann Award (the Norwegian"
"that a subliminal message of ""do it"" had been included in the Judas Priest song ""Better by You, Better than Me"" (a cover of the Spooky Tooth number) from ""Stained Class"" (1978). They alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. The trial lasted from 16 July to 24 August 1990, when the suit was dismissed after the judge ruled that the so-called ""do it"" message was a result of an accidental mixup of background lyrics. One of the defence witnesses, Dr. Timothy E. Moore, wrote an article for ""Skeptical Inquirer"" chronicling the trial. The trial was covered"
"in 1984. Messages (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) ""Messages"" is the third single of the synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1980. The song originally featured on their eponymous debut album, but a re-recorded version provided OMD with their first Top 40 hit single in the UK, reaching number 13. As with debut single ""Electricity"", ""Messages"" features a melodic synth break instead of sung chorus. Most copies of the original 10"" pressing with the album version were scrapped on behalf of the band (because they wanted to rerecord the song), but a handful did escape"
"Messages (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) ""Messages"" is the third single of the synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1980. The song originally featured on their eponymous debut album, but a re-recorded version provided OMD with their first Top 40 hit single in the UK, reaching number 13. As with debut single ""Electricity"", ""Messages"" features a melodic synth break instead of sung chorus. Most copies of the original 10"" pressing with the album version were scrapped on behalf of the band (because they wanted to rerecord the song), but a handful did escape destruction. Some"
"June, leading to a court case that has temporarily allowed both parties to use the band's name. According to Tate, ""There probably was some influence about what was going on with my former bandmates because some of what was happening was going on at the same time as the recording. It was mostly completely written before all of the legal stuff came up but there are probably references on ""Kings and Thieves"" to certain people and certain situations."" ""Classic Rock"" furthermore suggested: ""it can’t be a complete coincidence that one of the main themes on ""Kings And Thieves"" is the"
"""decidedly crap"". The rise of metal's popularity in the eighties was paralleled by the political power gained by conservative organisations such as the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). The Christian campaign against the ""offensive"" content of rock music carried out by certain political groups in America eventually crossed over to the United Kingdom. Venom became one of its early victims: HMV stopped selling ""At War with Satan"" in fear of being threatened by legal action due to Britain's Obscenity Law. The PMRC would later include the title track of Venom's following album ""Possessed"" into their ""Filthy Fifteen"" list. All songs"
"on the collectors' market. The album was banned by the retailer HMV. During the mid-1980s, Greater Manchester Police under the direction of James Anderton seized copies along with other records by Crass and the Dead Kennedys, from Eastern Bloc record shop. Frank Schofield was charged with displaying ""obscene articles for publication for gain"". The band Flux of Pink Indians, its two record labels and its publishing company were also charged under the Obscene Publications Act. The judge ruled against Crass in the ensuing court case, although this decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal, apart from the lyrics to"
"as well as compensatory damages in excess of US$1 million. The lawsuit claimed that Syco and Sony Music ""chose to ignore the plaintiff's rights and wilfully infringed them"" after they realised in early 2011 that the two bands shared the same name. Syco Records subsequently counter-sued, suggesting the US group was trying to make money from One Direction's success and that the boy band was the first to use the name in US interstate commerce. The BBC reported in September 2012 that the UK group won the legal dispute over the right to keep using their band name; the US"
"forensic evidence that calls into question her suicide, while the Jeremy Blake parallel character survives his suicide attempt. A legal case against him is disrupted by the cult group Systemotics, resulting in a near mistrial followed by a plea accepted after the ADA implies both he and the judge are connected to Systemotics. The nightclub Bungalow 8, which operated in New York City from 2001 to 2009, was named for Blake's 1998 video work. In an interview David Berman, frontman of Silver Jews, talks about his writing wrote a song for Blake after Duncan's death, the song titled My Pillow"
"were seized from the Eastern Bloc record shop by Greater Manchester Police under the direction of Chief Constable James Anderton. The shop owners were charged with displaying ""obscene articles for publication for gain"". The judge ruled against Crass in the ensuing court case, although the decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal (except the lyrics to one song, ""Bata Motel"", which were upheld as ""sexually provocative and obscene""). The band's fourth LP, 1982's double set ""Christ - The Album"", took almost a year to record, produce and mix (during which the Falklands War broke out and ended). This caused"