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Although the new CD by Caeser Pink & The Imperial Orgy contains no foul language, no references to sex, drugs, or violence, and no overtly political lyrics, still it has been deemed too controversial for many radio stations.
Titled “Gospel Hymns For Agnostics & Atheists,” the CD has been banned from airplay by stations such as KWRS of Spokane, WA, WDTS of Georgetown, DE, WMHW of Mount Pleasant, MI, WBER of Penfield, NY, KPNI of Dallas, TX, WTHS of Dearborn, MI, WSAJ of Grove City, GA and WFHU of Henderson, TN.
WDTS music director Tamara Postles told the band’s record label, “The music’s good, the singing’s good, the production’s good, but we can’t put it on the air.” WMHW music director Eileen LeTarte said the CD was “Too political” for the station. KWRS music director Kaleb Knox said the CD was “Too controversial.” Music director’s for WFHU and WTHS claimed that that they couldn’t say the CD’s title on the air. Brooks Thomas of KPNI accused the band of being “Anti-religion.” WSAJ Radio’s music director Alex Papalia put the CD into rotation for two weeks, then as she explained “The station’s general manger read up on what the band was about and told us we couldn’t play it anymore,” Other stations such as York, PA’s WVYC radio chose to play the CD, but only under the condition that they could call the band “Caeser Pink.” The station’s music director Tess Hafer explained that due to FCC concerns they could not say the band’s real name “The Imperial Orgy.”
Imperial Orgy lead singer Caeser Pink said of the refusal to the play the CD, “This trend in college radio towards censoring political expression is disturbing. For an artist, if you don’t have access to the media you have no voice with which to reach people. It’s a sign of the conformist spirit that has taken America. It’s odd because you can be as outrageous as you want when it comes to sex and violence and no one gets too excited, but ideas are what tend to get censored. If you dare to suggest that people should think for themselves and not blindly accept the dictates of church and state, that is when people get nervous and try to shut you up. Rock music has become so safe and vacuous that young Americans have forgotten that music is an art-form with which to express ideas, and that there was a time when rock music was a conduit for social change.”
The New York City band is no stranger to controversy. Their shows have been cancelled due to terrorist threats from radical religious organizations, their posters have been banned from college campuses, women’s studies classes have debated the group’s presentation of gender issues, and their website was banned from its web hosting company for being “an insult to God.”
The Imperial Orgy is a band that has never followed the usual formulas common to alternative rockers. The band itself is a multicultural collective that presents surreal live performances that combine music, performance art, video presentations, theater, and audience participation. Their music also expresses a social message that speaks of anti-establishment politics, racial issues, religious intolerance, and sexual liberation. Audiences often have extreme love-or-hate reactions to The Imperial Orgy. On multiple occasions singer Caeser Pink has been physically attacked by audience members who were enraged by the band’s performances. At others times their concerts turn the club dance-floors into body-strewn petting orgies.
While most bands create recordings and perform concerts, The Imperial Orgy and their network of die-hard fans have also presented street theater protests in front of the New York Stock Exchange, created their own underground TV series that has been seen across the US and around the world, and a network of unique websites, one of which approaches the internet as an art-form to create an interactive experience for a journey of spiritual self discovery.
Check out The Imperial Orgy's "The Sexual Revolution Is Not Over!" on CD Baby at http://www.cdbaby.com/imperialorgy
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Is it "The Sexual Revolution Is Not Over!" that is being banned?
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So welcome to the new Middle Ages. Stay tuned for the Inquisition. Frickin' censorship for politcial/religious (is there a difference any more?) reasons. Sucks big time.
michael
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Not the first, neither the last record that is not being played ;)
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while i take relish in knowing that i/we are not the only ones being censored/silenced
it greatly SUCKS
that AMERICA
is becoming
so non-creative
there needs to be more than a sexual revolution
at hand
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