Mike tells Sarah the real reason Congress called a bunch of rockers to Washington D.C. Digressions include cartoon violence, sleeveless tees and Trixie Mattel. Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" and Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" are dissected at length.

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The hearing transcript
Dee Snider's memoir
Frank Zappa's memoir
Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
Music-Evoked Emotions—Current Studies
Don’t Let The Man Get You Down: Rock and Roll and The Development of The Parents’ Music Resource Center
Save the Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism
Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music
The Parents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship
“Leer-Ics” or Lyrics: Teenage Impressions of Rock 'n' Roll
Parental Advisory – Explicit Content: The Parents Music Resource Center, Conservative Music Censorship, and the Protection of Children
Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars
The Effects of Violent Music on Children and Adolescents
A Comparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938 to 2010

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