Punk and Free Speech: Trials, Taboos, and the Battle for Artistic Freedom

This episode dives deep into punk’s confrontations with censorship—from the Sex Pistols’ 1976 bans to the Dead Kennedys obscenity trial and the PMRC’s push for parental advisories. We examine how record stores, fanzines, independent labels, and all‑ages clubs became arenas of resistance, while legal battles over art, morality, and commerce shaped the genre’s evolution and its ongoing fight for free expression.

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