1975
Radio stations across the country refused to play Loretta Lynn's ""The Pill"" because of its references to birth control.
The Doors' single ""Unknown Soldier"" is banned from airplay at many radio stations because of its anti-war theme
1955
The Juvenile Delinquency and Crime Commission of Houston, Texas banned more than 30 songs it considered obscene. Almost all of the artists on the Commission's list were black.
(excerpted from A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States, by Eric Nuzum and the ACLU)
1997
Three owners of a concert venue in Mississippi were arrested and given six-month jail terms for booking a performance by 2 Live Crew.
2003
Management of the Six Flags Amusement Park in Darien Lakes, New York, bans Marilyn Manson from performing at the park as part of the Ozzfest tour. No other acts are removed from the bill. Radio stations across the country remove songs by the Dixie Chicks from airplay because of a comment made by the group's singer saying she was embarrassed that U.S. President George W. Bush was from her home state of Texas. Even though she later apologized for the comment, the ban is still being aggressively enforced.
1998
An 18-year-old was suspended from a Michigan high school for wearing a tee shirt promoting the band Korn. The shirt contained no images or words save the band's name.
2000
In Louisiana, a federal judge ordered officials to return all confiscated music, including the Disney Tarzan soundtrack and songs by Britney Spears and Snoop Doggy Dog, to a roller skating rink owner, saying that a local sheriff may not censor the music played at the rink. The sheriff had seized the music claiming that the recordings played in the rink had caused a fight to break out in the parking lot. A private school in Texas suspended four students who attended a Backstreet Boys concert, violating a school policy forbidding ""involvement in inappropriate music [or] dancing.""
