This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. The new episode of Earworm looks at where the “Explicit Lyrics” sticker came from on music. Expand - View Original
I've been a graphic designer for many years at a CD/DVD factory and several bands have asked me to do so, even if they were mostly local bands whose albums would never have been in stores. ALWAYS wanted it, Gangsta rap and metal groups. I went through cheap printer for labels, It was shortly necessary because of the lawsuit brought against the RIAA by the Parents Music Resource Center. It was quickly overturned, but record labels had already found that sales were up if explicitly advised of content. Cinderella wrote a song of the PMRC mockery (Shelter Me). "Tipper led a war with the record industry...said they witnessed the devil on their MTV"