Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs

“Blecha isn’t going all conspiracy theorist, shouting in paranoia; he’s got solid, tangible evidence for his research.” — davedavies.com, May 25, 2004

“Blecha provides some good historical perspective, especially as we could learn from this history so we don’t repeat it.” — Jason Gross & David Manning, Perfect Sound Forever, July 2004

“Blecha shows what a history there is when it comes to government acting as a societal baby-sitter.” — Dan Nailen, The Salt Lake Tribune, May 12, 2004

“Culled from the annals of the naughty, provocative, blasphemous, heretical, outrageous, anarchical, and downright dirty, this compendium is… Original.” — Ein-gutes-buch.de, July 2004

“packed with delightful trivia… it’s a depressing litany of cultural obstruction that apparently has no end in sight…” — Mojo Magazine, London July 2004

Blecha’s escalating outrage is refreshingly partisan, and many morsels throughout Taboo Tunes are revelatory…excellent…highly entertaining… — San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 25,2004

Like Howard Zinn’s seminal ‘A People’s History,’ Blecha’s book is a study of the edges of sanctioned culture… immensely valuable”. — AM New York City, May 28, 2004

Peter Blecha has written the first comprehensive history of music censorship. — New York Press, June 2, 2004

superb…If we re ever going to mount a successful resistance [to right-wing censors], we ll need heralds such as Blecha… — Scram Magazine, Summer 2004