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philipdalton
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Joined: 02-11-2012
Location: Northwich, Cheshire, England
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  • To give you an idea of the sort of material Mrs. Whitehouse disapproved of (she hardly ever approved of anything much), there was a Doctor Who story in the mid seventies called "The Deadly Assassin", in which the Doctor, played by Tom Baker, is shown being the victim of an attempted strangulation...
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  • The reason for the ban being lifted on The Exorcist was the retirement of James Ferman from the BBFC. He had always felt that the age of the demon-possessed girl in it would give many the impression it was meant to be a kids' film, so had kept it off the shelves for this reason.

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    replied to Black Sabbath
    Judas Priest singer Rob Halford considers Black Sabbath to be the true pioneers of heavy metal music, but notes that their long-term guitarist Tony Iommi doesn't actually consider them metal. So, in his estimation, if Black Sabbath didn't really invent metal after all, then Judas Priest did It's interesting,...
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  • philipdalton
    replied to Blue Cheer
    I've learned as I've grown older that the term "heavy metal" is a highly subjective one. There is some confusion as to exactly which groups slot into this genre, and also what the origins of it are. Some have thought "Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer to the original heavy metal...
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  • philipdalton
    replied to Black Sabbath
    The term "heavy metal" is a very subjective one, there are lots of bands and artists tagged with the name who are not universally considered to be a part of the genre, even by the musicians themselves in some cases. Black Sabbath, though, are not one of those bands. They are universally considered...
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  • Films that tend to eroticise violence.

    The 70's horror film "I Spit on Your Grave" was put on the Directors of Public Prosecutions' "video nasty" list when it was released on VHS/Betamax in the eighties and was successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. The BBFC have since passed it, but never in its...
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