Neu Tickles Up, AFA Down

So, as many of you have heard, the American Family Association’s latest crusade is blocking the release up and coming German rock group The Neu Tickles’ debut album.

The AFA claims that the group’s “insidious new form of sexual content delivery” presents some sort of threat to sensitive young ears. Much has been made of The Neu Tickles’ “subliminal pornography” and the AFA’s 16 page report that claimed to decipher The Neu Tickles provocative lyrics.

But I’m not trying to refute those claims. In fact, I have been to several Neu Tickles shows over the years and if I told you that I was not tempted to ravage the person next to me during the show or at least smash one out in the club’s bathroom– I’d be lying. Their music is that powerful.

Instead, I want to turn the spotlight onto a key issue that my peers in the media and blogosphere have neglected to cover.

You see, this is just another in a long line of AFA attempts to block the release of superior Euro-Rock in the United States. It has little or nothing to do with sex. In fact, The Ira GrrrSchwinns, who provided the theme song for the AFA’s 2007 Values Conference, showered their audiences with inflatable penises while playing their hit song “Tug-o-War” during their winter tour. Was their tune dropped as AFA’s theme song? Oddly, no.

In 2005 alone the AFA successfully convinced retailers Walmart, Target, Best Buy and of course iTunes to drop European pop acts like
The Cranky Pickle (Belgium), DJ Tanner & Uncle Jesse (Denmark), KrausSquadd (Germany), Milktext (Iceland), Woofmen (Germany) and Kentucky Seahawk (Netherlands). They accomplished this by claiming everything from sexually deviant lyrics, pro-terrorism leanings and even poor hygiene.

The real issue here is that the AFA is in the pocket of the mega-sized labels and studios that are threatened by the superior music that has already found an audience overseas. Unable to apply pressure directly onto retailers and distributors themselves, they do it behind the curtain of values and child welfare that the AFA happily provides to them… for a price.

As consumers and fans of good music, we are not powerless. Check out the Neu Tickles at: www.myspace.com/neutickles and voice your support.

The Neu Tickles are here. Fucking deal with it, America.

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