Motley Crew Banned From NBC

[DudeAsInCool]

NBC4.tv is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE will not appear on NBC again because of singer Vince Neil's use of an obscenity when wishing bandmate Tommy Lee a happy new year in the midst of performing"Girls, Girls Girls" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", Jeff Zucker, president of the NBC Universal Television Group told a meeting of theTelevision Critics Association Friday (Jan. 21).

The Federal Communications Commission received complaints about the New Year's Eve "Tonight" show and subsequently began a preliminary probe. But it's likely little will come of it.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=31850

[Wolfie]

With the way the FCC is going I should just turn off my TV cable. Why pay to watch this type of BS unfold. I get most of my film and TV viewing from other sources anyway.

[KiwiCoromandel]

not that i dig the crue that much...i think that vince neil carries on like an objectionable prick sometimes.........but as to the ghastly spectre of an almost total, fascist like censorship regime in the united states driven by the religious right...please tell me that it`s not happening in the way that it looks like its happening in your great country....it seems to me that a good dose of " regime change " is needed my american friends...... :(

Edited February 12, 2005 by kiwibank

[Redneck4sure]

....it seems to me that a good dose of " regime change " is needed my american friends...... :(

We had that 4 yrs ago. :bigsmile:

[DudeAsInCool]

but as to the ghastly spectre of an almost total, fascist like censorship regime in the united states driven by the religious right...please tell me that it`s not happening in the way that it looks like its happening in your great country

It isnt. The reigious intolerant right wing are raising a lot of sabres. You wont see any changes in what the recording industry or movie industry presents. TV is different because it feeds of a mass appeal general audience--but the cable companies are pushing things to the limit...

[DudeAsInCool]

In the history of rock star misdemeanours, it wasn't much of an offence.

"Happy fucking New Year, Tommy," said Vince Neil, the lead singer of glam-metal giants Motley Crue, as he congratulated the band's drummer on December 31 last year.

But the remark - broadcast live on TV - led to the group being banned from NBC. Now the rockers have launched a civil suit against the network for discrimination and violating their right to free speech.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,1227....html?gusrc=rss

[AnalogKid]

NBC = N othing B ut C rap

[moodyblue]

NBC = N othing B ut C rap

You got that right!!!