Heavy Metal on Trial | 107

Published: Aug. 23, 2023, midnight

On this episode of History of the 90s host Kathy Kenzora looks back at an unprecedented legal battle that put heavy metal on trial in the summer of 1990.\nBritish heavy metal icons Judas Priest spent three weeks in a Nevada courtroom defending their music after they were accused of experimenting with subliminal messages that caused two young men to form a suicide pack.\nGUEST INFO:\nDavid Van Taylor is an Emmy nominated Showrunner/Director who creates non-fiction television and audio content.\nHis 1992 film about the Judas Priest lawsuit is called Dream Deceivers and is available on Apple TV, Ovid.tv and Amazon (DVD)\nShow contact info: \nTwitter: @1990shistory\nFacebook: @1990shistory\nInstagram: @that90spodcast \nEmail: 90s@curiouscast.ca\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices