29 May 2005

MTV censors Nine Inch Nails in dispute over Bush image

I've been a fan of industrial rocker Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails for several years now, but here's even more reason to like them:

Nine Inch Nails has decided to cancel a scheduled performance at next week's 2005 MTV Movie Awards show because MTV execs were uncomfortable with the band's plans to use an image of George W. Bush as the backdrop.

[Read story.]

It's always good to see artists sticking to their principles instead of rolling over and selling out.

Note to MTV: Aren't freedom of speech and freedom of expression - hallmarks of the art world - still protected by our Constitution?

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