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mr. Schneider thank you for me good here I don't know if it's morning or afternoon I'll say both good morning and good afternoon my name is Dee Snider that's SN IDE R I have been asked to come here to present my views on quote the subject of the content of certain sound recordings and suggestions that recording packages be labeled to provide a warning to prospective purchasers of sexually explicit or other potentially offensive content unquote before I get into that I'd like to tell the committee a little bit about myself I'm 30 years old I'm married I have a three-year-old son I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles believe it or not I do not drink I do not smoke and I do not do drugs I do play in and write the songs for a rock and roll band named Twisted Sister that is classified as heavy metal and I pride myself on writing songs that are consistent with my above-mentioned beliefs there are many facets to this complex issue and time does not permit me to address all of them however my feelings are expressed for the most part by the August 8th 1985 letter to the parents music Resource Center from mr. Stanley Gordy cough president of the Recording Industry Association of America this letter was a formal response to the p.m. RCS petition of the RIAA the only part of this document I do not support is mr. Gordy Cobbs unnecessary and unfortunate decision to agree to a so called generic label on some selected records in my opinion they should be retracted since I seem to be the only person addressing this committee today who has been a direct target of accusations from the presumably responsible PMRC I would like to use this occasion to speak on a more personal note and show just how unfair the whole concept of lyrical interpretation and judgement can be and how many times this can amount to little more than character assassination I have taken the liberty of distributing to you material and lyrics pertaining to these accusations there were three attacks in particular which I would like to address accusation number one this attack was contained in an article written by tipper gore which was given the form of a full-page in my hometown newspaper on Long Island in this article MS gore claimed that one of my songs under the blade had lyrics encouraging sadomasochism bondage and rape the lyrics she quoted have absolutely nothing to do with these topics on the contrary the words in question are about surgery and the fear that it instills in people furthermore the reader of this article is led to believe that the three lines she quotes go together in the song when as you can see from reading the lyrics the first two line she cites are an edited phrase from the second verse and the third...