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@GryHen-pg9iy9 ай бұрын
Hopefully your doing better now buddy!
@griffisjm9 ай бұрын
Hey Tank! Quick question. Do you have any recommendations for a good Immigration attorney in Canada? My kid wants to go to play hockey but im a felon with a few drugs and wepons charges and a fee dui's. All before 2005, and all happened before I was 21, but I'd like to take him this summer. Anybody you have used in the past?
@Valaran19 ай бұрын
The Sabaton thing reminds me of American radio refusing to play Maiden in their early years, because The Number of the Beast was "Satanic." People don't bother (or care) to listen to the lyrics.
@evilemuempire95509 ай бұрын
Honestly I’d be more worried about Sabaton’s fans, there seems to be a higher percentage of tankies and wheraboos than average
@TERMINATOR101-b8j9 ай бұрын
Don't get me wrong, I love sabaton, but they kinda brought the tankies upon themselves with their multiple pro-soviet (not politically but just soviet union kicking ass songs) songs. Prime examples being defense of Moscow and panzerkampf. Both songs are anthems, and awesome ones at that.
@metallikat059 ай бұрын
Hell, the song “Stalingrad” was just telling the story. If it even had a side, it sounded more like a Russian perspective. Sabaton as Nazi sympathizers? Dumbest take I’ve ever heard…
@Valaran19 ай бұрын
@@metallikat05 sadly it's just easier for people to judge a book by it's cover.
@nyrmetros9 ай бұрын
???? Whaaaaaa?
@NPK4769 ай бұрын
I'm actually surprised Saudi Arabia invited Metallica to play this month. Really curious to see what the religious police will censor for lyrics and if they'll play a private concert for the royal family.
@greenmatrix30seven9 ай бұрын
Thats actually a very good point
@CoreDump4519 ай бұрын
I hope they're actually becoming more progressive; if SA becomes more progressive, it will ripple throughout the whole middle-east, as they have a huge influence on a lot of different Arabic-speaking counties. I am from Jordan, for example, and SA becoming more progressive would definitely positively influence Jordan a lot. Jordan had a very active underground metal scene, and also a techno/rave scene, but both have unfortunately died out almost entirely in the previous decade, as people have become much more conservative and more nosy.
@TankTheTech9 ай бұрын
@@CoreDump451 This is actually a really good point to bring up.
@MuscleCarLover9 ай бұрын
I at least know of private concerts being a thing for the mega wealthy, so I think it's possible that it's more an exemption for that purpose rather than a lifting of a ban that might be in place. After all, money can move mountains if you have enough of it
@MuscleCarLover9 ай бұрын
Of course, if they're becoming more progressive, that can only be a good thing
@peaches658359 ай бұрын
In my teens I wouldn't buy an album unless it has a Parental Advisory sticker. It was a pretty good indicator of interesting music.
@ErwinBlonk9 ай бұрын
That could include Frank Zappa's Jazz From Hell, an instrumental album. Not sure if he put it on it as a joke (he was very outspoken against any even remotely suggesting censorship) or the song title G-spot Tornado.
@galadballcrusher81827 ай бұрын
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads ....probably for 2 specific songs, well 3 if we include Curse of Millhaven : O'Malley's Bar....and certainly Stagger Lee
@MuscleCarLover9 ай бұрын
I'm Australian and I'm not at all surprised about stupid bans, we censor and ban a lot of media that we don't need to, mostly videogames though admittedly. For music, we tend to have the same parental advisory stamps you have in America. Hell, they might just be the exact same. Kinda strange that we ban things left and right when normal vocabulary typically consists of swearing, C bombs, F bombs and the like
@jamesschmidt60589 ай бұрын
it never happened in Australia, just some of the cover art was censored, the band never were.
@1320crusier9 ай бұрын
Aussie land is strangely authoritarian
@narcissus799 ай бұрын
And even when they're not banned from here, we have stupid ANTIFA types that cause venues to cancel bands like Marduk from touring here. Sometimes I really hate my own country.
@pauljh749 ай бұрын
If the ban was ended around 2006 - probably just newer people in charge of the department - their attitude was probably they're not going to be able to stop it with the internet and the local distributor finally wore them down.
@traviscue20998 ай бұрын
Australia has been HEAVY on censorship throughout the years. Australian TV always seems so unnatural, they don't speak how the average aussie speaks.
@vlpvlp58419 ай бұрын
To be fair, tons of bands (particularly death/black/thrash with anti-religious lyrics, satanic imagery etc.) would get ban/face legal issues in many areas of the world, it's more that managers know that and don't bother booking concerts there. Sometimes just the name of the band like Deicide could be enough to trigger blasphemy laws, I think.
@Krzysiek95219 ай бұрын
I'm not German, but I'm pretty sure the ban on LIFAD meant that the album couldn't be displayed anywhere a minor could come across it, so basically all stationary shops.
@arnodobler10969 ай бұрын
Yes, it was like DVDs videos, there was just an age restriction. Rammstein sued and was right.
@arnodobler10969 ай бұрын
@@jos1 who?
@HeavyMetalGamingHD9 ай бұрын
@@arnodobler1096nope it was not just an age restriction. An album being on the "Index" basically means banned, even though it's not illegal. You can't advertise it all. You can't sell it really except for under the counter and so on. It's way worse than a FSK or USK 18 rating.
@nikostraub59759 ай бұрын
Krzysiek, basically that's about it. You got the point
@gregggoss22109 ай бұрын
Rammstein was sort of banned from the US until 2010 back from the early 2000's. Something to do with the video for Ich Will.
@johanbatcron12068 ай бұрын
I have also met the members of Sabaton many times, and I completely agree. You can think what you want about Sabaton musically, but those guys are extremely hard-working and really nice people.
@ScrapDMX9 ай бұрын
I've heard of a dutch folkmetal band who were (are) not allowed into Denmark anymore, because they had real swords as stage props and thus violated a weapon restiction
@jokami10519 ай бұрын
Sounds pretty legit... that's just stupid upon the band part if you ask me...
@wesleywarsmith11139 ай бұрын
Viking bred country has a ban on swords? The world is so lame now.
@nachtelfirokese889 ай бұрын
@@wesleywarsmith1113 Lame or does it have to do something with Safety especially when it comes do Idiots that wants to play Knights agains Vikings and loosing some Limps!
@SahRuvaak9 ай бұрын
@@nachtelfirokese88 It is pretty lame especially when you consider 9/10 times a knife is far more dangerous and concealable than a sword
@nachtelfirokese889 ай бұрын
@@SahRuvaak Well everything over 12 cm you simply cant carry around in Denmark, without permission, so of course a fucking Sword isnt allowed to carry around in Public and if you have no permission you dont have any permission to do it! Especially if you travel to that Country but i have my doubt about the Banned Part!
@michaelhudson57419 ай бұрын
In Australia we once banned Manson but happily allowed R Kelly the very same year to tour
@Desteny69 ай бұрын
Short comment on the german Rammstein "ban": Aside from very specific cases that deal with things like nazi literature calling for mass killings of ethnical groups and so on (which obviously you're not allowed to distribute), we don't really have censorship in a straightup fashion. Instead we have a list of works on something roughly translated as "list of youth endangering media" that is restricted in two major ways: 1. It can only be bought by people age 18+. 2. You can't promote the things on the list in advertisment etc. Whats on this list changes a lot. On a censorship themed lecture at uni I met someone who is helping to decide whats on there and what not. It's always revisited after a certain amount of years and reevaluated, the best example for that being the splatter (or slasher? not quite sure on the category) movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" that was on said list until the 2000s and then they decided that the effects were not seen as realistic anymore and thus it was removed from the list. Rammsteins stuff was on this exact list, so while it was a big deal in media it mostly led to more attention for Rammstein.
@arnodobler10969 ай бұрын
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@ksenss25139 ай бұрын
Also the Rammstein members grew up in Eastern Germany, they were - in several different Bands - part of the underground punk scene, so being censored or "forbidden" feels like a badge of honour to them.
@Exodon20209 ай бұрын
10:23 It wasn't "Pu**y" but "Ich tu dir weh" which caused the album to be pulled off shelves. According to the Federal Ministry for Families back then led by a rather unimportant figure named Ursula von der Leyen (who now serves as the head of the EU Commission) that song propagates unhealthy forms of relationships to the youth, including but not limited to unconsentual BDSM, using rodents for stimulation and generally sexual practices which show very little concern for the wellbeing of your partner. For a time, the band was also banned from performing the song live and when they did (censoring the lines mentioned in the original ban) the ministry promptly banned the instrumental of the song as well. The band's legal counsel, having filed an objection to the ruling right away, used this to argue the band was unlawfully targeted - a notion later confirmed by a judge who not only lifted the ban but also forced the Ministry to surrender all files related to that decision. Turns out the ban was enacted at the personal wish of von der Leyen herself (probably because she caught one of her kids listening to it but that's not confirmed) and the Ministry forewent all due process and intermediate steps to escalate the issue right away which of course was absolutely unlawful. As far as I know, the German state had to compensate Rammstein royally for the loss in revenue. When I saw the band for the first time in May 2010, they were already back to performing "Ich tu dir weh" in its full glory. "Pu**y" only had its official video banned from TV broadcasts because it was literally porn. And they also stopped performing it live earlier this year for reasons you already discussed earlier.
@MGCrow-jc6ps9 ай бұрын
Actually, here in Belgium, doctors wanted to cancel Dying Fetus, since the poster of their concert was near a clinic where women having a miscarriage were treated and it was considered as too painful and confronting. On Cannibal Corpse: seen them in Germany last year, so I guess the ban is off.
@Fedorevsky9 ай бұрын
Yes he mentions that in the video, Cannibal Corpse is now only age restricted in Germany to people over the age of 18.
@symptomofsouls8 ай бұрын
@@Fedorevsky think they are still banned from playing anything from 1993 and before. It's odd
@Fedorevsky8 ай бұрын
that's nuts@@symptomofsouls
@codinghusky51968 ай бұрын
I mean people are idiots. Just remove the poster from that one place. This culture of entitlement in which nobody is allowed to have anything that bothers me personally is making me sick.
@brianpinion58449 ай бұрын
I gave Vanilla Ice A Lifetime ban from playing live at my home, not that he ever has or knows me but there is some things I don't wanna come home from and see and that's one of them
@NemanjaDrljaca9 ай бұрын
Most recently (in the past month) polish black metal band Batushka was met with severe criticism from Serbian orthodox church to the point where organizers had to cancel the show because they couldn't guarantee safety of the band and audience. There was this one monk that led the campaign and for some reason it was supported by all the media outlets in our country. Sad times indeed
@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb25679 ай бұрын
Do you think there will be any problems when Rammstein perform there in 2024?
@NemanjaDrljaca9 ай бұрын
@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 we'll just have to wait and see
@aleksandarradovanovic84969 ай бұрын
@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567no effing way there's gonna be a problem. Rammstein is too big and strong for that.
@aleksandarradovanovic84969 ай бұрын
Mene je toliko sramota toga za Baćušku, da nemam reči. Kako je bend uopste upao crkvi u oči? 😂
@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb25679 ай бұрын
@@aleksandarradovanovic8496I really hope there's no problems, I have never been to Serbia before but I am planning a trip next year for the Rammstein tour. Fingers crossed it all goes well 🤞
@mikeclark70029 ай бұрын
I was in Singapore and heading to a Watain gig when I heard they got banned from playing after flying in, setting up and about to soundcheck. Seemingly a local church pressurised the government and the show was pulled at the last minute via a police raid. I ended up hanging with and getting drunk with a local band and a BBC journalist who was meant to be covering the gig.
@thedrunkphilosopher31238 ай бұрын
Cannibal corpse albums were still available in Australia with full artwork inside the cd case, it was browned out though on the CD case. They certainly toured in that time though because I went to one of the concerts
@epicnan18559 ай бұрын
additional context for the Rammstein Germany thing: in Germany, there is The Index ("Index für Jugendgefährdende Medien" if i remember correctly) which disallows ads and public displays of media if it is deemed inappropriate for minors. This is specifically more intensely inappropriate stuff than ESRB ratings, as DOOM (1993 video game) was also on the index but other games rated 18+ weren't. It's really just extremely sexualized and or violent content that gets on there, and for a publisher it means that only people asking specifically for "the new Rammstein record" can buy it (which is a big deal).
@NJD19979 ай бұрын
The Christian deathcore band called The Famine had a performance get canceled at the house of blues in Orlando for having a song called “The South Will Rise Again” which is a reference to hell and not about the confederacy.
@TankTheTech9 ай бұрын
Hell yeah brother.
@medea279 ай бұрын
The article uses the word "banned" a bit disingenuously IMO.... there are significant differences between a visa being denied and an album having a restricted release, and neither of those are actually "bans." Led Zep wasn't banned... long hair on men _was_ banned in Singapore, which caused their entry visas to be denied. In the case of the Beatles, they were refused permission to tour because of safety & security concerns... and frankly, if you've ever seen footage of the crowds they attracted just getting off their plane on tour you wouldn't blame officials for thinking twice about it! Every country has it's own laws & visa rules and the US has some of the strictest, even now. So I think Loudwire have done these artists and these countries a disservice by oversimplifying these situations & lumping them under the "banned" term.
@JanneBernards9 ай бұрын
Loudwire is a pretty shitty outlet when it comes to actual journalism.
@iain20809 ай бұрын
When Behemoth played Ireland in 2019 Nergal praised Ireland as we had a vote to remove blasphemy from the law. Ironic because there's a big ass church right across the street from that venue. For Rammstein their song "Ich Tu Dir Weh" was also "indexed" so it was a banned song, they couldnt play it live and it couldnt be on the albums German release. Its since been lifted but on that tour back then they switched that song out for their German shows.
@poshiesymons6669 ай бұрын
I have a friend who had a drink driving ban in the uk and was denied entry in to the usa for a holiday !!!
@christophermerlot33669 ай бұрын
I still remember when they slapped the Parental Advisory sticker on Frank Zappa's 'Jazz from Hell' album. The album is completely instrument thus having zero lyrics at all.
@thirstyguy46529 ай бұрын
From memory I think Hawkwind used Lemmy being unable to enter Canada as their excuse for firing him
@EricMcLuen9 ай бұрын
I believe Gorgoroth was banned in Poland as well due to having real goat heads on stakes and naked people on crosses on stage. This can also be seen as a potential health hazard - as in I dont know if they got new heads each time or reused them.
@DrDipsh1t9 ай бұрын
I wonder if Nergal ever settled his "blasphemy" charges in Poland after they caught wind of his online merch shop having a crucifix dildo 😂
@wesleywarsmith11139 ай бұрын
@@GH0STST4RSCR34M No, it was Gorgoroth. It had to do with their show being close to the popes visit to Poland and the naked people on the cross . Belphegor didn't do that.
@VikingNewt9 ай бұрын
have worked for gorgoroth before and can confirm on the heads and naked crucified ladies. gets alot of attention every time.
@reubenk73319 ай бұрын
I certainly hear the issue with germs. Two kids at two different daycares, twice the germs! 😞 Thanks for another great video Tank!
@albumswithandy35618 ай бұрын
I'm a history buff and my nephew introduced me to Sabaton. They are awesome live, and their music and videos are very historical based and non-political. They also had a collection box for the USO of the US. Anyone who supports troops gets my thumbs up.
@timokampwerth19969 ай бұрын
Germany has several different types of Banns. So "Banned in Germany" usually doesn't mean you can't get something here. In Order of severity it's: -Displayban: An Item isn't allowed to be displayed or advertised in a shop but the shop is free to sell it to someone who's legally allowed to buy it (usually means 18+) -Saleban: An item isn't allowed to be displayed, advertised or sold, but can still be imported into the country by someone legally allowed to own it (again, usually 18+) -Complete Ban: Displaying, advertising, selling or owning the item is prohibited. 80-90% of all bans fall into the Displayban category. Those tend to mostly be for visual reasons. for example: Musicshops don't have an 18+ section, so kids can walk around the place. If coverart is too disturbing or distinctly 18+, it tends to get Displaybanned. Same goes for movies, Videogames, etc. Things like P0rn and Tobacco, which have an exclusive 18+ audience, tend to get their own regulations. only extremely few things fall into the complete ban. It's usually things like heavy Nazi propaganda, Hatespeech, etc.
@IvanTKlasnic9 ай бұрын
Die Ärzte at one point in time had like 10 songs banned and pretty much all their 80s records. They include songs about a monster from below the bed brutally mutilating a small child, called lullaby, a song about a women fucking a dog, horse and then a whale, the German chancellor beating his wife and most famously a song about incest. That song is still banned to this day and can not performed legally live. They play it instrumentally on very rare occasions with the crowd singing back the lyrics to it. This song also got the singer thrown out of his parents house at age 15, later he dedicated it to his older step sister, who introduced him to punk music. Reportedly she found that all hilarious, different to his parents. This whole situation made them into one of the biggest German Bands while at the same time almost bankrupting them, leading to their first hiatus. They are also a big reason why this isn't such a bad problem anymore, they almost only regulate stuff like Nazi glorification etc. nowadays. Also it counts as a stamp of approval among rappers to get a song banned.
@VolBeat2412.9 ай бұрын
Obviously I wasn't born yet at that time but I remember watching something about the band Iron Maiden , they were supposed to come here for the first time in the year 1992 but the religious institutions thought they were satanic and they could have a bad impact on young people, so they didn't let them to enter the country. The band had to postpone their show until 1996.
@NekoArts9 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly, the Beatles were banned in Japan at some point as well (over drugs). I know Paul has been there in recent years though so I guess they eventually dropped the ban.
@Animaniac-vd5st9 ай бұрын
The first albums from Cannibal corpse are not banned/illegal in Germany but "indiziert". That means that they can be owned and even sold but NOT advertised in any way. Listing them in your webshop or putting them in your physical shop is seen as advertised, but you can still sell the albums if the customer explicitely asks for them. There is a loooong list of music that was blacklisted that way over the past decades. "Butchered at Birth" is really illegal in Germany though (probably because of the cover)
@themightyironoak9 ай бұрын
Awesome that you have a vinyl of Interludium by Powerwolf in the background, it's a great album. PowerWolf is one of my favorites, saw them on their first tour in the US.
@shortlivedglory33149 ай бұрын
This video has inspired me to stop doing so many crimes. Thanks, Tank!
@brunobastos55339 ай бұрын
Some times bans can be more beneficial than armful , the movie Life of Brian was banned in Norway , when released in Sweden they use it as " a movie so funny it was banned in Norway "
@jacobfischer83859 ай бұрын
To be fair, if you read the federalist papers the separation of church and state was to avoid the state on infringing on religion, not so that politicians can't be guided by religious principles. Obviously over the years it has morphed into that the two are meant to be separate entities with no overlap.
@Theiscariotsin8 ай бұрын
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess but I wouldn’t go to a roadie for political/theological advice lol
@symptomofsouls8 ай бұрын
I was told that it prevented the government from making an official state religion. Ex: England has the Church of England, Canada has the Church of Canada, but there is no Church of the USA. This is why
@madjock-ig5bv9 ай бұрын
You should check out the list of songs that have been banned through the years by the BBC. Some of the reasons are hilarious. Artists from Dylan and Stones to Tom Lehrer (about 10 of his songs were banned at points) and to The Prodigy and Frankie Goes To Holywood (the fun part is they banned "Relax" due to sexual contact but at the same time played Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" which has sex and drug references throughout as a classic single, it seems the Beeb didn't notice😂). My favourite ban was Kinks "Lola". Not for being about a trans woman but due to them mentioning "coca-cola" a brand name😂. Yes really! At one point the song "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard Of Oz was banned as folks were buying the song to celebrate the demise of Thatcher (one time Tory MP and for many a figure of hate). As I said the list is really interesting and quite funny looking back through the years ("My Ding A Ling" being seen as so damn rude). It also shows the BBC for being a bit thick when it comes to censorship!
@sirspookybones11189 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure the Coca-Cola ban was so the BBC didn't have to pay any royalties or something like not implying product bias
@madjock-ig5bv9 ай бұрын
@@sirspookybones1118 they have (supposedly) a remit for not advertising and not doing product placement. They break it a lot! When the Kinks changed it to "Cherry Cola" they played it.
@HH-hd7nd9 ай бұрын
14:45 The USA is supposed to have religious freedom, but that is not really true. The country is known for its christian fundamentalism. Swearing on the bible in court or at inaugurations is also not exactly a sign of religious freedom. Not to mention the part of the USA that is known as the Bible Belt. Other religions are at best tolerated in the USA, at worst they are attacked.
@scottgudal9459 ай бұрын
The swearing on a bible is not mandatory. It is not required for holding office either. Several litigations have occurred stating that this act violates the Establishment Clause.
@arnodobler10969 ай бұрын
Pledge of Allegiance 🤔
@scottgudal9459 ай бұрын
@@arnodobler1096 sadly...yes.
@JoinMeInDeathBaby9 ай бұрын
Religious freedoms =/= millitant atheism. If the US does not have them nobody does.
@akbarroosevelt22469 ай бұрын
Usually if a band or their members are not let into Canada it's because they have a dui. Canada border patrol Doesnt mess around with that but ,in the States you guys drink and drive like it's a regular Tuesday
@user-do2ev2hr7h9 ай бұрын
Canada is actually really tight on a lot of entry requirements.
@johnanastas59229 ай бұрын
Well it’s a victimless crime Canada needs to chill the fuck out
@alexanderpreuss07019 ай бұрын
Great video, love this kind of insight you bring! Also, I don't watch all your videos but you seem to call out these clickbait article headlines, which is nice to see :)
@davidwright38279 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that they didn't mention when Lamb of God's lead singer got detained in Czech Republic for a Man Slaughter charge, (someone died hours after their show from a stage diving mishap)
@chondrinenigma9 ай бұрын
I don't believe LOG ever got banned as a result of that, though.
@TankTheTech9 ай бұрын
@@chondrinenigma Exactly.
@davidwright38279 ай бұрын
@@chondrinenigma that makes sense. That's crazy they did that too him, then still allowed them to play in that country.
@jogiwa20028 ай бұрын
Good to see when someone understands Sabaton, im sick of being called a "Sabanazi" because i like them.
@flapjack4138 ай бұрын
Damn, thanks for sharing this. I otherwise wouldn't have had any idea that I can't get into Canada. I got a DUI back in 2013, and haven't drank for the past 10 years. Kinda sucks that it'd keep me from going places, but whatever. I've got no reason to go to Canada at least for the next two years anyway, lol.
@AndreSomers9 ай бұрын
If the US is supposed to have a separation of church and state, then I wonder why there is that "One nation, under God" phrase in the pledge of allegiance? Or why there was ever debate or conspiracy about if Obama may be a muslim. If there truly was such a separation, it would not be a topic at all.
@jamesrogers51849 ай бұрын
Because it was written in 1892 back when religion was a big deal in America. Under god was added in 1954 to fight back against the commies. People had issue with Kennedy being a Catholic. People make claims about politicians all the time.
@eprohoda9 ай бұрын
what a good , Tankthetech!
@Jamer7679 ай бұрын
He’s a good god!
@slugger7779 ай бұрын
Soo happy about the Letter Kenny "To be fair!"
@timothyhoffman34708 ай бұрын
Glad I am an Instrumentalist Musician! Staying in the recording mode all the time~ Just to hang out pumping out the Jams!
@ethangibbons10859 ай бұрын
Sunami recently were blocked from playing in Malaysia because thwy have lyrics that are anti cop
@grungiy89099 ай бұрын
I saw Cannibal Corpse this year in Germany 😂
@maxgehtdnixan49139 ай бұрын
The censors eventually gave up and refocused primarily on political content.
@Martin_Koepl9 ай бұрын
@@maxgehtdnixan4913 Their first three records still are not that easy to get your hands on in Germany and playing songs from it live, a tricky thing. And they still ban bands because of the same reasons in Germany than the did in the past.
@maxgehtdnixan49139 ай бұрын
@@Martin_Koepl That's mostly because they're old. We all owned them back in the day. Same as Claudia and her German Shepherd, Quake, Wolfenstein,etc.. Censoring something pretty much made sure everyone had it. But you'll have difficulties getting any band's back catalogue unless they're literal evergreens like Sabbath or Maiden. That's just how it is.
@Maxiamaru9 ай бұрын
I think it was As I Lay Dying, when they came to Canada one year they threw a hissy fit on stage because their bassist couldn't enter the country because he had a DUI, so they had to get one of the other bassists on the tour to sub
@digitaldogs2339 ай бұрын
Ive just realised what a mega beard Tank has lol, thats some beard dedication right there ✌️👍🏻😁
@Paducahrus9 ай бұрын
I remember reading (about a billion years ago) that Motley Crue was once denied entry to Canada because they had pornographic materials in their possession and didn't make it through customs. This would have been "Circus" or "Hit Parader".
@Bork_In_Volcanic9 ай бұрын
Cannibal Corpse toured Germany just this April (2023). 😅
@Ekan1019 ай бұрын
YO BRO! Orbit released a new Ep, TODAY!!!! AND a music video to the best song on the EP!🤩🤩🤩
@bager19829 ай бұрын
The benefit of being a dad, you get all the child germs all over again :D love your show!
@epiendless11289 ай бұрын
"There are only two things a child will share willingly-communicable diseases and his mother's age." - Benjamin Spock.
@psychodboy15119 ай бұрын
Wait how is GWAR not banned somewhere?
@TankTheTech9 ай бұрын
I've read that GWAR has had temporary bans for concerts in some areas, including their home state of North Carolina. I'm actually curious why they weren't added on this list cause it's a funny story.
@psychodboy15119 ай бұрын
@TankTheTech I'm assuming that's the cuttlefish of cthulhu being locked in some evidence locker because they never got it back after Brockie got arrested.
@diabeticmonkey9 ай бұрын
@@TankTheTechThey’re from Richmond, Virginia, not North Carolina. Same place as Lamb of God.
@BendingBallistics9 ай бұрын
Tank would you do a video on your top 10 tours youve managed or worked on?
@kf8779 ай бұрын
WWE has to deal with this too. Uso brothers aren't allowed in Canada without a waiver.
@Gavrev9 ай бұрын
Curious insights.. get well soon man!
@Faceless3791plays8 ай бұрын
Our merch manager in Europe was from Belarus and wasn’t allowed into the UK because they’re allied with Russia. It was wild.
@irynat.1528 ай бұрын
Behemoth 2014 supposed to be my first metal gig in Minsk but the show was cancelled even though Belarus is a separate country and there are no religious activists here. My first show was Sabaton in 2015, as far as I remember they had zero problems back then, I am quite surprised they had some issues ten years ago.
@Jamer7679 ай бұрын
Thank you for calling out Behemoth and I’m an atheist
@bringmeblueskies9 ай бұрын
Cliff Richard as plenty of criminal records
@robertwalley66928 ай бұрын
You have made a mistake on the separation of Church and state, it is not in the constitution or in any way a law. The state can not make laws based on a form of religion that is it.
@Eazyrun7 ай бұрын
Funfact about Rammstein's "Liebe ist für alle da" album: Since the album wasn't allowed to be promoted publicly, mainly to an audience below the age of 18, Rammstein uploaded their music videos and songs to Pornhub. It was THE promotion gag, ironically lmao
@valis9920009 ай бұрын
Yeah, it can be crazy in any business to go to some countries. I used to drive over the road, try getting in to Canada with any type of criminal record, no matter how old or how minor. Yeah as a tourist you would be fine, but I knew guys that had juvenile records that had been sealed and long forgotten in the USA and Canada would be able to see it and would not allow them in to drive in to the country.
@Y0sh1no5am9 ай бұрын
Its like bagpipes are banned from Scottland coz scottish armies used bagpipes during war or something and they dont want that reminded so they banned Bagpipes which is weird to say we always think of Scottland when we hear Bagpipes. Not only that did u know Bagpipes was originally made in Sweden by vikings. they were made out of Birch woods which Vikings would use when they sailed and plundered and it got to Scottland when Vikings started plundered them so they might see Bagpipes as viking instrument that reminded them when the dark days of swedish pagans that plundered their home.
@michaelgallegos88119 ай бұрын
Hey Tank get well soon bro,,I appreciate the video 📹 🤘🎸😈
@Pesthauch6669 ай бұрын
I saw Cannibal Corpse live (in germany) when their album "Vile" just came out (in 1996 which I guess might even have been my first live concert) and they were the headliners and played with Impaled Nazarene (the band I was most interested to see live), Asphyx, Grave, Immolation and Rotting Christ. Since many of their songs were indeed banned (even their band name on the ticket featured a nice stamp with the words "verboten" on top) and couldn't even played live they chose to just perform kinda incognito using that current album title as band name and just played all their songs (even the banned ones) just without announcing the titles, since the authorities couldn't distinguish one song from another anyway.
@2leggedpirate2659 ай бұрын
i saw that tour in my country. here was cannibal corpse, immolation, impaled nazarene, vader and dark tranquility. my second show ever 😊😊
@centaur9009 ай бұрын
UPDATE on Russia. Songs of Cannibal Corpse are still technically banned because of cruelty towards animals and humans, but they are still available on russian legal music streaming services. Sabaton wasn't banned at all. In 2014 some cheap ass man decided that their song "Ghost Division" is glorifying nazi soldiers, and asked to ban them from entering country. But nothing happened and Sabaton had many concerts in Russia after this. Bloodhound Gang was banned in 2013 for 5 years, so now they are free to visit their fans :)
@sarahlee66418 ай бұрын
Thought Sabaton was able to pull a Russia gig before virus, due to going down a video hole.
@chupasaurus8 ай бұрын
@@sarahlee6641 Not a gig, they had a 17 gigs tour through entire country East to West and got the quarantine right in the middle of it. On that 2013 thing, it was a clout generated by some politicians which pressured the organizers to cancel the gig, but there was no official ban and the band had no problems in Russia since.
@rockerchik83188 ай бұрын
Eminem almost got banned from playing a show in Toronto, Canada with Limp Bizkit. I was in high school & at this show. Some female politican tried to get Eminem banned from entering the city cause of his lyrics in his songs about women. So that nite at the show. Eminem got the loudest reaction & mentioned the lady politican was booed the loudest. It was an awesome show. I dont think the Rolling Stones have ever been banned in Canada except that one issue with the Prime Minister's wife.
@StormmyD9 ай бұрын
Cannable Corpse has played shows here is Aus but yes, the art work has a slipcase cover over it so ita not shown until you buy it and open it
@verihimthered24188 ай бұрын
I've seen a lot of powerwolf songs being restricted.
@rebekahcarter81208 ай бұрын
It's so hilarious that The Beatles were considered so controversial back then. I agree- they seem so mild to me.
@Sd12sx238 ай бұрын
I believe the beatles were also unable to play in germany for awhile due to paul incurring arson charges during their early days in hamburg.
@TF_NowWithExtraCharacters9 ай бұрын
I'm in my 30s and I'm from Singapore.... I remember that "no long hair" rule blocking Kitaro back in the 90s, of all people. Fellow plays uplifting stuff and his most famous works are used for elevator music. Even when I was a kid I thought that rule was dumb.
@emersonribeiro66649 ай бұрын
great Tank The Tech,what these countries do to metal bands is called sensitivity and prejudice ,I live in Brazil and here too , the media and the already bankrupt religious system carry out massive propaganda against this musical genre !
@TringmotionCoUk8 ай бұрын
There's a lot of tenuous stuff here, but the top gear trio had visa restrictions placed on them after one of their specials in the USA, and they literally had to run for their lives (allegedly) from Argentina
@RannonSi9 ай бұрын
The only bad thing(s) I know about Sabaton is that they played for the *Night Wolves* (Pro Putin biker) gang in Russia occupied Crimea. And then being unable/unwilling to understand why they were criticized and why their invitation to play at the Royal Guard’s 500th anniversary was rescinded. I lost quite a bit of respect for the band because of that.
@nevertrustbob12919 ай бұрын
When have they been unwilling to understand they've come out multiple times since that show about it.
@JBobjork9 ай бұрын
@@nevertrustbob1291 I think the problem is Per, he always sound very Pro-Russian which I believe is what causes the problems.
@deltabravo13619 ай бұрын
Paladin's bass player was stopped coming into Canada ( reason unknown) , rest of the band played the Toronto show and killed it none the less.
@HeavyMetalGamingHD9 ай бұрын
I just wanna mention, that evil jared is a legend in Germany. He permanently moved to Germany, after Goerge W Bush was elected president and since then he appeared countless times on German TV. He even had his own show on German TV. The funny thing is, that his German is still really bad, but I think that is also just part of his character.
@bullrage749 ай бұрын
In the rap world, Tyler, the Creator was banned from entering the UK in his earlier years for his extremely dark lyrical content
@TankTheTech9 ай бұрын
Banned from the entire UK just for lyrical content?!
@bullrage749 ай бұрын
@@TankTheTech yeah, alongside Australia and New Zealand for lyrics that incited violence and r*pe culture.
@Dimebag_Darrell4209 ай бұрын
Not saying him specifically but a lot of drill rap actually promotes and glorifies gang violence, literally most of the songs are talking about how cool the rapper is for stabbing/shooting someone to death
@bullrage749 ай бұрын
@@Dimebag_Darrell420 Tyler was extremely graphic in his lyrical content though. He would basically tell gruesome horror stories in his songs.
@piningbuck8 ай бұрын
They banned him because he sucks
@JoshuaLenerville9 ай бұрын
I thought Sabaton was touring Russia in 2020 when Covid first started?
@nevertrustbob12919 ай бұрын
They got unbanned after 2012 I believe but considering how they've condemned the war in Ukraine I don't see them playing in Russia ever again. This is a shame because the band has a huge following from Russian Metal heads. But this is why tyrants ruin everything.
@MrMinimoska9 ай бұрын
Sabaton also banned in Ukraine, for playing in crimea, which is occupied territory by ruzzia
@JBobjork9 ай бұрын
And also cancelled in Sweden and got awards taken away because of the same exact reason.
@JoeyRam.8 ай бұрын
Believe that the separation of church and state is real or even was, is like give the benefit of doubt to Superman's existence. They have always been like a married couple where each one lives in different houses.
@bobsatan699 ай бұрын
I heard that at one time Behemoth was actually banned from performing in their home country of Poland.
@VollPsycholord9 ай бұрын
German censor is sometimes really bad for bands. In germany we have two lists on stuff that is banned called "The Index". List A and list B. Stuff that the "testing center for media harmful to minors" thinks is harmful gets on List A. That is not that bad. It just gets a 18 symbol slapped at it and now you can only buy it when you are 18. However if the testing center wont approve of something it gets on List B. Everything on there gets a absolute ban on distribution. Which means: No selling, no streaming, no performing. (Performing only after midnight and when age was checked on every visitor before) German black/dark metal band Eisregen had a really bad time with this since after the testing center found out about their work basically 80% or their discography was banned. So they could not sell or perform most of their songs.
@FreshCoatKustoms8 ай бұрын
Corpse is not banned in Germany. I have seen them live several times
@markhusseymh19 ай бұрын
Another bad place to pick up bugs is care homes i got new version of COVID and it's knocked hell out of me...
@wolfgangengel48358 ай бұрын
No, Rammstein has never been banned in germany. But it's right. You weren't able to find the album "Liebe ist für alle da" for some weeks in german stores. I think they put a version of that album without the song "Ich tuh dir weh" in stores, because it was particularly that song that caused the problem, because of its graphic description of BDSM practice. I remember that very well. It was the former family minister Ursula von der Leyen (currently president of the EU) who caused this. Other than that, there were a couple of Rammstein videos that were banned or simply not played on Music Television. Some were heavily censored. That's all.
@Exera808 ай бұрын
Australia is pretty weird about ratings nad banning of anything really.
@imtiredsomuch8 ай бұрын
The Cannibal Corpse's ban in Russia is even more tricky than how Loudwire describes it. The ban applies only to performing of Cannibal Corpse's songs so the band cannot perform in the country and also street musicians can face consequences if they try to cover the songs. Some popular russian e-commerce markets still sell the CDs and vinyl, either leftovers from 2021 or brought by parallel import (which is pretty legal now in Russia) Come to think of it, the Cannibal Corpse ban, the Behemoth ban, the Bloodhound Gang ban have political reasons, because since 2012 the government has been supporting religious groups that constantly bring lots of problems to the russian metal community.
@RaccKing219 ай бұрын
If you wanna see some funny media ban shennanigans, look up the German version of the game Command & Conquer: Generals. The game is pretty much just "the war on terror but ridiculous," (the 2002 humor didn't really age too well) so there is quite a bit of violence and even suicide bombers. Germany would've banned the game, but the geniuses over at EA studios (RIP Westwood) decided to just change every character into a cyborg. So in the German version, every character and unit portrait that isn't a machine or vehicle has their face tinted blue and some straight lines scribbled on to make them look like robots. It looks incredibly stupid, but it also fits the incredibly stupid nature of the game. They also change the suicide bomber guy into an explosive barrel on 4 tiny wheels, which made it almost adorable.
@Mr_jz_129 ай бұрын
Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet. Just got home from seeing slaughter to prevail etc at a festival in australia so super tired. It just reminded me Alex was saying a week or so ago their sideshows had venues in Australia bail on them due to some of his recent comments.
@matthewconner78008 ай бұрын
“Sabaton are Nazi sympathizers” Me: “have a listen to this.” *Plays “Rise of Evil”* It’s right there in the title. They make no effort to hide their distaste for the Nazi party or the abominable crimes against humanity that they carried out.
@stevenstrouse62489 ай бұрын
Did I miss Marilyn Manson or he was not listed? Crazy to think he wasn't banned from somewhere back in the 90's/2000's with everything he was doing. 😂
@Yosser709 ай бұрын
They definitely tried to ban him in Italy, when he used to go on stage dressed as the pope 😂 Don’t remember if they actually banned him though.
@acheleg8 ай бұрын
Manson was "banned" from tulsa- but only because the most suitable venue for the nin/manson tour was owned by oral roberts university. Im sure there were other cties similar
@marzinjedi64379 ай бұрын
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@joshuagarcia66969 ай бұрын
How isnt marilyn manson on that list, that dude was banned in alot of places lol
@Tigermaster19869 ай бұрын
I often see morons on sites like Reddit claiming that Sabaton are Nazi supporters and I honestly don't understand it. If they were Nazi supporters, would they write a song like "The Final Solution", dammit?
@centaur9009 ай бұрын
Same kind of morons tried to ban Sabaton in Russia. But luckly they got nothing. Sabaton wasn't banned at all and gave many concerts until covid and Ukraine war
@wilfulbuckle139 ай бұрын
How is stoking the fires and taking away human rights equal?