Appeal of Pet's lyrics wasn't quite Universal (Austin American-Statesman)

Published on: Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:51 GMT

It's been more than 35 years since comedian George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" performance in Milwaukee famously upheld freedom of speech rights, and still Nashville punks Be Your Own Pet can't get lyrics like "Eating pizza is really great/So is destroying everything you hate!" past the suits at Universal because they're ? get this ? too violent. More »