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Journal Article
Satan, Subliminals, and Suicide: The Formation and Development of an Antirock Discourse in the United States during the 1980s
2018
Overview
After briefly outlining some of the religious, political, and sociocultural conditions that helped the antirock movement flourish in the 1980s, Brackett discusses the background and content of one of the earliest reports linking popular music with Satanism: Assembly Bill 3741, a bill proposed before the California legislature in 1982. AB 3741 sought for the inclusion of warning labels on commercial recordings that purportedly contained backward messages that glorified Satanism and the occult. Drawing upon documents and testimony related to AB 3741, he describes how supporters of the bill exploited contemporary fears regarding Satanism and behavioral modification by characterizing backward (or \"backmasked\") messages as a form of subliminal stimulation. Supporters of the bill argued that backward messages qua subliminal messages could be deciphered by the subconscious mind and, through repeated exposure, had the ability to modify the behavior and beliefs of unsuspecting listeners.
