Which bands were banned in the USSR? - KGB Files

Support our channel: The communists were convinced that music, fashion, films, and, in general, the entire mass culture and counterculture from the West were weapons of the Cold War - no less dangerous than bombs. I will tell you which bands and singers were forbidden and how that forbiddance was explained. 00:18 Western culture as a “weapon“ of the Cold War 01:49 “We recommend that you prohibit the playing and demonstration“ 02:43 AC/DC 03:16 Van Halen 03:42 Village People 04:35 KISS 05:48 Pink Floyd. “Brezhnev took Afghanistan“. 06:55 Tina Turner 07:42 Dschinghis Khan. “Moscow-Moscow - We will throw bombs, We will dance on the ruins of the Kremlin!” 09:43 Depeche Mode 09:47 Michael Jackson 10:12 Julio Iglesias 10:47 Through the Iron Curtain 12:22 Madonna 13:50 Led Zeppelin 14:47 Perestroika. Scorpions, Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne in the USSR Written and hosted by Eduard An