Judas Priest

(3:50 PM) Ron: how much have you read about the Judas Priest suicide trial?
(3:50 PM) Kevin: Very little
(3:50 PM) Kevin: I read about that Negativland shit though
(3:51 PM) Ron: you mean the fair use stuff? The letter U and the numeral 2?
(3:51 PM) Kevin: Naw
(3:53 PM) Kevin: A number of releases followed in the early 1980s, but it wasn't until after the release of their breakthrough sample and cut-up sonic barrage Escape from Noise in 1987 that Negativland gained wider attention. Vinyl copies of the album came with "CAR BOMB" bumper stickers, in reference to the album's song "Car Bomb".

Following the somewhat unexpected success of this album, Negativland faced the prospect of going on a money-losing tour. To prevent this, they put together a phony press release. It claimed that the acts of an axe murderer named David Brom had actually been incited by their song "Christianity Is Stupid." The song contained samples deriding Christianity taken from the pro-Christianity film, If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?.

The story ran on TV news shows, newspapers, and magazines, with little to no fact-checking.[citation needed] Soon the world was informed of the "Killer Song" that caused a kid to murder his parents with an ax.

The scandal became the foundation for their next release, Helter Stupid, which featured a cover photo of TV news "journalist" Hal Eisner intoning the ax murder story, with the news station's caption "Killer Song" above his head, and a photo of the ax murderer.
(3:55 PM) Ron: hehe
(3:56 PM) Ron: I guess I have heard that
(3:56 PM) Ron: there was a double suicide related to listening to Stained Class
(3:56 PM) Ron: it is a really weird story
(3:57 PM) Ron: basically one of the dudes bought the other guy the album
(3:57 PM) Ron: and they listened to it for like 24 hours
(3:57 PM) Ron: drank a lot, smoked a lot of pot and then decided to kill themselves
(3:57 PM) Kevin: I remember when we did that shit
(3:58 PM) Ron: they brought a shotgun out to a field, one of them managed to kill himself and
the other turned his head at the last minute and shot off his jaw
(3:58 PM) Ron: but lived
(3:58 PM) Kevin: intense
(3:58 PM) Ron: yeah - seriously messed up
(3:58 PM) Ron: sad stuff
(3:58 PM) Ron: anyway - the parents sued CBS
(3:58 PM) Ron: and there was a big trial
(4:03 PM) Kevin: I wonder if there are pictures of the dude missing a jaw
(4:03 PM) Ron: you do NOT want to see that