Big Blacks first release for Touch & Go was 1987s infamous Headache EP; an early limited-edition release of the record featured an appalling photo of the victim of an auto accident victim whose head had been split in two (an opaque black-plastic outer bag protected the sensibilities of those...
This song is about the aftermath of a rape when a person has begun to heal. The lyrics “No more monsters, I can breathe again” are especially relatable to those who’ve suffered trauma. Another set of powerful lyrics are “you brought the flames and you put me through hell, I had ...
Young Nudywas the victim of the biggest heist, with 172 songs from the East Atlanta rapper appearing in the file. Sahbabii had the second most songs with 41. It is unclear how the hefty leak was obtained, but considering the amount of songs, it appears they were all procured at the s...
"lateStone Temple Pilotsvocalist Scott Weiland sings."I know you like what's on my mind."But he explained that the song is about rape, and it reportedly was written after a woman he was dating was raped by three men. In the lyrics, it also sounds like the antagonist is victim-blaming...
According to the Department of Justice, two-thirds of sexual assault cases go unreported, and for every 1,000 incidents of rape, only 13 cases will ever be prosecuted. And in those few instances, it’s often not the actions of the perpetrator that are put on trial, but the victim’s ...
“Rape, murder, it’s just a shot away.” The song surfaced days after Meredith Hunter’s murder at the Altamont music festival. “That’s a kind of end-of-the-world song, really,” Mick Jagger said in 1995. “It’s apocalypse.” Richards later said that his guitar fell apart on ...
Where rage defined the punk end of the ’90s sexual-assault songs canon, Amos and subsequent mid-’90s artists like Fiona Apple, whose rape at 12 became part of her early narrative, had a victim narrative foisted on them by the press. Going through magazine and newspaper interviews with ...
A-list players like Chris Thile and a tune derived from "The Wayfaring Stranger," everything about "Little Sparrow" is pretty much perfect. And even when Parton proclaims herself the victim of a "cold, false-hearted lover," the tremble in her voice gives her away...
It was hard to take away any other message than that these two had been unfairly canceled — or, at the least, “Let he who has not been accused of rape or fostering hatred against gay people cast the first stone.” Manson doesn’t have much to do besides sing along on the chorus,...