When you release an album with songs titled �Drug Dealing God�, �The Bible is Bulls****� and �Jesus Christ Homosexual� you are bound to spark controversy. Such is the case for Orange County�s political rap-core group Corporate Avenger. The groups latest album �Freedom is a State of Mind� hit store shelved last week but was already knee deep in controversy.
According to Koch Records, the groups label, the band has been receiving �threats and angry correspondence," according to a press release, "it now seems the liberal media won�t even stand behind the artists.�
Koch Records revealed last week that � MTV, Comedy Central and E! have all refused to air the Corporate Avenger TV spot in top markets such as Chicago and Phoenix due to the words �THE BIBLE IS BULLs****� in succession. The majority of stations will only run the Corporate Avenger spot after 10PM.�
Below are additional excerpts from the Koch Records statement:
�Corporate Avenger have backed up their lyrics and songs� focus from the beginning. In a recent interview, band member The Wind stated, �when Christian people see things like �the bible is bulls****�, they immediately think it represents an absence of values... actually it�s the opposite of what it means to us. We believe that the bible should be held to the same standards as other works of art and literature. Many of the groups who protest the performance and sale of music and film due to content, read and sell the bible to children when it contains the very same content.��
Corporate Avenger see their album Freedom
Is A State Of Mind as a direct response to a recent �Newsweek� cover-story
that took an in-depth look into Christian music and the tens of millions
of young people that support it. The meaning behind Corporate Avenger�s
music is actually the antithesis of negativity towards religion, ethics
and morals. �
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