These 55 Bands Were Banned From A Catholic University’s Metal Station
For anyone who’s ever lived or promoted music in the New York City area, WSOU is a mainstay of the local metal scene. The student-run station of Seton Hall University, SOU plays everything from gospel to sports coverage, but is best known for its shows featuring extreme metal, punk rock, emo, and all the other genres of music that no other station would touch. But whether or not they play metal, Seton Hall is still a Roman Catholic university, and WSOU has to censor themselves accordingly — which would explain this bizarre list of 55 bands banned from their station. Looking at this recently-unearthed list, one has to wonder what niche label’s press release WSOU received before writing this up. There are bands on here that no metal fan is calling in demanding ...
