Misguided Government Censorship of MusicCertainly, there are artists in the music business who, as Tipper Gore says in "Curbing the Sexploitation Industry," want to send the message that “sadomasochism is the very essence of government censorship of music.” sex" so they can make a not-so-honest dollar. As Charlene Choy says in "Romantic Rot," some performers will scream about anything, including "suicide, sadism, incest and bestiality", if that allows them to stand out and make a bigger profit than another musician. Yet Gore and Choy lack the essence of modern rock. To explain which aspect of modern rock Gore and Choy neglected, I will define rock in a broader sense than many people use in their everyday conversation: for the purposes of this argument, I will define "rock music" to mean any form of music that has emerged since the 1940s and popular enough to allow people to identify themselves as a member of a group based on the type of music they listen to. Therefore, types of music as diverse as disco, heavy metal, rap, classic rock. (1950s to 1970s), "grunge", pop, industrial rock and country-western will be covered by this definition. I misunderstood the way music can create connections between people, both between individual fans of a particular band and between the singer and an individual fan. People can learn how others think and learn more about themselves through the sometimes brutal reality of modern musical lyrics. Nirvana's song "Dumb" can show popular people what it feels like to go through high school as an outcast. The music of Garbage and L7 can give men a glimpse into the female mind. The music of Nine Inch Nails and the Gin Blossoms can take sane people on a journey through the mind of someone who is losing their mind. Music can also help people, especially those going through painful times (like adolescence), understand that they are not alone and that other people are experiencing the same feelings as them. After grunge-rock superstar Kurt Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, a fan wrote to Rolling Stone magazine to describe how the music of Cobain's band Nirvana made him feel. “I could feel like total shit,” wrote Carrie Loy, “and hear a Nirvana song and end up feeling renewed afterward..