Soul of Sydney Music Documentary:

How N.W.A's 'FUCK THE POLICE' shut DOWN TRIPLE J (1990)

Censorship and NWA's Fuck the Police

triple j has always had a tradition of rejecting censorship. We refuse to edit the music and like to play it the way the artist intended.

Trawling back through triple j playlists is a good indication of what has been deemed offensive by the moral majority over the years.

Generally, if its offensive, we've played it.

Double J kicked off in 1975 playing a song that had never been played on radio before, the Skyhooks - 'You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good In Bed'.

In 1989 triple j was the only station in the world playing NWA's 'Fuck Tha Police'. It bounced across the airwaves for 6 months before the police and politicians noticed and ABC management pulled it off the air.

Responding in a way that was true to the station, we played NWA’s track 'Express Yourself' for 24hrs straight - 360 times in a row.

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