Be Your Own Pet Have 'Violent' Songs Cut From Album

Three songs have been cut from the brand album from Be Your Own Pet for being too violent it has emerged.

The tracks which were originally included on the track listing for ‘Get Awkward’ were removed from the American version of the LP by Universal who released album last week (March 18) in association with Ecstatic Peace, the label owned by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.

The lyrical content of ‘Blow Yr Mind’, ‘Black Hole’ and ‘Becky’ include threats of violence and murder, but will still be released on the international release of the record which came out via XL.

Universal, whose roster includes shock rocker Marilyn Manson, Eminem and 50 Cent sought to have the tracks removed just weeks before the release date.

The songs are currently streaming on the band’s Myspace page and official website and were among the tracks performed in London last week when the band sparked a mass food fight using whipped cream.

Thanks for the info to NME.com.

Comments

[zombies-r-tasty]

wow and thats not the most retarded thing ive ever seen great going universal

[Lacebad]

cannibal corpse and the misfits have violent lyrics down to a T and they still realese em, which leads me to belive this is some kinda "were hard and edgy" bullshit stunt

[deadlyMETAL]

That's pretty ridiculous, really.... Why take them off now if they're only going to be released later? Sure, it may be to comply with the FCC and the North American music regulations and all, but Bullet For My Valentine got away with that one on the deluxe edition of "The Poison" with "Hit The Floor" and "My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars". I mean, the latter of those two songs is just offensive (look up the lyrics) but it was still released.

Universal? Not cool. Glad I've been looking up to Epic and Geffen! XD