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Music Producer Condemns Music, Games for Impact on Kids

By pete_gallagher

Musician and record producer Mike Stock lashed out against the current state of pop music, stating that the 'industry has gone too far' as it serves up 'soft pornography' to children.

Stock, perhaps best-known as one member of a trio of songwriters and producers known as Stock Aitken Waterman, which produced and wrote songs for an impressive list of musical acts ranging from Elton John to Judas Priest to Bananarama, saved some of his blame for videogames, stating:

Before children even step into school, they have all these images. The pop videos and computer games like Grand Theft Auto confronting them, and the parents can't control it. Talking to mothers' groups, they were saying that even they have lost faith in brands like Disney. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 11, 2010 (boomark / email).

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