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Is there a bigger bitch than censorship?!

Target, (the popular retail store with a heart of gold)

is refusing to stock copies of the new Puscifer album, "V is for Vagina"

due to the album's provocative album cover. Ugh! For those of you unfamiliar with Puscifer,

it is band basically composed of Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, the Bikini Bandits DVD series) and random muscians and producing talent. the music itself

dips into a more soul-like atmosphere. Tool being prog metal, APC being prog alt. rock, Puscifer is very welcome surprise.

Anyways, take a look at the cover for yourself...

is it THAT fucking harmful?

Censorship has attacked Maynard before..

Tool's first album "Undertow" had to have it's cover changed

for store shelfs.

Tool even released this personal note for the fans

upon the censoring of that album;

then in 1996, MTV changed the name of the album's first single "Stinkfist" to "Track 01" during the video's airplay.

From that point, Maynard's craft is still being censored, shortened, and changed. It's not fair to those who know and respect Maynard for his sense of expression.

Well Maynard, I love ya man

and the people who never get to see or hear your art

because of censorship, that's a bigger loss than they know.

Maynard is as relevant, or more relevant than

any artist emerging on the scene today

He deserves to be seen and heard

Jrm