El 11 de septiembre de 2001 marcó un antes y un después en la historia de la humanidad.
Después del atentado en el que dos aviones impactaron las Torres Gemelas provocando la muerte de más de 3.000 personas y más de 6.000 heridos, la cotidianidad de los norteamericanos cambió para siempre, el ser paranoico y perturbado se convirtió en algo normal y cualquier tema relacionado con aviones, derrumbes, fuego y torres en una conversación ponía automáticamente una capa de nerviosismo e incomodidad en el ambiente.
Después del atentado todo cambió e incluso la industria del entretenimiento se vio obligada a cuidar muy bien sus palabras y sus imágenes. Canciones, películas e incluso portadas de discos, fueron censuradas. Las películas cambiaron sus fechas de estreno, cortaron escenas que podrían herir sensibilidades y muchos cantantes aplicaron la auto censura para solidarizarse con la situación.
Canciones censuradas tras el 9-11
- 3 Doors Down – Duck and Run
- 311 – Down
- AC/DC – Shot Down in Flames
- AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill
- AC/DC – Dirty Deeds
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell
- AC/DC – Safe in New York City
- AC/DC – TNT
- AC/DC – Hell’s Bells
- Ad Libs – The Boy from New York City
- Alanis Morissette – Ironic
- Alice in Chains – Rooster
- Alice in Chains – Sea of Sorrow
- Alice in Chains – Down in a Hole
- Alice in Chains – Them Bones
- Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
- Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- Arthur Brown – Fire
- Bangles – Walk Like an Egyptian
- Barenaked Ladies – Falling for the First Time
- Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction
- Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
- Beastie Boys – Sabotage
- The Beatles – A Day in the Life
- The Beatles – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- The Beatles – Ticket To Ride
- The Beatles – Obla Di, Obla Da
- Billy Joel – Only the Good Die Young
- Black Sabbath – War Pigs
- Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Blood Sweat and Tears – And When I Die
- Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin’ For You
- Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife
- Boston – Smokin’
- Brooklyn Bridge – Worst That Could Happen
- Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire
- Bruce Springsteen – Goin’ Down
- Bruce Springstein – War
- Buddy Holly and the Crickets – That’ll Be the Day
- Bush – Speed Kills
- Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move
- Cat Stevens – Peace Train
- Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
- Chi-Lites – Have You Seen Her
- The Clash – Rock the Casbah
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelin’ Band
- The Cult – Fire Woman
- Dave Clark Five – Bits and Pieces
- Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me
- Dio – Holy Diver
- Don McLean – American Pie
- The Doors – The End
- Drifters – On Broadway
- Drowning Pool – Bodies
- Edwin Starr – War
- Elton John – Benny & The Jets
- Elton John – Daniel
- Elton John – Rocket Man
- Elvis – (You’re the) Devil in Disguise
- Everclear – Santa Monica
- Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
- Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
- Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly
- Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
- Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
- Fuel – Bad Day
- The Gap Band – You Dropped a Bomb On Me
- Godsmack – Bad Religion
- Green Day – Brain Stew
- Happenings – See You in September
- Herman’s Hermits – Wonderful World
- Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
- J. Frank Wilson – Last Kiss
- Jackson Brown – Doctor My Eyes
- James Taylor – Fire and Rain
- Jan and Dean – Dead Man’s Curve
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire
- Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
- John Lennon – Imagine
- John Mellencamp – Crumbling Down
- John Mellencamp – I’m On Fire
- John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire
- Judas Priest – Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
- Kansas – Dust in the Wind
- Korn – Falling Away From Me
- Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
- Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
- Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
- Local H – Bound for the Floor
- Los Bravos – Black is Black
- Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone
- Martha & the Vandellas – Nowhere to Run
- Martha & the Vandellas – Dancing in the Streets
- Megadeth – Dread and the Fugitive
- Megadeth – Sweating Bullets
- Metallica – Seek and Destroy
- Metallica – Harvester or Sorrow
- Metallica – Enter Sandman
- Metallica – Fade to Black
- Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – Devil with the Blue Dress
- Mudvayne – Death Blooms
- Neil Diamond – America
- Nina – 99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons
- Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
- Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
- Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
- Ozzy Osbourne – Suicide Solution
- Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died
- Pat Benatar – Hit Me with Your Best Shot
- Pat Benatar – Love is a Battlefield
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Live and Let Die
- Peter Gabriel – When You’re Falling
- Peter and Gordon – I Go To Pieces
- Peter and Gordon – A World Without Love
- Peter Paul and Mary – Blowin’ in the Wind
- Peter Paul and Mary – Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
- Petula Clark – A Sign of the Times
- Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
- Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
- Pink Floyd – Mother
- P.O.D.– Boom
- Pretenders – My City Was Gone
- Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
- Queen – Killer Queen
- All Rage Against The Machine songs
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
- REM – It’s the End of the World as We Know It
- Rickey Nelson – Travelin’ Man
- Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday
- Saliva – Click Click Boom
- Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
- Santana – Evil Ways
- Savage Garden – Crash and Burn
- Shelly Fabares – Johnny Angel
- Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Skeeter Davis – End of the World
- Slipknot – Left Behind
- Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
- Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
- Soundgarden – Blow Up the Outside World
- Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days
- Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
- Steam – Na Na Na Na Hey Hey
- Steve Miller – Jet Airliner
- Stone Temple Pilots – Big Bang Baby
- Stone Temple Pilots – Dead and Bloated
- Sugar Ray – Fly
- Surfaris – Wipeou
- System of a Down – Chop Suey!
- Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
- Temple of the Dog – Say Hello to Heaven
- Third Eye Blind – Jumper
- Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again
- Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
- Tool – Intolerance
- Tramps – Disco Inferno
- U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Van Halen – Dancing In The Street
- Van Halen – Jump
- Yager and Evans – In the Year 2525
- Youngbloods – Get Together
- Zombies – She’s Not There
Películas censuradas después del 9-11
- Lilo & Stitch
- Relaciones confidenciales
- La máquina del tiempo
- Daño colateral
- Spider-Man
- Men in Black II
- Aceras de Nueva York
- Gangs of New York
- Zoolander
- Armageddon
- Mi pobre angelito II
Capítulos de series censurados por el 9-11
Publicidad
- Los Simpson: Homero vs. La ciudad de Nueva York.
- Friends: The One Where Rachel Tells.
- 13 de los primeros 30 episodios de Power Rangers Time Force tuvieron que ser editados.
- El intro de The Sopranos tuvo que ser modificado.
- Family Guy: Road to Rhode Island.
- Law and Order modificó su escena de intro.
- The King of the Hill: Propane Boom
- Bob Esponja: Just One Bite.