15 Bands Banned by Disney

 Here's something you are probably not shocked to see. Bands banned by Disney, lol. Disney is notoriously known for being picky on the music it chooses for its movies. It seems like Disney was destined to be stuck in the showtunes loop until the early 2000s when legendary rocker Genesis drummer-turned-singer Phil Collins was chosen to create music for the film Tarzan. Maybe Disney is opening its eyes to the possibility of rock or even metal bands making music for its films? But here are 15 bands said to be banned by Disney

Cannibal Corpse

-Not shocking to see this one. With song titles like "Dead Human Collection", "Frantic Disembowelment", would you really want a child hearing a band with a name as grotesque as this? I mean, the band is successful, but Disney, not surprisingly, is VERY OLD FASHIONED! This band probably won't be playing Disneyworld any time soon. Even though it's probably not known worldwide that vocalist "Corpsegrinder" goes to Disney World all the time

Exodus

-Originally, this band was slated for a gig at the House of Blues at Disney. One problem occurred-the Bay Area thrashers were told they were "too metal". Suffice to say, all is not lost. They simply played a gig elsewhere in Tampa, Florida that night

The Dillinger Escape Plan

-This band was among the first of the metal bands to be banned from Disney. Vocalist Greg Puciato had a habit of bleeding on stage, which might otherwise frighten the various demographics who frequent the Happiest Place on Earth. But yet, Disney had kids watching a hunter gun down Bambi's mother and a lion named Scar push his own brother Mufasa to his death from a cliff into a stampede of wildebeest. The band basically said "F--- the Disneyland House of Blues"

Machine Head

-The name sounds perfectly innocent. Nothing grotesque. Nothing macabre. Nothing ominous. So why would Machine Head be banned by Disney? Three reasons-violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics, at least that's what Disney thinks. Despite the fact that Machine Head, whose very name sounds innocent, toured with The Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains and Dethklok, whose music is probably worse or different, Machine Head was the only band barred from playing at the onsite music venue

Gallows

-This hardcore British punk band got put on the "black list" of bands banned from the Disney House of Blues for being "too offensive". Punk music as a whole is probably considered "too offensive" by the prudish people at Disney

Every Time I Die

-The name unfortunately does help this case. This band was given no reason as to why they were banned. Some thought it was because children shouldn't have to look at a band name like this. Like the Tootsie Pop commercials "The world may never know."

Cattle Decapitation

-Despite the name, the vegan deathgrinders of this band are strongly against consuming meat and slaughtering animals, but still, due to the name, Disney still considers them "too brutal" for the House of Blues. Some think that if their 2002 album was named something different than To Serve Man, they may have been able to play

The Faceless

-Meshuggah, a metal band whose name means "crazy" in Yiddish is granted entry to the House of Blues. The name of this band sounds innocent. So what could be wrong? Here's what is wrong in the eyes of Disney. They're a tech-death band. The lyrics of both bands are not bad; they deal with society, consciousness among other themes. Perfectly realistic. It could just be the name

Warbringer

-This band was given no reason as to why they were banned by Disney. So, of course, the band has all reasons to fire back at the Happiest Place on Earth. Vocalist John Kevill highlighted parts of Disney movies he would otherwise consider offensive. One example he brought up were the hyenas in The Lion King goose-stepping Nazi-style below Scar, as if he were Adolf Hitler, during "Scar's Song" and another example were the racial stereotyped crows portraying blacks in Dumbo. He thought this countered any issue of Warbringer's musical content about war, destruction and general violence didn't even come close to the rampant racial bias in some Disney movies

Thy Art is Murder

-Disney is notorious for strong censors. So it's no surprise that Australian deathcore metallers Thy Art is Murder were banned from the onsite concert venue in 2015 on their tour with Parkway Avenue. They came back and made a Bad Brains mock up t-shirt showing the Magic Kingdom castle being struck by lightning with "Banned in Disney" printed across the bottom right corner as a badge of honor. You have to give it to Thy Art is Murder; they are creative in the art of payback

Skeletonwitch

-2013 marks the year this band joins the "black list" of bands banned from Disney's House of Blues. Amon Amarth and Enslaved were allowed to play, but Skeletonwitch got the big "no way you're playing here". Some could say it's ironic-Viking raids bashing skulls are fine, but spiked gauntlets and bullet belts are not?

letlive.

-In 2015, this band was on tour with Taking Back Sunday. This band was cut from the set list at Disney; they were banned from playing here. When informing their fans they would not be playing at the House of Blues and Disney offered no explanation as to why, they were serious in their post on social media when they said "Rumor has it that Goofy, Pluto and most of Toontown were in protest against the decision, but Chairman Mouse exercised veto powers and struck down the proposition in the end."

Exmortus

-2015 marks the year this melodic deathmetal band couldn't play for fans at the Anaheim, California Disney World. The band couldn't figure out why they were banned. Disney simply considered them "too objectionable"

Ice Nine Kills

-Despite the fact the name sounds more like a rapper's street or stage name, this band is most definitely metal. In April 2019, a fan of the band got on Twitter and asked the band why their show at the House of Blues in Orlando was no longer occurring. The band replied "Disney's House of Blues in Orlando banned us from performing because of our violent imagery. It's a shame because I know I've seen Donald Duck at a show before, he's an INK fan."

Hyro the Hero

-In the summer of 2019, this band was on tour with Nonpoint. They discovered, to their horror, they've been banned from the House of Blues at Disney World in Orlando. The band simply Tweeted "So I just found out Disney World won't allow me to perform at the House of Blues in Orlando on our tour with Nonpoint. Y'all have any idea why they singled me out?"