New York-based unscripted prodco Magilla Entertainment (Moonshiners, Jailhouse Redemption) is partnering with heavy metal singer/songwriter and Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider to develop a new documentary series, The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship & the War on Dirty Lyrics (w/t).

The series will explore the bitter censorship battle between the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) and a wide range of musicians in the mid-1908s that infamously culminated in hearings before the U.S. Senate.

In 1985, Tipper Gore, wife of then-U.S. Senator Al Gore, along with a group of other prominent wives of politicians created the PMRC with the aim of increasing parental awareness of music that contained explicit content. The group identified 15 songs they found the most objectionable, and among “The Filthy Fifteen” was Snider and Twisted Sister’s anthem “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” alongside hits of the day from Mötley Crüe, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Prince, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.

The PMRC sought to create a rating system for music, like the MPAA, to warn consumers of lyrical content featuring sex, violence or “the occult.” At the eventual congressional hearings in Washington D.C., the unlikely trio of Snider, Frank Zappa and John Denver would testify on behalf of the music industry.

The docuseries features never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews with artists, politicians and others, looking at the musicians and songs that found themselves included on the PMRC’s “Filthy Fifteen” — a playlist of what the group considered the most offensive music at the time — and reflecting on the hearings’ lasting impact on music, pop culture and free speech.

Executive producing The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship & the War on Dirty Lyrics for Magilla Entertainment will be Magilla co-founder Matthew Ostrom, Laura Palumbo Johnson and Jason Fox, alongside Snider and Ron Starrantino. Magilla and Snider are currently shopping the project.