The 165 songs George Bush banned after 9/11

No matter how much time passes, the consequences of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States will continue to resonate for decades.

The attack put global security in jeopardy and caused many countries to significantly reconsider many elements of society that, until then, had not even been considered.

More than a decade after 9/11, one of the most striking measures undertaken following the attack was the banning of some music by the then-President of the United States, George W. Bush.

Through Clear Channel Communications (now iHeart Media), a notice was sent to more than 1,100 radio stations with a list of 165 songs deemed "'lyrically questionable' and insensitive," banning them from playing the songs in the days following the attack according to Kerrang!,  a British music magazine.

The year was 2001 and social media did not yet exist, so for a while, the list of banned songs was an urban legend that no one knew or could confirm, until it was leaked in the American media.

The list included popular tracks such as 'New York City Cops' by The Strokes (pictured), whose album was released on 4 October 2001, and songs from the back catalog of many other groups such as Rage Against the Machine, which disbanded a year before the attacks.

Even more complicated was the case of 'Rollin'' by 'Limp Bizkit' (pictured), whose video was recorded on top of one of the Twin Towers and awarded Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Music Awards held on September 6, 2001. The video stopped being broadcast immediately after the attacks.

Curious to know which songs were included in this list of banned songs? Here is the complete list of songs banned after 9/11.

In the photo, AC/DC.

• 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – Fly Away
• Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
• Local H – Bound for the Floor

• The Braves – 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 (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – In the Air Tonight

• Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
• Pink Floyd – Mother
• POD – Boom
• Pretenders – My City Was Gone
• Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
• Queen – Killer Queen
• All songs by Rage Against The Machine
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (pictured) – 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 (pictured) – 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 – Wipeout

• 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 (pictured) – 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