Songs about S&M, BDSM, dominance, submission and related fetish music
A collection of tunes featuring lyrics, either explicit or strongly implied, about bondage and associated activities. These aren't necessarily scene soundtracks, although I make a few suggestions for instrumental background music. Artists are listed alphabetically by their first names; thus, Mylène Farmer is found under "M" instead of "F." Please support the artists who wrote and performed these selections by attending their concerts, buying their t-shirts and purchasing their CDs from your neighborhood record store. Or click on the song titles and band names with links to buy disks from Amazon and other sources. Did I overlook one of your favorite dungeon ditties? Send your suggestions to: adrianhuntercom splat gmail dot compulsion Turn it up, but remember, it's not wise to annoy neighbors with strange sounds. AC/DC - Mistress for Christmas No comment on Angus Young's schoolboy-in-disgrace fantasy apparel (see Catholic Girls below). Adam & the Ants - Beat My Guest Adam & the Ants - Bondage Punks Adam & the Ants - Christian D´Or Adam & the Ants - Liggotage Adam & the Ants - Rubber People Adam & the Ants - Whip In My Valise Adam Ant - Human Bondage Den Mr. Goody Two Shoes wasn't really. Adhesive - Bondage Beach Wonder if Travelocity can book a direct flight? Aerosmith - Come Together Aerosmith - My Girl Aerosmith - Pink The first song is listed here purely for the visuals illustrating their segment as the Future Villain Band in the otherwise-insipid Sgt. Pepper's movie (although it's by far the best tune in the flick). Extra credit is also awarded for using a Hajime Sorayama illustration for Just Push Play, and the obvious implications of the European cover of Nine Lives. Afghan Whigs - I'm Her Slave "Tie yourself to me," the Gentlemen proclaim. Aimee Mann - Red Vines It's tough to smoke cigarettes with your hands tied Alejandro Escovedo - Now I Wanna Be Your Dog Not the usual turf for the founder of Rank and File and True Believers, but happy to have him on board. Alice Cooper - A Runaway Train Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper - Constrictor Alice Cooper - Little by Little Alice Cooper - Poison Alice Cooper - Unfinished Sweet Alice Cooper - What Baby Wants Now, this is twisted: long-haired rock 'n' roll band from Detroit gets discovered by Frank Zappa and cranks out a series of anthemic singles ("Eighteen," "School's Out") that redefines teen angst better than anything this side of "Satisfaction." Lead singer appropriates the band's name for his own, adds frightshow mascara, and develops a Grand-Guignol-meets-Looney-Tunes stage presence that made the worst hippies look like Marines. By Billion Dollar Babies in 1973, the songlist took a severe swerve toward kink, including femdom ("Raped and Freezing"), homosexuality ("Mary Ann"), necrophilia ("I Love The Dead"), and even dentist- office scenes with de Sade dancing on his molars ("Unfinished Sweet"), not to mention a duet with "Mellow Yellow" pothead Donovan (?!?) on the title track where they trade lines about being too rough with their rubber monsters. But it gets better! A few years later, Alice shows he's a switch at heart with a string of poignant (and seriously sub) ballads such as "Only Women Bleed" and "I Never Cry," often sung while wearing thigh-high platforms and a corset. Today, he's celebrated as a beloved family entertainer who just happens to execute himself every night. And he's still cranking out great new albums such as Welcome 2 My Nightmare, and hosting my evening radio entertainment. Wayne and Garth were right . . . we're not worthy, we're not worthy! Alien Vampires - BDSM I like their new CD's title, Harshlizer. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post Hard to disagree with any justification (musical, lyrical, spiritual) for the inclusion of herein. Amateur Transplants - Masochism Tango 2008 A nicely-updated version of Tom Lehrer's bondage classic. American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me Meanwhile, back in the 1960s . . . also notable as the inspiration for the chorus of Garbage's "I Think I'm Paranoid," which resulted in a plagiarism lawsuit. Angel Dust - The Human Bondage German powermetal that recalls the best of the always-appropriate Iron Maiden. Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet Angelo Badalamenti - Lost Highway Angelo Badalamenti - Secretary Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks The soundtracks to David Lynch's projects always feature Angelo Badalamenti's haunting scores interspersed with moody pop noir like NIN's brilliantly obsessive "The Perfect Drug" in Lost Highway, which also features killer tracks from David Bowie, Lou Reed, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson and Rammstein, Julee Cruise's ghost- in-the-machine "Falling" (Twin Peaks) and Roy Orbison's hallucinogenic "In Dreams" (Blue Velvet). Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castles "I wish they could see us now / in leather bras and rubber shorts / like some ridiculous team uniform / for some ridiculous new sport." Hey, I'd like to see that too, Ani. But your cover pose on Dilate will do nicely. Animals - House of the Rising Sun Down in New Orleans with a ball and chain. Anvil - Bondage From their debut, which also includes a cover of "Paint It, Black." Armored Saint - Reign of Fire Bonafide metal (vs. hard rock or worse) band gets bound and gagged. Asylum Street Spankers - Never Going Back Asylum Street Spankers - Spanks for the Memories Asylum Street Spankers - The Birthday Spanking Song I also like "If You Love Me (You'll Sleep on the Wet Spot)." Athamay - Eternal Torture Athamay - Kiss The Whip And don't miss their one-word-review side project, TortureTekk. Atrocity - Tainted Love Insightful assortment of 1980s new wave classics remade as heavy metal, including this ode to kinky sex by Soft Cell (covered by Marilyn Manson, too). Frankie say go to 11! Babes in Toyland - He's My Thing From the aptly-titled Spanking Machine . . . uncompromising is putting it lightly for the original riot grrls who made Hole sound like the Carpenters. Babyface - Whip Appeal "The strangest kind of relationship" is all right with me, too. Badfinger - Suitcase Tied down and rhymed with "bootlace." Beatles - Chains Ah, remember their early days when the fabs looked real gear in their leather togs (an approach later approximated, along with their setlist of early-60s covers, by the Ramones)? A case can be made for the singer's cruelty to his woman in "Getting Better," his tied hands in "You Won't See Me," and maybe "I Dig A Pony" for the equestrian set, especially since "you can penetrate any place you go." Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak This video was directed by Diane Keaton (click here for a YouTube play in a new window). Belphegor - Sexdictator Lucifer The former Betrayer is a blackened death metal combo from Austria growling about bondage and domination. Berlin - Sex (I'm A) While Terri Nunn moans through a rogue's gallery of female sex icons (bitch, hooker, slut, slave), her oblivious partner keeps droning "I'm a man." Later hits like "No More Words" and "Take My Breath Away" confirmed a fondness for mouth-stifling devices. And she even switches in "Pictures of You." Bettie Serveert - Venus in Furs Also recommended from these Dutch noisemongers: Bare Stripped Naked. Betty Bondage - Lolita French punk from the late 1980s. Bitch - Be My Slave Los Angeles. 1982. Betsy. Onstage. Boom. And still kicking it in 2011. Bikini Kill - I Like Fucking Bikini Kill - Oh Bondage Up Yours! Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped Kathleen Hanna running amok in Washington. Billy Squier - Tied Up As in "your heart is," similar to his slavery in Piper's "Whatcha Gonna Do" and his tied hands in "Coming Down Off Your Love." Billy Vera and the Beaters - Someone Will School You, Someone Will Cool You Hollywood girls with dildos under their pillows ask to be beaten. Black Tape For A Blue Girl - As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire More compelling reasons to stay out of the sun. Blitzkid - She Dominates "I need some pleasure with my pain," the horrorpunks note noisily. Blondie - I Know But I Don't Know Blondie - Underground Girl Bazooka bubblegum topped with Debbie Harry's fetish sprinkles ("I'm your dog, but not your pet"), Parallel Lines is a concept album by one of the original Noo Yawk "punk" outfits (dig those skinny ties!) that chronicles the rise and fall of an obsessive romantic crush, from those giddy first moments "Hangin' on the Telephone" to the arch dismissal of "Just Go Away." The remastered reissue includes two versions of "Heart of Glass" and a cover of T. Rex's dirty, sweet ode to a cat in black, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)," in addition to the icy sleekness of "Sunday Girl," a Robert Fripp cameo on "Fade Away and Radiate," and the still-ferocious-after-all-these-years stalker anthem, "One Way or Another." Blue Öyster Cult - Black Blade Blue Öyster Cult - Career Of Evil Blue Öyster Cult - Dominance and Submission Blue Öyster Cult - Golden Age Of Leather Blue Öyster Cult - Joan Crawford Blue Öyster Cult - On Your Feet or On Your Knees Blue Öyster Cult - The Red and the Black (aka "I'm on the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep") Subhumans, harvesters of eyes and cagey cretins, unite! On Secret Treaties, Long Island's favorite biker-fascists (their logo even looks like a drunken swastika) continued their career of evil (lyrics by Patti Smith) by splitting the difference between the math-rock compulsions of Tyranny and Mutation and the Byrds-of-prey breakthrough of "Don't Fear The Reaper," turning heavy metal into an art form and function that was far more sleek and sinister than anything Black Sabbath plucked from their soft white underbellies. Although the lyrics often sound like they were encrypted for transmission across enemy lines, all rubic carabs and junkers jumo 004 swimming with blue- eyed horseshoes in the state of Maine while Susie and her blindfolded brother dig "The Locomotion" in Times Square on New Year's Eve in 1963, there's no missing the Chuck Berry goosestep boogie of "ME 262," a stirring hymn to the Luftwaffe's jet fighter that also graces the cover, the whipcrack riffrot of "Dominance and Submission," the interstellar grandeur of "Astronomy" (adoringly covered by Metallica, who used this album as their blueprint), and especially the synthesonic apocalypso of "Flaming Telepaths," in which Alan Lanier's barrelhouse piano duels with Buck Dharma's dizbustin' guitar licks in a blown-hemi sprint to see who can peak first from the faster-and-louder rush, while singing-from-cue-cards Eric Bloom solemnly informs the listener that "the joke's on you." And just to prove that you know they know you know the secret of the circuitry mind, the remastered set encores with a slow-motion remodel of Steppenwolf's leather-lovable "Born to Be Wild." All hail the progenitors of the süpërflüöüs ümlät! Bob Dylan - All I Really Want To Do But "chain you down," "lock you up," and "confine you" is what friends do around here. Among covers, Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque rendition is strongly recommended. Points are also scored for Bob's earnest romping through the Stones' "Brown Sugar." Bob Rivers - Walkin' 'Round in Women's Underwear "It holds me so tight, like handcuffs at night" (cue orchestral flourish). Bobby and the Midnites - I Want To (Fly Away) And chains get too tight on Mr. Weir (see the Grateful Dead for further contributions to this genre). Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name Chains of love are still chains. Bondage Fairies Named for the erotica manga, called "pure death punk for acid pixies." Bondage Fruit - IV Japan's answer to King Crimson's Discipline. Boney M. - Love For Sale Eurodisco delights. Booty Boys - Spank Me Get a rope, give you hope. Bran Van 3000 - Love Cliche Worth finding the Discosis vinyl for the suitable-for-framing cover. BR549 - Bettie, Bettie Hey, country cowfolk wear nice boots, too! Not to mention write pedalsteel-to-the-metal, heartfelt tributes to Bettie Page, "a woman from Nashville who moved up to New York and made a name for herself in them 'underground' films,' so to speak." Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire More evocative than literal ("this kind of experience / is necessary for her learning"), and featuring a blistering (ahem) Robert Fripp guitar solo, this real-life player (with a bathroom full of breast bondage, according to Chrissie Hynde) has a collection of ambient records such as Music For Airports that make cool soundscapes for scenes. Also noted: the freak with the masochistic streak in "Seven Deadly Finns." Brian Setzer Orchestra - You're The Boss Swingin' duet with No Doubt's ever-fetching (I wish) Gwen Stefani paying homage to Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret. Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U Britney Spears - I Wanna Go Extra credit for the leather "biker" (yeah, right) dress, groovy gauntlets, Shibari-laced heels and Freddie Mercury "uniform" cap she wore at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2011, she's takin' her freak out with people getting her all tied up in "I Wanna Go," plus a Velvet Underground salute with the album title (Femme Fatale). Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Adam Raised a Cain Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Born to Run Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - The Ties That Bind Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Trapped "Walkin' blind" isn't always advisable without the proper training. Bryan Ferry - Alphaville Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love Roxy Music's early album covers were exponentially entertaining (click here for details). Buck Dharma - All Tied Up Bound to please with the Blue Öyster Cult's guitarist and "Reaper" vocalist. Carly Simon - Slave You don't think she and James Taylor were . . . naaaah. Carole King - Alabaster Lady Tiny golden chains, and saying "no," but adding the requisite "sir." Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather Paint it, black . . . metal. Catholic Girls - Private School Mass appeal (insert groan) unfortunately eluded these 1980s progenitors of princessence. Chainsaw - Smell the Saw "Route 666" works great as a thrash-metal grindcore anthem. Cheap Trick - Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace) Did you ever notice how every Cheap Trick song is about sex, drugs and / or suicide? This Terry Reid cover about feeling "all tied up" is their best BDSM moment, barely nudging out "all the ties that bind" from "Everybody Knows," "it's such a strange strain on you" from "Downed," "I was bound" from "These Days," "I need some rope" from "The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)" and "sorry that I had to gag you" from "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School." Cher - Black Rose Cher - Prisoner Now you know why she married Gregg Allman ("Whipping Post") and maybe why she dated Gene Simmons of Kiss. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Master and Slave We all can use a good swing in the bedroom. Chevelle - Straight Jacket Fashion Always a headliner in those secret closets. Chris & Cosey - Cords Of Love How can you miss with titles like "Synaesthesia," "Percusex" and "Infectus"? Chris Cornell - Killing Birds Pass on the poison. Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight "I never claimed to be a cookie-cutter soccer mom." she proves conclusively. Christopher Johnys - SUB A concept album about the joys (and more entertaining emotions) of submission that sounds like Ian Anderson fronting Radiohead. Circle Jerks - Beat Me Senseless Los Angeles chuckleheads get a clue. Cliff Eberhardt - Someone Like You Stripped-down blues from the appropriately-titled 12 Songs of Good & Evil. Coasters - Along Came Jones Trapped in the old saw mill, he tied her up, turned on the buzz saw, and then . . . Combichrist - This Shit Will Fuck You Up "I'll be your noise," she coos realistically. Concrete Blonde - Group Therapy Johnette Napolitano's original backup combo gets cuffs on the cover and straightjackets inside. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast Great song titles ("Once Upon Atrocity," "Venus in Fear"), piledriving riffs and unlistenable vocals. Cramps - Dames, Booze, Chains and Boots Cramps - Queen of Pain Let us now give thanks for the enduring lunacy and legacy of gutterflash guitar goddess Poison Ivy. Creed - Bound And Tied Grunge lives! Honorable mention: Alice In Chains. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain? Wrapped in golden chains. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Southern Cross Speaking of chains (and Steve's down on his knees in "49 Bye-Byes"). Dalbello - Black on Black TPE from the 9-1/2 Weeks soundtrack, later covered by Heart, who always looked divine in medieval corsetry. Dave Gahan - Black and Blue Again Depeche Mode singer goes solo, but still wakes up on the "Dirty Sticky Floor." Also recommended: the mothership's One Night in Paris DVD with the awesome goldfish / shark visuals that were projected behind the band during "In Your Room." Dave Navarro - Venus In Furs Multiple-nipples-on-every-album-cover Jane's Addiction guitarist who serves as in/perspiration for countless fantasies proves everyone right with this Velvet Underground remake that Lou Reed even deemed worthy of an official blessing. David Allan Coe - Whips and Things She was into pain, croons the butt-fuckin' country rocker. David Bowie - Andy Warhol David Bowie - Big Brother David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) David Bowie - I Would Be Your Slave David Bowie - Little Toy Soldier When you're really in the mood to ball and play and move like tigers on Vaseline, you can't top (or bottom) the original motion picture soundtrack version of "Cat People," produced by Giorgio Moroder. David Coverdale - Slave Robert Plant's most ardent admirer (who actually got Jimmy Page to record an album with him) demonstrates why his first band was called Whitesnake. Dead Can Dance - The Lotus Eaters Last hurrah from the band that either defined or destroyed goth, depending on your tolerance for Jim Morrison tributes. Dean Friedman - S&M A pop songwriter who saw the light, then turned it down way low. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein - Venus in Furs The Blondie masterminds trib Lou Reed (and Iggy Pop via "TV Eye") at a Joey Ramone show at the Ritz in 1989. Deep Purple - Masters and Slaves A late Blackmore moment with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals. Def Leppard - Ring Of Fire You'll have to search out the Japanese version of Retroactive to find the alternative lyrics that read "a hidden love / forbidden pleasure / suffer secret pain." Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode - Halo Depeche Mode - In Your Room Depeche Mode - Master and Servant Depeche Mode - Strangelove Possibly the most mainstream BDSM-obvious band ever . . . millions of impressionable youngsters got their first taste of WIITWD (what it is that we do) through these songs. Exciter is a non-stop throbfest of shackles, chains, blindfolds and "so much pleasure that it feels like pain." Or vice versa. Detroit Cobras - Tied and True Title and cover art reflected nowhere inside (and hey, nice shoes), but groovy garage pulsates throughout. Devo - Whip It Yes, it's a naughty parody of motivational treatises, but it's S&M's Big Hit Single and beloved by many. DeVotchKa - Venus in Furs The Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack specialists give Colorado music a good name. Die Ärzte - Sweet Sweet Gwendoline Censored by the German government, but explicit punk pandemonium is always applauded here. Die Form - Slavesex One of many delightful ditties from these ever-industrious industro-goths. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Black metal has become the 21st-century goth, but how can you go wrong with bands named Cradle Of Filth, Emperor, Darkthrone, Immortal, Dissection, Goatwhore, Naglfar, Satyricon, Borknagar, Arcturus, Cryptopsy and especially Enslaved? Divine Comedy - Something for the Weekend You know you want to. Divinyls - Pleasure And Pain Christina "I Touch Myself" Amphlett was wearing kinderwhore outerwear a decade before Courtney Love got the same bright idea. Dog Toffee - 8 Ball Gag As they say themselves, "rock and fuckin' roll." Dollyrots - Kick Me to the Curb "You only spank me when I get naughty," they note while riding on handlebars. Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight Silly technovelty that's perfect for those who still smile when they hear Trio's "Da Da Da." Doro Pesch - Tie Me Up What do you get when you gene-splice Stevie Nicks with Xena? One awesome metal queen who rocks harder than bricks in the dryer. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball Shel Silverstein gets the dopers to play with sadists and masochists. Duff McKagan's Loaded - The Taking I like the duct-taped title, too. Duffy The Dolphin - Baby Be Bad Ya gotta love the modern world when a listener from Brazil recommends a basement collective from Finland's deepest underground. Eagles - Already Gone "So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains" is a familiar refrain on this jukebox, but competent doms always know where the keys are. Also noted: the prisoners and masters in "Hotel California" and the shiny little chains in / on "Those Shoes." Elliot Easton - Lonely Is the Dark The Cars' guitarist gets down on his knees with heart in chains in this Band of Angels track featuring Benmont Tench and Stan Lynch from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers. Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight Elton John - Whipping Boy Roped and tied, and "Whipping" is a jaunty little ditty about "this illegal kind of loving / that keeps my motor running." Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret - You're The Boss The original man in leather asked to have a chain put around his neck in "Teddy Bear," while Ann-Margaret, the original kitten with a whip, put him in his place a few years later for the soundtrack of Viva Las Vegas. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Eurythmics - Missionary Man A la Garbage's Shirley Manson, one can never be sure if Annie Lenox wants to top or bottom. Does it matter? Eve 6 - Inside Out Tie him to the bedpost already! Bonus points for graphically translating the line about "my heart in a blender." Faster Pussycat - Where There's a Whip, There's a Way Surprisingly entertaining Hollywood hair-metal band that also shellacked Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" with a knowing smirk on the sadly deleted Belted, Buckled and Booted (which was released hot on the, er, heels of Whipped). Fields Of The Nephilim - Submission Early Pink Floyd meets Sisters of Mercy. Fiona Apple - Not About Love For the gag and the bind. Flo and Eddie - Kama Sutra Time Tied to a door with whips and corsets, the former Turtles and Mothers of Invention trib Mott the Hoople, David Bowie and T. Rex. Flogging Molly Great name, song suggestions welcome. Frank Zappa - The Illinois Enema Bandit Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops Like everything else on the planet, Uncle Frank usually made fun of BDSM ("Dinah-Moe Humm," "Bobby Brown," "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes," "Punky's Whips," "Crew Slut," "Stevie's Spanking," "Sy Borg," "Valley Girl," "Aerobics In Bondage," "Penguins In Bondage"), but Michael Kenyon's adventures in midwestern anal cleansing are described with understanding and reverence, while "Torture" verges on transcendent when Zappa's guitar duels with the desperate squeals of a damsel in considerable distress. His Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar series is highly recommended as background noise for those making the scene. Also noted: his guitartistic "Whipping Post." Free Kitten - Oh Bondage! Up Yours Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, among others, acting like a varsity version of Bikini Kill. Fuck Off and Die - Fuck the Nuns in the Ass Yes, you would. Garbage - Alien Sex Fiend Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage - Lick The Pavement Garbage - Silence Is Golden Garbage - Supervixen Garbage - Vow Shirley Manson's persona screams mega-domme, but her lyrics trend sub . . . are you a good switch, or a bad switch? Nice pleather on the cover of Version 2.0, too. Genitorturers - Pleasure In Restraint I'm not convinced this unit isn't a schtick. Regardless, I am told it's a good one. Ghinzu - I Wanna Be Your Dog Belgium's noisemasters do Iggy proud. Ghost Machine - Bondage Grindcore goody on the Corporate Punishment label. Ghostface Killah - Stapleton Sex That nurse outfit . . . "my pussy is numb" . . . Gin Blossoms - Hands Are Tied Another minor moment: "Competition Smile" has a line about getting untied. Gitane DeMone - . . . For You As in "Bondage . . ." From the Christian Death campfire, Demonix is a carnival of carnal delights that slithers like top-drawer latex and rocks like Blondie if they had the guts to go goth. Gleaming Spires - Are You Ready For The Sex Girls? More importantly, these one-hit new wave wonders ask "are you ready for the pony girls?" Go-Go's - Fun with Ropes A live outtake from their punk days, which leads one to reinterpret "Our Lips Are Sealed." Belinda's solo moments have already been discussed, and don't Jane Wiedlin's corsets nicely support those dominatrix tendencies? Godley and Creme - Birds of Prey Speaking of corsets, the founders of 10cc went electronic here. Goo Goo Dolls - Slave Girl One of their many Replacemental-as-anything homages . . . not quite in the same league as their Prince covers, but I'm not complaining. Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket Grateful Dead - Tennessee Jed Bob Weir enjoys the ride with her "black leather and gold spike suspenders / and your chain, your black whip and pets," while "cold iron shackles, ball and chain" kicks off "Jed." Gravity Kills - Hold Let's get industrial with an approach that merges the best of NIN and DM. Green Day - Blood, Sex and Booze Green Day - Dominated Love Slave A "mandolin of discipline" sounds like my kind of axe. Guns N' Roses - Pretty Tied Up (The Perils Of Rock & Roll Decadence) Guns N' Roses - Black Leather Back in the 1980s, Axl Rose was purportedly on the bus with his girlfriend Erin Everly, who later sued him for physical abuse. These songs did not help his case. Hayseed Dixie - Alien Abduction Probe Hayseed Dixie - Delia's Gone Hayseed Dixie - The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised Was Me Tied her to her chair in Memphis ("Delia's Gone") sounds like the opening line to one of my stories, and handcuffs appear in "The Only Hell." Hellbillys - Bondage-A-Go-Go Not that insufferable lame-ass Rob Zombie . . . more like the Cramps at their rubbery best. Hot Tuna - Serpent of Dreams And master of tomorrow's slave. Hüsker Dü - Masochism World "Does it hurt you when I do this?" sings flannelpunk guitar mauler and all-around snarlmeister Bob Mould. The trio also covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog." Isaac Hayes - Branded The late Chef compounded the slave vibe with the chains. Isacaarum - Curbed Grindcore from the Czech Republic, described as spermetal, nihil metal and sado black grind, they also have an album charmingly entitled Cunt Hackers. Irving Klaws - The Fetish King Psycho surfabilly Buffalo trio names itself after the legendary 1950s photographer, you do the math. Jacksons - Torture It runs in the family (see Janet and Michael's respective listings). Janet Jackson - Rope Burn "The expression of sexual fantasies can be beautiful if there's trust, love and understanding," Janet explains. "Pushing the limits of pleasure is exciting." Allow me to second that emotion, especially when she dragged boys out of the audience at her concerts and tied them to a chair. 2008's Discipline is self-explanatory. Janie Jones and the Lash - House of the Ju-Ju Queen A single performed and produced by the Clash in December 1982 with the famous madam on vocals on the A side, included here simply for the cover art inspired by their shortened moniker. Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret Chained and bound in the Haight on the 'Plane's psychodelic debut. Jenny Clinkscales Band - S&M Albuquerque's dynamic duo of delightfully decadent dames does the down and dirty. Jethro Tull - Hunting Girl Who would guess Aqualung was really a ponyboy? Jewel - Break Me Jewel - Serve the Ego I'm also a little partial to "Adrian" on Pieces of You. Jim Carroll Band - Nothing Is True Because "everything is permitted," including "special tools just to keep things tight / they robbed her eyes long ago of light," and "heels so high, she got a gown so thin / her eyes stop the whip before it tames her sin." From Catholic Boy, the best Noo Yawk punk / junk-infused deca-dancing Lou Reed never recorded, "redeemed through pain / not through joy." Jimmy Buffett - Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana) Just for the "'Harrison Ford on the bullwhip" credit. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Fetish Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Love Is Pain Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Now I Wanna Be Your Dog Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - The French Song Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Torture From her onstage fetishwear to her album titles (Fit To Be Tied) to entire albums dedicated to WIITWD (Fetish), the original riot grrrrl is the rock and roll ambassador for all things sub-stantial. Starred on Broadway as Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show revival and released a killer version of "Science Fiction / Double Feature" that shredded the official cast recording of the soundtrack. Great leather-n-lacing graphics on her 2006 CD, Sinner. John (Cougar) Mellencamp - Hurt So Good Another mainstream moment in which the heartland goes ouch. John Zorn - Elegant Spanking Minimalist S&M movie soundtracks from the master of noise that annoys. Johnny Thunders - Tie Me Up Duet with Patti Palladin by the heartbreaking cross-dressing junkie guitar slinger who confuses "change" with "chains" and "not" with "knot" (which really isn't all that confusing to me). Also see the New York Dolls' "Puss N' Boots." Joni Mitchell - Don't Interrupt the Sorrow Joni Mitchell - Hejira Joni Mitchell - The Boho Dance Chained with a serpent, good slaves, even a (lower-case) madonna mention in "Don't Interrupt the Sorrow," while slaves reappear in "The Boho Dance." And she's always bound and tied to someone in "Hejira." Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) Breaking those chains that bind you isn't how love finds us around these parts. Judas Priest - Eat Me Alive Judas Priest - Evil Fantasies Judas Priest - Pain and Pleasure Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil You just knew all that leather wasn't for show. Judybats - Pain (Makes You Beautiful) Tweefully strange and wonderful. Juliana Hatfield - Live on Tomorrow Finding the Blake Babe shackled in chains and boots, tied to a piano and locked in the basement leads one to appreciate the ponygirl vibe on the cover of Become What You Are, not to mention Juliana's Pony and her slavery to the CEO of the song in "Dumb Fun." Justin Timberlake - SexyBack "See these shackles / I'm your slave" in a #1 hit is always a worthwhile accomplishment. Kid Rock - God Bless Saturday The same ol' same. Killer Pussy - Teenage Enema Nurses In Bondage Ah, those quirky new wave hits on KROQ . . . worth hearing one more time just for the "this job stinks" crack during the fade (click here to launch a YouTube audio play in a separate window). Kiss - Master and Slave Kiss - Prisoner of Love Kiss - Sweet Pain Along with Alice Cooper, Kiss introduced heavy bondage gear as a fashion statement in the 1970s, but I always wondered whose dom/me was making them wear such kinky high heels. KMFDM - A Hole in the Wall More industro-techno-metal that grinds like sandpaper underwear. Korn - Beat It Upright Korn - Freak on a Leash Bakersfield's finest nü-metal machines make the motherfuckers cry! Lady Gaga - I Like It Rough So do I . . . ballet heels are also worn by Beyoncé (and her five backup singers, above), Meg White and Christina Aguilera in videos these days. Lauryn Hill - The Conquering Lion Breaking every chain again and again and . . . Leather Nun - Force of Habit The all-time best BDSM band name, album title and cover art. Leæther Strip - Fit for Flogging Leæther Strip - Strap Me Down Denmark's Claus Larsen gets electro(shock)-industrial with groovy projects such as Anal Cabaret: A Tribute to Soft Cell. Lee Aaron - Hands Are Tied Self-proclaimed metal queen does Canada proud. Leonard Cohen - If It Be Your Will Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen - Light As The Breeze Mr. Morose scares the folky set with harrowing tales of darker tendencies. You think it was a coincidence that "I'm Your Man" is the first song on the soundtrack to Secretary? Linda Ronstadt - Justine Title and content courtesy of the Marquis de Sade . . . no? "The cold wire edge of the whip is all that's left of you," too. Points also scored for the ball and chain in "Lose Again." Lip Service - Bettie in Bondage Sleaze-rockers shine with a "Lowlife in High Heels." Lita Ford - Bed Lita Ford - Crave Lita Ford - Love Lita Ford - What Do You Know About Love Lita Ford - Wicked Wonderland That's "love" as in "I love to hate you," plus the handcuffs, the blindfold, the leather, and everything else she borrowed from Joan Jett's trailer. It's very hard to go wrong with Wicked Wonderland, an album by a former Runaway that was first released through the Stockroom. Liz Phair - Johnny Feelgood "Makes me feel strangely good about myself" . . . my favorite blowjob queen / exile in guyville dallies darkly with her deranged-debutante drill. On her latest, Funstyle, "they've got you in ropes" and she's "coming as fast as (she) can" in "Miss September." London After Midnight - The Bondage Song A rave fave (although actually from Los Angeles). Lords of Acid - Expand Your Head Lords of Acid - Greatest T*ts Lords of Acid - Rough Sex Lords of Acid - Slave To Love Lords of Acid - Spank My Booty Belgium's finest take a lighthearted approach to their grindcore industrial perversities. Don't miss them in concert. Lords of the New Church - Dance with Me Lords of the New Church - Dreams and Desires "I beat her so tenderly / like a new religion being born so ritually." The Lords also perform the definitive version of "Like A Virgin" (luv those burps, Stiv!), although Iggy Pop's runs a very close second. Los Lobos - Burn It Down "Had me tied up" is the general starting point for most of these adventures. Lou Reed - The Cask Edgar Allen Poe wrote perhaps the greatest bondage short story ever ("The Cask of Amontillado," although "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a very close second), and Lou Reed wrote perhaps the greatest bondage song ever ("Venus in Furs"), so the combination on The Raven obviously belongs here. The words are somewhat revised on this musical interpretation, but isn't creating new art from past works the point of public domain? Lou Reed and Metallica - Mistress Dread Lou Reed and Metallica - Pumping Blood Tie me up and beat me, bind me with a scarf, tied up in leather, and even a leather box with azaleas, the Lulu duet does its legacies proud. Loverboy - Turn Me Loose Down on his knees, tied down, such a clown . . . Lunachicks - Buttplug Pretty much for the title alone. Otherwise, think L7 after the lobotomy takes hold. Madonna - Erotica Madonna - Express Yourself Madonna - Hanky Panky Madonna - Human Nature Madonna - Justify My Love What more can be said about the divine Mrs. M that she didn't show (off) in her Sex book, not to mention her videos, magazine covers, memorabilia, Body Of Evidence, the cowpoke portion of her "Drowned" tour, her black corset in Die Another Day, etc.? Madrugada - Venus in Furs Norwegian rock with LP titles like The Nightly Disease. Magnapop - Hold You Down Bubbleskronk girls-vs.-boys quartet elegantly captures the tension of femdom from the top's perspective. Manowar - Pleasure Slave Guitarist Ross the Boss rules, even if this metallic K.O. makes Iron Maiden sound like Gershwin in terms of sophistication. Marduk - Obedience Fast, blasphemous, and very heavy Swedish black metal . . . not for the faint of heart, but the same can be said about most of the accessories in our toyboxes. Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams Every generation gets the Monkees it deserves. Extra points scored for onstage corsetry, and borrowing the "smells like children" cage scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the cover graphics. Marion Mann - You Took Advantage of Me Heart-shaped handcuffs from 1946. Maroon 5 - How Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call (video) And maybe "Get Back In My Life," too . . . Master Slave Relationship - Being Led Around by the Tongue Deborah Jaffe has been cranking out unique and disturbing fetish-inspired music since the mid-1980s. Mastertouch - Drivin' Me Madd Vicious dancefloor demonia from a Sydney-based DJ / producer. Material Issue - Mrs. Beautiful The late Jim Ellison had the devil chasing after him in this unreleased winner about her daughter tied to a chair in the basement. Matthew Sweet - Ivory Tower Matthew Sweet - Someone to Pull the Trigger Matthew Sweet - Superdeformed "Tie me up and drug me" always works as foreplay around here, as do blindfolds. And "Girlfriend" almost qualifies with the line about never setting her free, especially if he means cover girl Tuesday Weld. McCallGirl - Have an S&M Christmas Don't let the acoustic arrangement fool you . . . Santa's bringing corsets and eight-inch heels this year! Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud Kneeling in the chains of his master, Jim Steinman's ace voice does Rocky Horror proud. Melissa Etheridge - Precious Pain See, nice lesbian mommies can like bondage, too! Merzbow - Music For Bondage Performance An ambient, albeit somewhat noisy, soundtrack for those Shibari sessions. Metallica - St. Anger Just for the cover, but one cannot help but notice that James Hetfield is often photographed with suspicious-looking leather cuffs around his wrists, not to mention their live LP with the S.F. Symphony entitled S&M, their cover of Nick Cave's "Loverman," and their Lulu collaboration with Lou Reed. Michael Jackson - Bad "Beat It," indeed. Mick Jagger - She's The Boss A femdom tribute to Elvis' "You're The Boss," presumably tongue in cheek (unlike the Stones' logo). Mike McGear - McGear Paul McCartney's brother gets roped in a Gulliver's Travels takeoff. Miranda Sex Garden - A Fairytale About Slavery More stringy things that go stretch in the night. Think Skinny Puppy jamming with Enya. Monkees - When Love Comes Knockin' Throwing off the chains that bind, granted, but it's always great to include the Prefab Four in these affairs. Second place: the strings that tie down Davy Jones in "I Wanna Be Free." Montrose - Underground "You take me, and you break me, and you make me your slave." Singer Sammy Hagar continued to explore this quadrant when he joined Van Halen a few years later, not to mention cutting loose from the ball and chain in "Serious Juju." Moonspell - 2econd Skin From the aptly-titled Sin. Motels - Total Control A familiar sentiment around these parts (along with those wicked thoughts about Martha Davis as a domme). Mother Hips - Mission in Vain Handcuffs and restrained choices from the grizzled sons. Mötley Crüe - Hell In High Heels Typical beer-n-boorish behavior from El Lay's fave pagans. Also see "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)," "The Animal in Me" and "This Ain't a Love Song," and singer Vince Neil's cover of the Sweet's "Set Me Free." Mott the Hoople - Sucker Mott the Hoople - I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso "Hi there / your friendly neighborhood sadist / wants to take you / for a ride." From the always-inspirational Ian Hunter, who's bent more than a few genders along the way via "Jerkin' Crocus," "One of the Boys," "I Wish I Was Your Mother" and especially "All The Young Dudes." Guitarist Mick Ralphs, later of Bad Co., gets chained in "Cadillac." Move - Wild Tiger Woman Tied to the bed, the former beauty queen is also covered by Electric Light Orchestra. Mumford and Sons - The Cave Strength in pain, nooses around necks and tied to a post, the modernists come out of their cave walking on their hands. My Bloody Valentine - Soon My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette In Your Bed My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When Some of the sexiest guitar music ever recorded (the entire band sounds like it has a whammy bar attached to it), plus ethereal vocal stylings that David Lynch and Julee Cruise ripped off for the soundtrack to Twin Peaks, itself no slouch in this category. My Life With Thrill Kill Kult - Leathersex Dance this mess around from the aptly-named Sexplosion sessions. Mylène Farmer - L'ame-stram-gram Mylène Farmer - Consentement Mylène Farmer - Libertine Mylène Farmer - Que Mon Coeur Lache The French Madonna makes like Joan Jett crossed with Catherine Deneuve in some of the most amazing BDSMy concerts you've never seen, in which she prances in latex hobble dresses, steel-cage ponygirl attire and other visual delights while cooing ethereal over a heavy-metal soundtrack. She even managed to sneak a naughty song ("L'Histoire d'une fée, c'est . . . " the last two words of which translate phonetically into "fessee," French for spanking) onto the soundtrack for Rugrats In Paris. Mynameisjohnmichael - Elders Bound and gagged for a reason . . . I guess you'll just have to believe. Narcoleptic Youth - Barbi in Bondage Tying up Barbie dolls is a classic early warning sign. Nashville Pussy - Beat Me Senseless Pan-fried smut-metal that ain't the sharpest hook in the tackle box, but big brains aren't exactly the point here. Nina Hagen - Revolution Ballroom New wave / Wagner-on-acid diva best known for swooping covers (often in her native German) of weirdness like "My Sweet Lord" (memo to George: stop spinning) and "TV-Glotzer" (aka the Tubes' "White Punks On Dope"), her albums sport titles like Nunsexmonkrock and 14 Friendly Abductions. Nine Inch Nails - Closer Nine Inch Nails - Happiness in Slavery Nine Inch Nails - Sin Nine Inch Nails - Twist Obviously. Nirvana - Polly "Asks me to untie her" doesn't usually work. NOFX - S&M Airlines A longstanding punk combo with an interesting idea on making those transcontinental journeys a lot more fun. Nouvelle Vague - Dance with Me Nouvelle Vague - Master and Servant Depeche Mode and Lords of the New Church get the bossa novacaine treatment, with Martin Gore happily (?!) singing along. Nurse with Wound - Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella I'm beyond describing any album with a title like that. Ohio Players - Pain Ohio Players - Pleasure Serious Seventies funk that makes Prince's perversions look positively PG. Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John - Tied Up Let's hear it for Lycra! Otis Redding - Chained and Bound To her love, but that works great, too. Pansy Division - James Bondage Everyone's favorite queercore combo gets knotty. Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat Benetar - Love Is a Battlefield Another member of the "does she, or doesn't she?" club . . . "Hit Me" is often interpreted from a BDSM perspective, and the same can certainly be said of her reaction to finding herself in a straightjacket. She's chained to his side in "Love . . ." Paula Cole - Feeling Love Sumptuously sexy, especially when she moans about being tied to the bed. Payable on Death - P.O.D. Christian metal with creative cover sentiments. Pete Townshend - Politician Whipping and tripping in the age of intuition. Also noted: the whip in the introduction to "Predictable" in Psychoderelict. Phil Ochs - Pretty Smart On My Part After leading his girl to the altar, he's going to "tie her all in leather" . . . not exactly a protest song at this particular hootenanny. Phish - Sugar Shack Drowned out by slithering stares, Trey is followed and chased and caught and tied up. Plasmatics - Sex Junkie "Your first name is dirt / and your last name is sleaze." Fire up that chainsaw, Wendy! Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash Produced by Elvis Costello. Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da With words screaming for submission, and logic that ties you up and rapes you, Sting, Andy and Stewart rework XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel" and release versions in Spanish and Japanese. Poodle-Rock Cover Art Hall Of Fame! All talk and no walk, but a welcome change from the Druids-discover-dope dreamscapes preferred by their 1970s metal forefathers. Pornorphans - Crimson "My knees are painting crimson letters on your floor / Our little safety word is out of date, I'm sure." Think Garbage without treacly pop overtones. From Finland, no less. Portishead - All Mine "Tethered and tied, there's no place to hide." Power Station - Communication This is supposed to be the "murderess" sleeve, but it's pretty hard to kill someone while blindfolded. I like the crop behind her behind, too. Precious Metal - That Kind of Girl Onstage, the female Def Leppard dressed like a fetish dream come true, acres of leather and rubber and heels up to here . . . you can see them in all their latex glory in the otherwise-forgettable Rich Girl (which also co-stars Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie). Pretenders - Bad Boys Get Spanked One of Chrissie Hynde's worst songs, but written while she was having an affair (see "The Adultress") with Ray Davies, erstwhile leader of, er, ah, the Kinks. Some scenesters are also partial to "Back on the Chain Gang." Primitives - I Wanna Be Your Dog First, find you favorite place. Procol Harum - She Wandered Through the Garden Fence And "strapped me to her torture rack." Puddle of Mudd - Control Another contestant in the "bring back Nirvana" sweepstakes riffs away pleasurably and painfully on a favorite theme. Pulp - Underwear Pulp - This Is Hardcore Jarvis Cocker makes like the Vampire Lestat crooning the best of Roxy Music. Pulsars - Submission Song Stylish surf guitar compensates for the Neil Diamond horns. Queen - Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Freddie Mercury tried everything once . . . also see "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)," "Fight From the Inside," and I suppose "Tie Your Mother Down," although that's kinda squicky. Queen Adreena - Kitty Collar Tight "Kate Bush on crack" is a rousing recommendation around here, especially from an album called Drink Me from a band that used to be called Daisy Chainsaw. Rammstein - Bück Dich (Bend Down) Germany's finest aggronauts produce an unholy wall of sound that makes Limp Bizkit the most aptly-named band on the planet. R.E.M. - Walk Unafraid Are those constraints really stilled? I first heard them as "steel." Rasputina - AntiqueHighHeelRedDollShoes Rasputina - Hunter's Kiss Rasputina - Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works Lovely ladies. Playing cellos. In corsets. There is a god. Also see Melora Creager's solo "Krakatowa" for more slavery and handcuffs. Recoil - Breath Control Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder calls his latest Subhuman. Red Lights - Venus in Furs Live in Merrick, N.Y. from Another Point of V.U. (Taste the Whip). Redd Kross - S&M Party Fifty-eight seconds of giddy decadence from El Lay's power-poppin' punsters. Reefer Madness - Little Mary Sunshine "I feel a little naughty," Kristin Bell proclaims before pulling out the nipple clamps, branding irons, etc. Rihanna - S&M Whips and chains work for a lot of us, dear. Robomusic - Just Try and Escape (Dominatrix Song) A Weird Al-style parody of "The Pina Colada Song," of all utterly unlikely things. Roger Taylor - Closer to You Down on his knees, Queen's drummer and ace auxiliary vocalist / songwriter finds himself rhyming chains and insane. Rolling Stones - Black and Blue Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler Rolling Stones - Slave Rolling Stones - Sweet Black Angel Rolling Stones - Tie You Up (The Pain Of Love) Rolling Stones - Turd on the Run Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb Rolling Stones - When The Whip Comes Down A strong case can be made to include "Ruby Tuesday," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Honky Tonk Woman," "Bitch," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Memo From Turner," "Rocks Off," "So Divine (Aladdin's Story)," "Beast of Burden" and "If You Can't Rock Me" in this collection, but nothing in their catalog can top (or bottom) Jagger's onstage performances of "Midnight Rambler" when he would literally beat the stage senseless with his scarf, demonstrating a much-too-practiced touch. Rory Gallagher - Barley & Grape Rag Ball and chain and acoustic shredding from the rumored Mick Taylor replacement. Runaways - Black Leather Runaways - Saturday Night Special Runaways - Trash Can Murders On "Black Leather," the original bust-yer-cherry bombs cover the post-Rotten Sex Pistols, who returned the favor by playing on the demo for Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll," while Tonio K. and Earl Slick co-wrote "Saturday Night Special." On their debut, "Dead End Justice" both defined and destroyed the teenage-girls-behind-bars genre. Post-breakup, Joan and Lita Ford have already been discussed, while Cherie and / or Marie Currie's hands are tied in "Elaine" and they're prisoners in "Prisoner" on Messin' With the Boys. In 2011, Shonen Knife, Care Bears on Fire and the Ribeye Brothers cover these tunes on the superb double-disk Runaways tribute, Take It or Leave It, that donates a chunk of the proceeds to the American Institute for Cancer Research in memory of Sandy West. Rush - Freewill Just for the "prisoner in chains" line. Sadness - Evangelion Sadness - Heretic More twisted gothic metal madness. Salad - Diminished Clothes Salad - On A Leash Marijne van der Vlugt sings couplets like "the polythene wigwam ritual / she's got a blue bikini / two kisses and you're captive / like something from Fred Fellini" behind a fuzzy wall of joyful noisypop. Samhain - Human Pony Girl Samhain - In My Grip From the Misfits / Danzig school of moody murky monstrously-morbid megametal. Sarah Brightman - Once In a Lifetime Andrew Lloyd Weber's favorite diva makes like the Kate Bush of my dreams. Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender I hereby volunteer to run our information booth at Lilith. Scorpions - No One Like You Restrained feelings are the perfect starting place. Sex Pistols - Leather Jacket Sex Pistols - Submission Johnny Rotten auditioned for the band by singing along with Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" on the jukebox in SEX, Malcolm McLaren and Vivenne Westwood's circa-1975 London BDSM boutique. And don't miss the inflatable rubber mask in The Filth and the Fury documedy. Sex Slaves - Bite Your Tongue Sleaze-rockin' sentiments like "Thank God for Jack Daniels." Shaggy - Freaky Girl Chains and handcuffs get all whip-hop. Shel Silverstein - Masochistic Baby By day, a children-friendly crooner. By night, a Playboy cartoonist and singer of seriously-demented sonnets. Simple Minds - Our Secrets Are The Same Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill wanted us to believe the above cover art was a reflection of their frustration over this album being lost for four years in a spat with their record label. Uh huh. They also referred to their web site as "sm.com," even though they didn't officially own that URL. And those adverse to vanilla sentiments will surely love "Death by Chocolate." Sinmasters - Innocence Lost Speaking of sm, hard to miss with a logo like that. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt Siouxsie and the Banshees - Venus in Furs The original PVC-punk poetess (sorry, Patti) also happened to invent goth. Sisters of Mercy - Kiss The Carpet Great album title, too. Slash - Beautiful Dangerous "She went to a dark place," the ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist says of Fergie's portrayal of a crazed fan who ties him to a bed, kisses him and teases him with a knife while clad in leather lingerie. Slick Mahony - Go Grab My Belt Bad girls need a spanking, baby. Sliders - Coming Around Pedestrian pop-rockers get a little confused on the topic when they sing about being tied to a ball and chain. Smashing Pumpkins - Venus in Furs Billy Corgan compounds his sins in Chicago. Smiths - Handsome Devil Getting hands on mammary glands, and cracking whips because you deserve it. Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf Luring disco dollies to a life of vice on a long, black leash is a cherished career for many. Sonic Youth - Anti-Orgasm Sonic Youth - Kool Thing Kim Gordon can be my slave any time. Spank Rock Another great name, song suggestions welcome. Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything "You see, of late, she's been quite speechless." Gilbert and Sullivan take ecstasy, and really, really like it! Spın̈al Tap - Bitch School Spın̈al Tap - Christmas with the Devil Spın̈al Tap - Smell the Glove For everyone who still goes to 11. Steve Wynn - Kool Thing Steve Wynn - Ribbons and Chains Steve Wynn - We Don't Talk About It The Dream Syndicator sings about things that tie you in knots. Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog Painslut paragon Iggy Pop was playing with broken glass and peanut butter long before Sid Vicious started wearing a chain and padlock around his neck. Still a highlight of Joan Jett's live sets, especially when she sings it with her wrists clasped above her head. And note the touch of evil and the guy on a leash in "Free and Freaky." Strapps - Prisoner Of Your Love Obscure 1970s Australian rock gang had great graphic sense. Strokes - Is This It For the U.K. cover alone (sorry, but I'm old enough to remember, and prefer, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the New York Dolls, Aerosmith, Guns 'N Roses and / or the Black Crowes when I hanker for retro-pop / blues swagger from five-piece rock combos). Stryper - Set Me Free L.A.'s god squad cranks the Sweet's "gagged, bound and chained" opening number on their trib disk The Covering. SuperHeavy - Warring People Mick Jagger is always in pain about about whips and chains. Surf Punks - Water Sports The "No Fat Chicks" Malibu beach brats enthusiastically discuss golden showers, wetsuits, trouser trout / fish, bondage and S&M while interjecting cool piano fills throughout. Suzi Quatro - Skin Tight Skin Jurrasic-leather glam goddess / bassist from Detroit moved to England and promptly ate Slade for breakfast, spit out T. Rex for lunch and snacked on Ziggy Stardust when she wasn't inspiring virtually every woman on this list with her silk-sash-bash bravado. Her cover of the Stones / Beatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man" is a femdom classic. Swans - Raping a Slave Brutal no-wave metal played at ear-exploding volumes. Sweet - Set Me Free The first line of the ballroom blitzkrieg's 1974 glitter blockbuster Sweet Fanny Adams is "gagged, bound and chained," while "whips and chains don't leave no trace" on / in "The Lies in Your Eyes." Later delved into sensory deprivation with "Love Is Like Oxygen." Switchblade Symphony - Drool "Yes, you scream and you shout / girl, you'll never get out." Think post-irony Grace Slick in black lace. Tanzwut - Bitte, Bitte Tanzwut - Dämmerung Black Sabbath blasts Beethoven (both of which these German art-metal commandos cover). T Bone Burnett - Twenty Twenty For the obvious sleeve, but I'm always partial to anyone who works with Tonio K. and covers Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Ted Nugent - Bound and Gagged Ted Nugent - Tied Up In Love The world's most famous archery addict is no slouch when it comes to bedroom guitarzan gymnastics. That Dog - Gagged and Tied Alternative lives! Honorable mention: Butthole Surfers. That Guy Sibry - The Spank Song "When I spank you, you'll say, 'thank you.'" Thin Lizzy - S&M Black roses were this Irish band's default logo (not to mention the title of the album from which this song hails), and now we know why. Three Days Grace - Pain When the lights go out, you'll understand. Tim Buckley - Make It Right By the 1970s, Jeff's father was a dangerously-decadent reformed folkie who was singing about "Moulin Rouge" long before Nicole Kidman was even born. Tim Minchin - If I Didn't Have You Girls more open to spanking are the pianist's objective. Tina and the Total Babes - Tongue Tied Wishful thinking, but She's So Tuff blasts along admirably. Tina Arena - Chains A slow-burn soul sacrifice from Australia's answer to Celine Dion. Tom Lehrer - Masochism Tango Back in the 1950s, Harvard's favorite piano terrorist seems to have met Irving Klaw and Bettie Page. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Refugee "Kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom" sounds like a lot of first dates around here. Also noted: the dog collar in / on "Spike." Tom Smith - Callisto A Xena: Warrior Princess homage to the tune of John Denver's "Calypso." Tommy Bolin - Whips and Roses The late great guitarist gets a double-CD comp with an excellent title. Tori Amos - Crucify Tori Amos - Leather Tori Amos - Pandora's Aquarium Strange little girl, indeed. On the one hand, she's a prominent supporter of RAINN, the sex assault hotline, but then there's "Spark" ("you say you don't want it / again and again / but you don't / don't really mean it."), see video stills above, not to mention the clips for "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "Jackie's Strength." One of the many conceits of Strange Little Girls, her exploration of male misogyny via cover songs, is a series of "characters" through whom Tori channels her performance; for the virtual chanteuse of 10cc's "I'm Not In Love," she says, "She's a little fetish girl; she's into BDSM. It's all about power with her." Amos has also admitted that "I've traversed those areas in my own life, and, God, it was devouring, on both sides." Amen. I also like her posture collar on the cover of Midwinter Graces. Tracorum - Venus in Furs Speaking of Tori, here's a nice piano version. Trike - The Spanking Machine Mooning moms, and a cameo from God. Tubes - Don't Touch Me There Tubes - Mondo Bondage Tubes - What Do You Want From Life "The smell of burning leather / as we hold each other tight" . . . 30 years later, Fee Waybill still wears a leather hood when he sings "Mondo Bondage" onstage, while "Don't Touch Me There" duetess Re Styles posed in rubber stockings on the back of the Tubes' first album. Hard to be more explicit, or more fun. Also noted: Lizzy Borden does a nice cover of "Don't Touch Me There" with Besty Weiss helping out. Tuscadero - Latex Dominatrix Peppy powerpop and BDSM don't generally mix, but any band named after Suzi Quatro's "Leather Tuscadero" character on Happy Days is onto something. Ultra Vivid Scene - The Mercy Seat Almost everything else on Kurt Ralske's debut album, especially "She Screamed" and "You Didn't Say Please," qualifies for this compilation in a major fashion. Also note the teeth-eye view of the toothbrush through the duct tape. United States of America - I Wouldn't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar One of the very first electronica bands came from the psychotica 1960s and gave Lou Reed serious competition in terms of both twisted lyrics and playing leads on ring modulator. U2 - With or Without You Tied hands, bruised body and the bed of nails for that super-kink touch. Van Halen - Black and Blue Van Halen - House of Pain Van Halen - Spanked The Helmut Newton poster of David Lee Roth chained to a fence that came with Women and Children First, not to mention Bettie Page on the cover and CD of DLR Band, rocked the roll conclusively. And yes, I know two of these are Sammy songs, but see the Montrose entry. Various Artists - Gothic Erotica Six CDs of old-school goth, featuring everyone from Nico, Iggy and Lydia Lunch to Gene Loves Jezebel, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Athamay and Psychic TV, plus dozens more, not to mention a cover suitable for downloading all by itself. Various Artists - A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box Four CDs of old-school goth, featuring everyone from Alien Sex Fiend to Clan Of Xymox, plus dozens more, not to mention a cover suitable for downloading all by itself. Various Artists - Copulatin' Blues Various Artists - Risqué Rhythms For those interested in the history of this particular art form, these compilations of pre- and post-war rhythms put the "blue" back into the blues. Various Artists - Strip Jointz Various Artists - Strip Jointz Rocks Various Artists - Strip Jointz Vol. 2 Various Artists - Take It Off! Strip Tease Classics Four great soundtracks to accompany the intentional removal of clothing by its wearer. Take It Off! is classic big-band burlesque (including "The Stripper" and the theme from Gypsy, "Shivas Regal"), Strip Jointz and Vol. 2 lean toward funky soul from the likes of Rick James, Marvin Gaye, LaBelle, Bell Biv DeVoe and Sir Mix-A-Lot, while Rocks takes its cue from the sound system at the clubs mentioned in Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls" (the lead-off track), including several selections from the Bondage Jukebox, plus big-bang-boom faves like Billy Squier, Duran Duran and even that ol' panty pirate, Tom Jones ("You Can Leave Your Hat On"). Velvet Underground and Nico - Venus In Furs Lou Reed scares me in the best possible ways (like naming this band and song after erotica books), but what's really frightening is the thought of Jackson Browne getting his big break as the teenage lover of femme fatale Nico. Venus and the Razorblades - Crack the Whip I especially like the line about the trust-fund bully. Venus in Furs - Baby's On Fire Velvet Goldmine band glams it on. Vice Squad - Latex Love Punk and disorderly, but how can you miss with Beki Bondage on lead vocals? Her tribute album, Cold Turkey, looks great in the CD case with her name blasting off the spine in huge capital letters. Vicious Pink - Fetish Alas, not a cover of the Joan Jett song of the same name, but worthwhile in its own right. Warren Zevon - Poor Poor Pitiful Me When girls ask me to beat them at the Hyatt House, I tend to want to talk about it. Sadly, Linda Ronstadt didn't, and sang the original lyrics about "a boy in the Vieux Carres / Down in Yokohama / He picked me up and he threw me down / He said, 'Please don't hurt me, mama.'" Honorable mentions for "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" ("down on my knees in pain") and "For My Next Trick, I'll Need a Volunteer" ("put me in chains"). W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) W.A.S.P. - B.A.D. W.A.S.P. - On Your Knees W.A.S.P. - The Torture Never Stops For the grand finale of their early shows, Blackie Lawless and his droogies wheeled out the rack featured on their first album cover, only containing a topless lady instead of the stupid skeleton. Later, this concept was expanded to crosses, nuns and related Alice Cooperisms. "B.A.D." stands for "bondage and discipline." Well, whaddya expect from a band whose name is purportedly an acronym for "We Are Sexual Perverts"? Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise Weird Al Yankovic - Good Old Days Weird Al Yankovic - Party in the C.I.A. Weird Al Yankovic - Perform This Way Tying your high-school girlfriend to a chair and shaving off all her hair is always a pleasant memory on this playlist, while handcuffs click in "CIA," straightjackets appear in his Lady Gaga trib and he gets medieval on your heinie in "Amish." Wendy O. Williams - Priestess Produced by Gene Simmons of Kiss (who also did the honors for Van Halen's early demos), the late W.O.W. is definitely a missing link between W.A.S.P. and the Who, among other inestimable cultural contributions (see Plasmatics entry). Whip Culture - Pleasure Generation Electroclash entertainment with titles like "Robot Love." Who - Cousin Kevin Tied to that chair, you won't go anywhere . . . put in your earplugs, pull down your eyeshades, you know where to put the cork! X - Adult Books X - Back 2 the Base X - Everybody X - White Girl Long-lost El Lay lovers John Doe and Exene Cervenka catalog the travails of sex and dying in high society with wit, wisdom and a tragic desperation that mixes up the Doors, rockabilly riffs and locomotive-breath rhythmic propulsion to make their music eminently go bang, as well as squish, groan and scream. When it comes to raunchy romantic relationships, these classics and others from Wild Gift, including "The Once Over Twice" and "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch," are as seminal as they (er) come. A dominatrix and a muzzle appear in "Everybody." Shut up and smoke. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours The Class of '77 British punk-rockers loved to stalk normalcy on the streets of London dressed in bondage apparel, a trend that unfortunately never caught on in the States. Yello - Tied Up From the "Oh Yeah" tribe (Ferris Bueller's Day Off). ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure Some hear the lyrics as "she likes whips and chains," while others swear they're singing "she likes wimps that change." Same difference. Sites with similar sentiments