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(Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics,'' the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit timed to take advantage of this election season and in particular the Republican National Convention's return to Cleveland, opens Friday, May 20.

Twisted Sister's Dee Snider, who appeared before the U.S. Senate in 1985 after former Vice President Al Gore's wife, Tipper, and her Parents Resource Music Center began a push for a voluntary ratings system, will help open the exhibit. Snider was involved because of the band's hit, "We're Not Gonna Take It.''

The exhibit apparently will be a strong representation of the Rock Hall's push to go beyond mere static displays. It features exclusive video interviews with Bono, David Byrne, Snider, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, Gloria Estefan, Gregg Allman and even former President Jimmy Carter.

According to a release from the Rock Hall, the exhibit will use interviews and interactive tools, photography and artifacts that focus on eight primary topics: civil rights, LGBT issues, feminism, war and peace, censorship, political campaigns, political causes and international politics.

Among the items that will be on view are Neil Young's handwritten lyrics for "Ohio,'' spawned by the May 4, 1970, student shootings at Kent State University.

More than 50 artists and political figures play a role in the exhibit, which will run through Nov. 27, and then will head to the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to open on Jan. 13, 2017, just in time for the presidential inauguration.