1. I read american psycho when I was 13. Shellshocked. The movie didn't top it for me. 2. I'll suggest Fleetwood Mac (although I dunno if they qualify as 100% american).

I'd like to point out, extrapolating from the only areas to my knowledge that are well researched regarding preventing undesirable behavior (alcohol and tobacco), that education has very limited effect (e.g. Lustig RH et al. Nature 2012; 482: 27). I am not saying that educating/increasing awareness of children and adolescents is futile, but when it comes to having a significant impact the only measure able to do the job is regulation (sad, I know, kinda makes me dystopic). So I am gonna go ahead and say that I am pro regulation on this issue.

Some, notably from the field of evolutionary psychology, argue that fear of public speaking is an evolutionary adaptation. We've spent the bulk of our time (approximately 99%, but depending on your definitions) as hunter-gatherers living in small groups. Speaking something that was disapproved of may get you excluded from the group. A solitary human in ancestral times stood little chances of survival, let alone procreation. Thus one may argue, fear of public speaking is not only common, it is also natural. It is something we all have to overcome. I find comfort in this.