Discovered recently that Electric Wizard were kinda dicks back in the day. “At the time, we were pretty bad people. I got arrested for arson of a car, outside a police station. Tim [Bagshaw] went to nick a crucifix off a church roof so we could use it onstage…”

R. L. Burnside killed a man “possibly at a craps game.”

Varg of Mayhem Burzum burned a couple churches and killed a bandmate.

I could list other examples, but would like to hear from other people and other music genres.

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    464·
    1 year ago

    I grew up on a lot of metal bands, including Iced Earth. Absolutely loved them, even saw them open for Megadeth as a kid.

    Then Jon Schaffer went and proudly participated in the Jan 6 attack, so now it’s kinda hard to listen to their music anymore.

    Also hard to listen to Megadeth these days, too. Partly because they stopped being good after Risk, but also partly because Dave Mustaine turned into a born-again Christian nutjob.

    • Pea666@feddit.nl
      101·
      1 year ago

      In hindsight, Jon Schaffer might’ve been a total dick all along considering the huge turnover in IE’s lineup over the years. He’s probably horrible to work with.

      Also, looking back, his lyrics about hidden societies fucking shit up for humanity leave a sour taste in my mouth given that he fell in with the whole Q bullshit.

      Damn shame because I loved me some IE but now it’s hard to listen to.

      • Chozo@kbin.social
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it definitely puts a bad spin on the Something Wicked story they’d been telling. Which is a shame, because it was cool thinking it was just about aliens and magic curses and shit, but now knowing that he probably believes there’s more truth to that story than he lets on, it just doesn’t feel the same.

      • jaywalker@lemm.ee
        31·
        1 year ago

        Gotta watch out for “hidden societies” because it’s almost always a dog whistle for Jewish people

        • Pea666@feddit.nl
          3·
          1 year ago

          Oh yeah absolutely. It’s wild how much of this shit comes back to old-fashioned antisemitism when you know where to look.