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What shitty things have your favourite bands/artists done? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm out of the loop here but I'm not sure if I want to know what happened

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  • [โ€“] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Ian Watkins, the lead singer, is now in prison for sexual abuse of children. We're not talking the typical groomer here, he actually raped kids as young as toddlers. He's a monster. A lot of their songs are absolute bangers, but knowing about him makes it hard to listen to them.

    The rest of the band (to my knowledge) are decent, though. They broke up the band upon learning the truth about Watkins, and has since formed a new band.

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