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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

So I'm a huge fan of The Smiths...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to really love R. Kelly's Bump N' Grind, until... Well, I think everyone knows at this point

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You remember South Park's Trapped in the Closet episode? I was shocked to discover that it's a real thing. R Kelly made a musical drama about being trapped in the closet and it's absolutely absurd.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

lol, watched that series of videos unfold in real time on The Soup, and am sheepishly realizing there's probably a whole generation of people now that were too young/ not alive yet when that train wreck went down.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like the Beatles, and there's the obvious clique joke of "John beats his wives, ya know?"

I like a grand total of one Megadeath song, "Hanger 18". That bad is very troublesome. I feel bad for enjoying it, but I don't pay for it, so I guess that's better? But it's nostalgic for me, and I like the words "Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense."

I'd have to go through each bands' wikipedia page, but I think some of the worst things are;

  • Disagreed on who wrote what, leading to members leaving or the band breaking up

  • Disagreed on who owns the name, leading to court battles and the band splitting in two

  • Important members leaving, and while the band is still fun to listen to both new and old songs, its not the same

And of course the dreaded sin of "Why does no one know who I am talking about, they need more fans." but that's not really a thing of their own.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
You better hide your head in the sand, little girl
If I catch you with another man, that's the end, little girl

Fun pop lyrics or psychopathic threat of violence?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

literally just being dave mustaine

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I wonder how many hotel rooms They Might Be Giants have trashed

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vince Neil killing Razzle. Then the band casually acting like Mick never existed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Such horse shit Vince didn't have to do time for that. He has gotten a couple DUI's since too. On his Wikipedia page seems he likes to assault women. Total piece of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a big fan of G.G. Allin, so it's hard to pin point just a single moment, but we'll let google and your imaginations take you there. It's pretty trippy.

When I was super young and listening to ace of bass i learned one of the members was also a white supremacist.

Lead singer of L7 whipped her used tampon at an asshole like a fucking champ.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The dude from Iced Earth and Demons and Wizards is a right wing terrorist. That's a bummer.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe not as bad as the others…

I’ve been a NOFX fan for about 25 years; still am.

Their whole Vegas shooting country music joke was really hard to wake up to & read as a fan. Also the ripple effect that had on the other bands playing with them; the shows getting canceled; it was all a huge shitshow.

Having said that, I’m sure NOFX themselves have done more fucked up things than that joke, but the timing and lack of sensitivity was really a gut punch (not just to the fans, but the people of Vegas and the victim’s families).

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aero Chord made some cool stuff, and then found out he sexually assaulted Mylk in 2014 when she was just trying to help him out... It fucked her up pretty bad, guy's a complete asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I had a nickel for every time one of my favorite noise artists was accused of sexual assault by another artist I follow, I'd have two nickels. Which isnt a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice (Michael Gira from Swans was accused by Larkin Grimm and Alexis Marshall from Daughters was accused by Kristin Hayter).

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Just saw Anti-Flag a few months ago right before they broke up suddenly because of an allegation.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My favorite musicians, writers, sports stars, and TV crew are pretty cool for the most part, though there's a childhood program of mine where all the original actors just hate working with one another, to the point where when Jason David Frank ended his life a few months ago, only one actress said a single word of sympathy. Arguably worse than being a jerk to the fans, from a certain perspective. That and the company/studio has some very EA-esque habits.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Speaking out in defense of ripping crosses off churches. If you like electric wizard then listen to sleep.

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