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What shitty things have your favourite bands/artists done? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by luthis@lemmy.nz 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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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't say I was a big fan of them at the time, but LostProphets.

Ian Watkins is currently serving a 30 year sentence in prison for multiple child sexual offences - incredibly vile shit.

Apparently people had suspected he was a nonce long before he was arrested.

Many former fans went so far as to burn merch, trash CD's and pretty much disavow the band once the news came out. His former band mates dissolved the band and started No Devotion in its place.

[–] Boldizzle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Came here for the Ian Watkins comment.

Haven't found another band close to sounding like Lostprophets and it sucks.