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EveSixxx t1_ixvs1y6 wrote

So, I’m not a huge LostProphets fan, but I do like a handful of songs. I still listen to them. And it’s ok to still listen for a handful of reasons.

You didn’t commit nor do you endorse the crimes he committed. And let’s not say by listening you endorse it, because that’s not true no matter what hurt you have or what mental gymnastics you try and perform.

The songs can have a meaning to you or evoke a feeling for you that’s not the intent of the writer. What you attach to the music isn’t dictated by the author, music is art and art is subjective and personal.

Steven Tyler fleeced parents into signing over their teenage daughter so he could commit statutory rape on the regular. So did someone in Zepplin as did Bill Lyman with Mandy smith. There’s tons of examples of pedophilic behavior in the music industry. They aren’t as extreme , but they’re still sex crimes, statutory rape in these cases. I am in no way defending the behaviors of any of these individuals. They’re criminals plane and simple. So are our politicians, but we still abide by the laws they create. This went sideways fast in me so I’ll wrap it up.

All I’m saying is there is a way to separate art from the artists. If there isn’t then it loses it’s subjective nature and becomes a narrow interpretation .

Thanks for your time, I owe you a drink.

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Fluffy_Little_Fox t1_ixvx2ac wrote

David Bowie allegedly had inappropriate encounters with Lori Mattox (or however you spell her name) but I'm not gunna just quit listening to David Bowie. Bowie isn't anywhere near the level of Ian Watkins. That man is Suge Knight levels of Evil.

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RevolutionaryJury941 t1_ixwuhgu wrote

What suge knight do?

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billiehetfield t1_ixx163t wrote

There’s levels to this stuff. There’s a huge difference between 14 and a baby. Both are wrong. One is more wrong than the other.

And if you listen in a streaming service, you may be sending money his way.

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EveSixxx t1_ixx5gbo wrote

I don’t listen to streaming, and that makes me wonder if he’s seeing those pennies? Or if it’s going to a victim’s fund.

And they’re both wrong. Period. It’s safe to end it there.

Do you listen to the other bands mentioned?

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billiehetfield t1_ixx6kc1 wrote

Righty or wrongly, I don’t have as a visceral reaction to say a Bowie or a Tyler. Maybe I’m bad, however Watkins went right down to the very bottom. He was a true pedo vs ephebophilia with the rest.

Edit to say it also wasn’t my time. Watkins was during my gig going life and I saw them a few times. I’ve never seen the others.

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