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the truth is most people who dabble in that shit are idiots and/or looking for shock value; sometimes, they grow up and realize what they did was stupid (example: throbbing gristle) or wear their shit out until it's no longer shocking and have to move somewhere else (bowie and his illegitimate son, marilyn manson).
there's bands who dabble in that shit but are so clueless you have to laugh (like slayer). it was a bit scary watching them in new jersey and have a few skinhead neo nazis sieg heiling, although i doubt they knew they were giving the aryan approval to two latinos.
i feel more sorry for daniel johnston than anything, he's just a mentally unstable person, would you really take him seriously?
then there's the people who are immerse in that shit for life, where they are like spokespersons for such "movements" and do believe that stuff, and just as i wouldn't join a party or an ideology, i don't buy their records. still, not listening to what they have to say makes you ignorant to what you are opposing.
as i see it, there's so many stupid persons doing ace music that not supporting them just because they are morons would be dumb, if the music is good. it's just a different way in which their stupidity shows. i mean, if you don't like drugs, would you stop listening to people who do music, even though their music is right up your alley, because they do drugs?
also, many of these people are pathetic figures who hate themselves, have awful addictions, are miserable and have tried to kill themselves; would you really hold what they say as some threat?
there's this need for rock n' roll since the hippies started, to give music a "message" and a "meaning" but, really, it doesn't, at least not directly; but when people force these meanings and messages, they usually end up with some retarded.
still, good music is good music regardless, and you can enjoy music without supporting assholes.
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