[hat and beard]

I suppose I should reply to this thread since my posting of the Dead Reptile Shrine record kicked the discussion off, but I don't really have much to say that hasn't already been said.
Though I don't mind listening to artists whose views I don't share 100%, try as I might, I find it incredibly difficult to listen to artists with blatant racist/homophobic etc. tendencies, even if said tendencies aren't represented clearly in their music. I had a brief interest in Boyd Rice, for example, but after discovering what a total twat he is in real life I just can't bear to listen to his music anymore. The fact that he is a fairly intelligent and well-spoken twat makes it all the more worse.
Somehow the NS imagery of DRS went right by me. I generally stay away from black metal for the reason stated above, but the DRS record sounded so completely otherwordly to me I kind of naively assumed that whoever made the music was beyond such silly worldly concepts as political movements etc. Shows what I know. Guess I should read the song titles next time.