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I've had this thought before...
It's hard to separate an artist from his art, at least in my eyes... it's difficult for me to, say, read a book by someone I don't like, regardless of how good of a writer it is. But I still acknowledge him as a good writer.
With music, the line is blurred a bit more, because even if Lee was a child molestor, the rest of the band isn't -- he is merely 25% (or 20% when O'Rourke was there) of a band... why should I stop listening to a band because I don't like one member?
Basically, it comes down to.. if good music is good music, then it doesn't really matter to me, because most musicians have probably done a shit-ton of things I don't agree with or that are evil in my eyes. I can't deny a good riff, no matter who wrote it.
For example, I really enjoy Charles Manson's solo records... I think he wrote some damn good songs. I don't mind some Skrewdriver and some Vaginal Jesus also... there's this amazing racist black metal/crust hybrid band called ARGHOSLENT that's just amazing... I will never completely see eye-to-eye with anyone's points of views or actions so I'm not going to stop listening to music just because I don't agree with what they've done.
It sure would give some songs a creepy edge though... "Hey Joni" for example could actually be about a little girl Lee molested!
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