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.
Was a big fan of eric Clapton but I learned later in that he’s racist so now his music leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I regret seeing him instead of Chris Cornell. I was sure clapton would go before Cornell :(((
Knowing he’s a racist makes it interesting that he made a living off of playing music invented by black people. Also makes it even sweeter that Hendrix destroyed him on stage while jamming with Cream.
It just says that he values money above everything else. Racism is #2.
BB King seemed to disagree that clapton was racist but kinda hard to say that when clapton went on that rant
Fun Fact: Eric Clapton’s doctor warned him against taking the covid19 vaccine, because of some nerve issues in his arms. He did it anyway. He was then warned to wait 12 weeks before getting the booster. He did it in 6.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eric-clapton-covid-19-vaccine-reactions-slams-propaganda-9574414/
He’s now very anti-vaccine.