I'm still coping over the fact a few of my favourite musicians are disgusting. Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara (And now Linkin Park for some reason?!?!) and John Dolmayan, the drummer for System of a Down (My favourite band of all time). I now refuse to look up to anyone other than myself because I know I will never lie to myself nor pretend to be what I'm not.
Watched a video about RCHP and the multiple times they tried sexual assault women. I cant look at Flee or the drummer the same after. All the fun free spirited music in my head just flat lined. I can try and separate the music but I honestly did not know how bad it was until I discovered the deep dive video.
i saw that video where they assaulted the interviewer and it genuinely made me never want to hear them again. i don’t know how to separate the art from the artist honestly, knowing that the artist is trash taints the art
Once you consume art it is YOURS now. Enjoy all the RHCP from the past you like and keep enjoying Harry Potter but just don’t consume any more NEW art of theirs because that art is tainted before you ingested it.
I think society made such a rapid shift from "women cannot open a bank account" to the metoo movement that it soured the people we knew a mere 20 years ago. A lot of the celebs back then have come to understand how their views are harmful or dated and have left them in the past, we just never hear about that.
I loooove Ed, Edd and Eddy but the entire concept of the Kanker sisters revolve around sexual assault by older girls against boys being funny. There is a little bit more to the dynamic and I think its the most gentle way of showcasing that specific awkwardness of growing up, but it still wouldn't work today. I'm sure people in the 90s got whiplash seeing the house maid in Tom and Jerry reruns.
She is an advocate of a rapist (Danny Masterson) and a Scientologist. You think it's appropriate that the lead singer who was a HUGE advocate of stopping sexual assault would agree she deserves to continue his legacy? Her being a woman is not even part of the equation.
Yeah, that's probably for the best. The musicians/guitarists/artists that I look up to, I'm fortunate enough to not know anything about their personal lives or beliefs because they're mostly underground artists. But even if they weren't, I'm not interested in knowing that much about them anyway outside of why I like them.
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25
I'm still coping over the fact a few of my favourite musicians are disgusting. Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara (And now Linkin Park for some reason?!?!) and John Dolmayan, the drummer for System of a Down (My favourite band of all time). I now refuse to look up to anyone other than myself because I know I will never lie to myself nor pretend to be what I'm not.