I don’t have a problem with “Angel of Death.” It’s a song ABOUT Nazis. It’s not a song saying,”Hey, let’s all become Nazis.” Slayer wasn’t espousing racist beliefs; they just wrote a song about Auschwitz. No different than anybody writing stories about it. I don’t think they were glorifying Hitler, anyway. And even if they were, Dave Lombardo makes up for it haha. Such a good drummer.
As far as Skrewdriver is concerned, I honestly only listened to that album maybe three times, when I was 14, and then probably sold it back to the record store I bought it from. Listening to it, I came to the conclusion that skinheads and new-Nazis have zero taste in music, if Skrewdriver was their go-to band. The songs sucked. I’m not even talking lyrically; just as a musician, the dudes could barely play. And I’m fine with shitty musicianship, I fucking love the Misfits and the Sex Pistols and whoever all else, but Skrewdriver was unacceptably bad at simply playing their instruments. And the singer’s voice sucked, too.
Well, I don’t give a shit haha. If Jeff Hanneman likes Nazis, I don’t care. Slayer still kicks ass. I will never understand this whole idea that we have to hate artists who are “bad people” in real life. Chris Brown is a woman-beater, but his music is banging. I will listen to that. Vincent Van Gogh cut his fucking ear off and sent it to his woman; I don’t care, I still appreciate his art. Tom Cruise is a fucking FREAK; does that mean I shouldn’t love “Magnolia” as much as I do? Fuuuuuuuuuck you… If the art is good, the art is good. I don’t care what said artists do in their personal lives.
Sighing. Did I say to judge somebody on their life versus their art? I have written a lot about William S Burroughs, an absolute nutcase of a man. Lifelong heroin addict, wife-murderer (cos it was no accident), absent father, occult dabbler, pederast...basically an advert for how NOT to live your life. I learned everything I know artistically from crazy, terminally wrong people. Trust me. Chuckling.
Yeah, I’m quite familiar with Burroughs. Read all of his books multiple times; his biography “Literary Outlaw” is one of my favorites. Definitely familiar with GG Allin, too.
I don’t have a problem with “Angel of Death.” It’s a song ABOUT Nazis. It’s not a song saying,”Hey, let’s all become Nazis.” Slayer wasn’t espousing racist beliefs; they just wrote a song about Auschwitz. No different than anybody writing stories about it. I don’t think they were glorifying Hitler, anyway. And even if they were, Dave Lombardo makes up for it haha. Such a good drummer.
As far as Skrewdriver is concerned, I honestly only listened to that album maybe three times, when I was 14, and then probably sold it back to the record store I bought it from. Listening to it, I came to the conclusion that skinheads and new-Nazis have zero taste in music, if Skrewdriver was their go-to band. The songs sucked. I’m not even talking lyrically; just as a musician, the dudes could barely play. And I’m fine with shitty musicianship, I fucking love the Misfits and the Sex Pistols and whoever all else, but Skrewdriver was unacceptably bad at simply playing their instruments. And the singer’s voice sucked, too.
Jeff Hanneman had a bit of a Nazi interest. Seem to recall it was his way of connecting to his dad, who was in WWII. Witness songs like Crooked Cross.
I always liked the irony of white power failures like Skrewdriver using a black musical form - rock and roll - to be racist. Hilarious ignorance.
Well, I don’t give a shit haha. If Jeff Hanneman likes Nazis, I don’t care. Slayer still kicks ass. I will never understand this whole idea that we have to hate artists who are “bad people” in real life. Chris Brown is a woman-beater, but his music is banging. I will listen to that. Vincent Van Gogh cut his fucking ear off and sent it to his woman; I don’t care, I still appreciate his art. Tom Cruise is a fucking FREAK; does that mean I shouldn’t love “Magnolia” as much as I do? Fuuuuuuuuuck you… If the art is good, the art is good. I don’t care what said artists do in their personal lives.
Sighing. Did I say to judge somebody on their life versus their art? I have written a lot about William S Burroughs, an absolute nutcase of a man. Lifelong heroin addict, wife-murderer (cos it was no accident), absent father, occult dabbler, pederast...basically an advert for how NOT to live your life. I learned everything I know artistically from crazy, terminally wrong people. Trust me. Chuckling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PAH2aeeKCo
Yeah, I’m quite familiar with Burroughs. Read all of his books multiple times; his biography “Literary Outlaw” is one of my favorites. Definitely familiar with GG Allin, too.