Albums you own or used to own from artists that turned out to be awful people.

My laptop side bellend census isn't up to date, apologies for the oversight...

Nah, I totally get what Doran was saying. Like this is what has rendered R. Kelly totally unlistenable to me, when he's singing about all that freak sex stuff you now know exactly what sort of person he's doing it to. His music is inseparable from the person. There's a reason why Michael Jackson's "Childhood" creeped people out where his other music didn't. Gary Glitter wrote a sports anthem with no real lyrics and had virtually no hits otherwise. When I hear it I don't really think "Oh no, Gary Glitter..."

Gary Glitter wrote a sports anthem with no real lyrics and had virtually no hits otherwise.

LOL Americans

https://genius.com/Gary-glitter-rock-and-roll-part-2-lyrics

this is killing me

Cageian.

Yeah, what Tom D said - Glitter had several huge hits here, including the one where he repeatedly asked if you (the listener) wanted to be in his "gang" ...

Let's not forget the one where he asked if you wanted touch him. Where? There.

yeesh

You should hear his albums.

I'm gonna pass on that one

i only listen to the version by philadelphia industrial rock legends executive slacks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgTHmlVmP78

as you Tom already said, the Glitter Band was way better

re Gary Glitter - would suggest avoiding "Happy Birthday"

"I wouldn't buy any of Glitter's records new because of the financial implications but I'll still listen to them on YouTube, buy them from a second hand record shop or download them for free."

John Doran, honourary member of Gary Glitter's gang

what the fuck is your problem you shit wannabe wight dorke

don't feed the raccoon.

hahaha that must be the quickest I've ever disregarded my own advice

I actually don't own any Gary Glitter albums but, in theory I wouldn't have a problem in buying them second hand. I listened to Rock And Roll part one a load of times when I was reading Simon Reynolds' glam book and researching an interview with him. It's an astonishing record.

Wasn't the Glitter sound mainly down to Mike Leander anyway?

Yeah, sure absolutely. That's absolutely what my fascination is about.

I think Mike Leander played most of the instruments on those early Gary Glitter records too.

glitter so lazy; probably also had other people molest children for him too

i used to really like rock'n'roll christmas when i was a kid

i like 'doctorin the tardis' more than Rock N Roll

Thought of another one which is not cool:

Wyclef Jean accused of stealing money from Haiti charity fund

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wyclef-jean-faces-criminal-probe-over-haiti-charity-8209814.html?amp

http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/15/wyclef-jean-reddit-ama-haiti-yele/amp/

i owned a gary glitter 10" once but i spilled liquor on it and threw it away

Most spirits have a pH around 7, close to water, and should pose no threat to Gary Glitter records

Those Gary Glitter glam singles sound incredible imo. An amped up metaller version of Lennon's Spector era records.

cardiacs, ugh

lol

The thing about those early Gary Glitter singles is that they were as much of an influence on a certain generation of artists as David Bowie's glam stuff was. I'm thinking acts like the first incarnation of The Human League (who covered one of his songs in the early '80s) and Depeche Mode, amongst other new wave/synthpop/New Romantic acts.

I've seen recent interviews with Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory and Depeche Mode's Martin Gore where, when asked about their early influences, cite that early Gary Glitter stuff, but you can tell they're shocked and very much embarrassed by this - not because of anything to do with the music itself, but the actions of the person who fronted those records.

^^^Spot on. I think prior to H17, Gregory (and Ware) worked with Glitter on a track for B.E.F. They described him to me as "a lunatic"... just generally speaking, no hint of the utter wrongness.

huh I hadn't made the connection to DM, HL and other NewRos, but you sure can hear his stuff in the Chinn/Chapman productions, the Runaways/Joan Jett, tons of poppier punk/metal stuff going into the 80s

And beyond on other English bands like Earl Brutus and The Fall.

Adam & the Ants.

Yeah, BEF put Gary in the studio with the Glitter Band, they had never recorded together.

G&M's Russell Smith picking up the counterpoint:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/good-art-by-bad-people-why-it-shouldnt-be-thrown-away/article37006883/

Yeah, Adam and the Ants too. Basically, if you got rid of all the music those early singles influenced, it'd leave a huge black hole in pop music.

lol, what did Adam and the Ants do? I have no knowledge of them.

ruined a picnic

Ruined Eve.

Explains the lack of pants

I couldn't disown The Smiths as they made some of the best pop music ever (cliched but true!) and Johnny Marr's contributions are generally my favourite aspect of the group's songs anyway. Different story with Morrissey's career but I don't think I'd even like it much if he hadn't made the racist comments he has.

R Kelly is a difficult one for me. Knowing just some of the details regarding his repugnant behaviour doesn't stop me enjoying some of the songs, albeit a little less predisposed towards them than beforehand. I suppose I definitely find it easier to disown bad behaviour if I haven't known the artist's songs for years before finding out about it.

Adam and the Ants being another new wave act influenced by Gary Glitter, obviously.

*have known the artist's songs

they held up a carriage at gunpoint iirc

don't drink don't smoke, what did they do?

subtle innuendo follows

must be something inside

not sure how awful but a buddy of mine witnessed steven tyler go over to a girl at a restaurant and sit down next to her, pretending to be upset that she'd snapped a pic of him, then he was getting in her personal space and squeezing her and kissing her on the cheeks and she eventually got up and left, visibly uncomfortable, without eating any of her food. i saw some photos he took of it, she was "laughing it off" in the way that many women have described their reactions to unwanted advances but he was really, really in her space in a bad way. and at first my friend thought he was a crazy random sexual offender and not a rock star, he recognized him after a couple minutes.