Who is the most offensive band 20th Century popular music?

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Patrin: the thing that freaked people out about "Like A Prayer" at the time is that she fucked a black Christ figure in a church. Plus her tits were practically heaving out of the dress which was the real root of the ga ga.

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 23 January 2003 21:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

GnR at the peak of their bombast?

That was offensive?

Around that time Axl made some comment about AIDS that pissed off a lot of people.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 23 January 2003 22:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sure you're not thinking of Sebastian Bach there, Julia?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 January 2003 23:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

How about Stravinsky's _Rites of Spring_ (assuming it's post-1900)? It caused riots when first performed...

...and I'm told that people still walk out on it today.

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Thursday, 23 January 2003 23:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've got a picture of the Peters Bros. burning copies of the Cars' 'Candy-O'! I wonder what they objected to? Perhaps the Manichean heresy of "Double Life", or the cavalier handling of predestination in "Dangerous Type"?

Did they ever burn Hall and Oates records? I know that a number of fundie types hated them (of all people) because of "Winged Bull."

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Thursday, 23 January 2003 23:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

G.G. Allin

It's offensive to eat your own poop.

― Evan (Evan), Friday, 24 January 2003 11:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Evan, what did you think of 'Caddyshack'?

― dave q, Friday, 24 January 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

the brazen hussies, ha ha!

i think GG is prob. far from the most offensive

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 24 January 2003 12:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

i have never been offended by musical content. i have been offended by blatant dullness, but i'm not sure that counts.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 24 January 2003 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

I guess, if you don't find self-defecating nazis offensive

― g (graysonlane), Friday, 24 January 2003 23:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

Again, I ask you...was anybody NOT offended by the existence of Professor Griff?

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 24 January 2003 23:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

I vote for Skrewdriver, Anal Cunt (I became a therapist to tell you it was your fault you were raped), Pitboss 2000, and maybe Boyd Rice because i find him rather offensive in a hilarious way.

― mallory bourgeois (painter man), Friday, 24 January 2003 23:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

If 'most offensive' means offending the most number of people then it's probably one of the bigger acts because more people have heard them, t/f more people could be offended by them.

If it means most morally objectionable I'd have to guess Skrewdriver or Mayhem, though it would be a total guess because I've never heard either band. Why would I want to?

If we're talking social impact - i.e. Their obscenity had an effect on people whether or not they had heard the record - I'd suggest Prince or 2 Live Crew for kickstarting the PMRC stickering nonsense.

― richard stacey (analog75), Saturday, 25 January 2003 00:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Prodigy got a lot of people's dander up with "Smack My Bitch Up."

I've always loved how Lennon weasled out of the apology he gave to the press: "...It was wrong, or it was taken* wrong..."

* It was a joke about how popular we are, haven't you stupid Americans heard of hyperbole?

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 25 January 2003 00:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Isn't that the standard response nowadays whenever a celebrity says something they regret? 'It was taken out of context', subtext: 'don't blame me for saying something stupid, a slimey-asshole-journalist-type made it all up'.

The only example I can think of right now is Charlotte Church for those 9/11 remarks that were discussed round here a while back. Could it be that she is the most offensive person in popular music?

― richard stacey (analog75), Saturday, 25 January 2003 01:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

Are Skrewdriver or Mayhem any good, given that you could ignore the behaviour of the people in those bands (and maybe the lyrics too)?

― mei (mei), Sunday, 26 January 2003 09:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

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