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

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.

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?

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?

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