Discovered recently that Electric Wizard were kinda dicks back in the day. “At the time, we were pretty bad people. I got arrested for arson of a car, outside a police station. Tim [Bagshaw] went to nick a crucifix off a church roof so we could use it onstage…”

R. L. Burnside killed a man “possibly at a craps game.”

Varg of Mayhem Burzum burned a couple churches and killed a bandmate.

I could list other examples, but would like to hear from other people and other music genres.

  • finthechat
    10•2 years ago

    You better run for your life if you can, little girl
    You better hide your head in the sand, little girl
    If I catch you with another man, that’s the end, little girl

    Fun pop lyrics or psychopathic threat of violence?

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶OP
      5•2 years ago

      I’ve been surprised to read some of the Beatles lyrics, they seem quite rapey/threatening sometimes.

    • QueueEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      I mean, one is lyrics for a fictional killer, the other is real life spouse abuse. I don’t know about you, but real life events are worse than written words.

      John physically abusing his family is way worse than lyrics of an intentionally creepy song.

      • finthechat
        1•2 years ago

        You’re preaching an imaginary point here.

        I was just making the observation that knowing about John’s penchant for domestic abuse makes looking at Beatles lyrics an interesting thought experiment.