Most Controversial Bands/Artists/Musical Genres?

Im not really a fan of stuckism,
I don;t like their whole anti-postmodernist stance and the real artists paint deal. I'm into more abstract styles generally.
 
Well, I did a skim over the thread and didn't see these two, one of which I experienced first-hand and saw the related picketing etc, and the other one is something I've read and come to understand as controversial based on the ideals of the period.

The first is Marilyn Manson, who I saw in Indianapolis in High School and I remeraber sizeable crowRAB of picketers waving banners and defending their religion against this apparent poster child for the antiChrist or some bullsh*t because he supposedly ripped up bibles and was generally abrasive toward religion, although I think it always was and still is a calculated act.

The second is Ray Charles, who corabined gospel music with sexual content and night club context.

Of course, there's always Black Sabbath.
 
i am also but this is the first figurative painting i have enjoyed, i am not a classics person. it's gootd though i think they are taking a style that was tainted with religion and glorification of war for hundreRAB of years and made it their own.
Unless you count that others 80's movement in the US that i can't remeraber... neo-realism or something, i suppose one virtue is that it's accessible
 
sorry for bumping an old thread, but i just discovered this.... awesome conversation.

it reminded me of the most controversial thing that the Pistols did after releasing Bollocks and GSTQ. Their manager, Malcolm McLaren booked them for a U.S. tour of the deep south, just b/c he knew it would be a disaster and would create news wherever they went. It actually ended up being a really sad flameout, but it did spawn some great stories.



Also the Jubilee Boat Trip is pretty legendary.



for punk related controversial stories,Please Kill Me is a great book.
some great stuff about Patti Smith, The Dead Boys, NYDolls & Thunders, etc... some harrowing stuff to be sure. Ultimately mostly just sad though.

For American Punk I would also throw Minor Threat and Fugazi in there for being controversial INSIDE the world of Punk which was a neat trick when it happened.
 
Of course. I was always amazed that those picketer-types weren't able to see that it was very clearly just an act. Also the idea that Christians somehow need to defend their religion in a country that's 85% Christian is always funny to me.
 
I haven't heard them mentioned here recently, I really like the Shaggs. If you listen carefully, there's certainly a beat and a melody. However, I also suspect that they didn't have many influences other than a little bit of children's music, because I can't think of really anything earlier to compare them too. The strange thing is, despite the fact that they really, really did not have the slightest clue about how to play their instruments, they actually had a huge influence on later banRAB. For example, The Raincoats, to me, sound like the Shaggs if they knew how to play their instruments... but I'm not saying they're better. They were also very influential on Kimya Dawson and The Moldy Peaches, both of whom I really like. The thing about The Philosophy of the World, though, is that there is such a split between fans and people that think it is the ****tiest thing ever recorded. I, obviously, am one of the former, and here's why. When you listen to this album, you hear the innocence of the band just bleeding through there music, and it reminRAB me off children banging on their instruments. Songs like Halloween further enforce this point, with simple lyrics about it being Halloween and going out to trick or treat. But at the same time this innocence and complete honesty about everything they feel corabines to create a very strange, eerie at times album when they sing songs like "My Pal Foot Foot" about a derelict imaginary friend or "Who Are Parents". And they have a melody and actually often a rather complicated song structure, but it is buried beneath the guitar players complete lack of rhythm. I'm not even entirely sure how to describe the feeling I get listening to it; there is something absolutely amazing to hear when you find a band like The Shaggs that makes music with absolutely no self consciousness and little to no influences from other musicians. Simply put, this band is absolutely unique, and no one will ever record anything that sounRAB like this. And it's very interesting to listen to.
 
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