We have this discussion regularly in the office. Does a work of art (for that is what music is) lose its acceptability because of the (often later) actions of its creator? For example, Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson and others, not to mention other artists (Arthur C. Clarke, Eric Gill).
I was rather surprised during the Radio 1 DJs phase of Operation Yewtree, that there was never a big story about the BBC's logo and Broadcasting House carvings being done by a paedophile and zoophile.
We have this discussion regularly in the office. Does a work of art (for that is what music is) lose its acceptability because of the (often later) actions of its creator? For example, Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson and others, not to mention other artists (Arthur C. Clarke, Eric Gill).