Delberthot Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I'm surprised no one's mentioned Coldplay yet. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Karloff Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 And I thought The Beano was racy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Karloff Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 What about offensive actual band names? I saw a flyer in London circa 10 years ago and one band was called Operation Cnut Destroyer (u and n in their traditional places) And some band called Prostitution Disfigurement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Jason Karloff said: What about offensive actual band names? I saw a flyer in London circa 10 years ago and one band was called Operation Cnut Destroyer (u and n in their traditional places) And some band called Prostitution Disfigurement. Yes I heard them on radio 2 back in the day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 23 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: I thought Steve Albini was a right pillock for calling one of his bands Rapeman (after a Japanese 'superhero' comic apparently) I wouldn't buy or otherwise endorse a band with that name. A couple of decades ago there was a Tamworth band called "Rape in yellow", a reference to the vast expanses of rape fields that grew around. Of course, oilseed rape isn't the first thing you think of when you see the name. I don't recall anyone stating that they were offended though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Interesting that nobody's mentioned The Sex Pistols, a band seemingly designed with the sole purpose of causing offence. Their lyrics might seem rather harmless and childish now, but at the time I seem to recall they caused quite a stir. Back in the seventies, many of the older generation had lived through the war, and had lost loved ones in the fight against Hitler; likening the Royal Family to a "fascist regime" was a lot more edgy then. Funny how things change; nowadays they are just a minor part of rock history, whereas some of the DJ's who were not allowed to play them on radio one because they were too offensive.....well, enough said. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 47 minutes ago, WarPig said: None of them bother me. One of my old faves are Ax Cx (can't use either word of their name), who set out to be the worst band ever and until Coldplay came about, Ax Cx were winning. Although I do think K$$t are just a bit naff. 15 minutes ago, Delberthot said: I'm surprised no one's mentioned Coldplay yet. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I don't find it offensive but feel it's all a bit novelty. I remember being played the Macc Lads back in the 80s, laughing for about a week and then never listening to them again. Same with Steel Panther - a friend came over to jam and was all excited to play me them. We laughed and then they kept making albums. I kinda felt the joke was done. Interestingly a lot of these bands actually have decent musicians in them but it's all a bit of a fad for me. Good luck to them all though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 40 minutes ago, Peloquin said: The Macc Lads are still touring and afaik are not banned from anywhere now. Still a great gig although, admittedly, tamed down a bit. I don't understand how/ why people get offended. I've never understood it. At Rebellion a few years back when they played it was probably the most packed I’ve seen The Empress stage. They still pull good crowds wherever they play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Laibach were very offensive, for those not understanding them, in the early days. GG Allin was also very offensive. Funny, but nobody mentioned the Sex Pistols... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: I don't find it offensive but feel it's all a bit novelty. I remember being played the Macc Lads back in the 80s, laughing for about a week and then never listening to them again. Same with Steel Panther - a friend came over to jam and was all excited to play me them. We laughed and then they kept making albums. I kinda felt the joke was done. Interestingly a lot of these bands actually have decent musicians in them but it's all a bit of a fad for me. Good luck to them all though. Russell Parish aka Satchel from Steel Panther is a phenomenal guitarist and played on all Rob Halfords solo albums from the late 90s/2000s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Anti Nowhere League wrote, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever in "I hate people" a lyrical and musical "masterpiece" OK I may be pushing things to extremes there but a proper punk sound and a fantastic live band! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I've been more offended* by the barrage of tripe that has come out of shows like The X-Factor, American Idol or Britain's Got Another Identikit Pretty Boy Warbler over the last 20 years than any of the acts mentioned here so far. *offended as in 'felt ennui through repetitiveness' due to other TV shows/TV adverts/shops etc insisting that an anodyne tune by some chancer off of one of these Cowell-approved televisual banalities has to be playing loudly and intrusively whenever and wherever. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Thunderbird said: Thoughts ladys and gents? Assuming a gender binary could be regarded as offensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: Assuming a gender binary could be regarded as offensive. Yes very lol🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 When I was a teenager I had a 7" called the 'Tampax E.P.' It was by an Italian punk band that I never saw and never heard of again. it was a numbered single and was difficult to get hold of. It was rubbish but very offensive, the lyrics went something like: "Tampax....Tampax...Tampax...Tampax in the Cnut". I only ever played it when friends came round and we would all have a good giggle (making sure my parents couldn't hear it). It was presumably an attempt to be as outrageous as possible, this was 1980 so you had to push the boat out a bit to be considered outrageous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Has anyone mentioned the Spermbirds yet "Come All Over Your Face" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I feel ANWL are really less shocking, and more standard aged unashamed and unapologetic bigots. Read the lyrics to "The day the world turned gay" for details. Wouldn't share breathing space with them, let alone pay to see them play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnPatroller Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Beer 'n sex n' chips n' gravy! 😁 I love The Macc Lads, always have. But then again, I find Steven Lynch highly amusing so ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) I've always had the mother of all soft spots for the GLC – like the Macc Ladds just cheerfully crude, not actively seeking out the people who would take offence given half a chance Edited January 7, 2022 by Ricky Rioli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I think stuff is only offensive if you don't really agree with it, which is a personal thing, for instance some wouldn't find Boris Johnson is a f**cking C***t offensive and think it's funny because they don't like Boris Johnson or his politics, but if the lyric were Jeremy Corbyn is a Jew Hating C***t, they might find it offensive, or least not funny. Some (most) find Right Wing bands offensive but some wouldn't. We do a Sid Vicious inspired My Way but the singer won't sing Sid's "I'm not a Queer" lyric, which, these days is probably a lot more controversial than the lyrics in Bodies, how times change Sorry if anybody has been offended by some of the things in this post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I don’t really get offended by any of it, personally. At the end of the day, whether I think it’s ace or dreadful (very much mostly the latter FWIW) it’s music to one degree or another and so ‘valid’, for wont of a better word. What I’ve always taken exception to though is people who love the more outrageous taboo stuff because it reinforces their actual views. And there will be some artists where that’s always the case too, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I find bland music most offensive. Dull, lifeless bland toss like Buble, Coldplay Will Young, James Blunt and just about everything else on Radio 2. Music is art and art should never be bland. At least music traditionally seen as offensive has something you remember after hearing it and at least it triggers some sort of emotion even if it's disgust. I feel my time has been wasted if I hear something which just leaves me bored. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 I've always found some rap a bit odd groups like NWA and the like always say n££££r and it seems not to offend would it be offensive if a white band used that word in a song? Does that make sense? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Thunderbird said: I've always found some rap a bit odd groups like NWA and the like always say n££££r and it seems not to offend would it be offensive if a white band used that word in a song? Does that make sense? Totally agree there. You hear the N word thrown about like nobody’s business and yet if a white person says it it’s call the cops. If it’s so offensive why is it used so much by black singers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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