Why is right-on music so wrong?

With so many righteous bands looking, smelling and sounding like a disgrace, it's difficult to reconcile loving their politics with hating their musicEggheads with too much time on their hands often like to debate the question: "Is it OK to like Wagner even though he was a dirty Nazi?" I'd like to turn that question on its head and ask: "What is the correct position to adopt regarding bands with splendid politics but absolutely rotten music?" This was the dilemma I faced on election night, 1997....

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