10 Bands RUINED by One Disgraced Member 

I never listened to any of these bands anyway, except for The Mammas & Pappas.

Yes!! I could careless what the band members do or believe as long as I like the music. I love Dissection, Emperor, Gorgoroth & Mayhem despite the controversy

The fact that Anti Flag is missing is a disgrace

I´ve never heard of one of these bands before🤔.....this had to be scrapped from the bottom of the barrel🙄

Nope!! I stopped listening to LP as soon as I heard about Ian and his abhorrent actions. I also stopped listening to Mindless Self Indulgence and Marilyn Manson for what they have done too. MSI is a band full of p3d0s and Marilyn is a narcissitic abuser. I will not give money, time, or energy to people like this. I do not support abuse, harming children, nazi shit, or anything of the sort.

Honestly, none of these picks are more heinous than Ian Watkins.

And class with a capital C on WatchMojo for saying his acts were so heinous that they couldn't mention it.

Indeed! I'm ok with Mayhem coming second to that P.O.S. even though they are pretty heinous as well

Because we all know what he did ..... Absolutely disgusting. 😢

@@eric829I mean yeah but that’s why I watch the video to find out why ppl got kicked out. Still I’ll take it as I sign I’m better off not knowing

I already loved Corey but he now has a special place in my heart for that comment.

I don't know if taking Corey (dude is an ass) as an exemple is great, but the point is there.

​@@natl5692he may be an ass, but he's never raped anyone. Let alone a child

@@natl5692 I'd say it's even more on-point. W|hen assholes are calling you out for your shitty behaviour, you know it's a level of cunt above.

⁠@@natl5692if the guy isn’t a literal pedophile like Ian is then it’s perfectly fine to use him as an example. Being an asshole is nowhere near as bad as being a pedo and you’re weird for suggesting it is.

I'd argue worse as Slipknot's Corey Taylor put it best "There's not enough pain in the world for that dude."

Some may say he(either one) is worse.

@@thedude3065 do...do you know how many women and children savile raped or

⁠@@thedude3065nah man. I think you’re thinking of Corey Taylor from Stone Sour 🤣

Im on the fence here, jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris toured hospitals and abused the vulnerable kids and disabled sexually and they had no voice for their trauma also. Was like a shopping centre of choice for them, people involved knew what was going on, covered up and those that tried to speak out were silenced and careers ruined, those brave souls deserve an apology, the BBC knew what they were doing. These facts are brought up in many documentaries on these evil pedos

@Dupontman627 agreed as cant listen to them anymore because of that

They were a fantastic band. Cuts me up because they were one of my fave bands at the time. Haven't listened to them ever since I found out.

I heard recently he got stabbed in prison

What the fuck did he do?😂😂😂 Why has none of y'all and even the presenter in the video not mentioned this depravity. Is it a crime that must be mentioned like lord Voldemort's name 😂😂😂

​@@Bfratman good

It’s the courts and judges. Cops can’t do anything without a judges signature.

That the police/courts/attorneys/judges knew. So not only was the monster allowed to continue knowing he was getting away with it, but those whose duty it is to protect the innocent + defenseless let it it keep happening.

LOTS of people knew about it for years.. I hope they all have nightmares every single night..

He just got stabbed in prison🤣😭

@@Bman32x Remember kids, the cops have no duty to protect you any more then they do to ensure your saftey!

I think using certain words would get their videos demonitized.

@@metalzonemt-2some things are more important than money

@@WulfenLooseInLondon This is a commercial channel, you think they actually care about anything they draw content from?

I just read the Wiki article and I wonder, does the guy come from a very influental family or something like that? Cause the fact that absolutely nothing about his family is mentioned and that he had to get reported countless times before anything happened makes me think there's important information missing.

He isn’t repeatedly under attack in jail, he was attacked once due to the celebrity status he seems to get in jail and the fact that people were getting guitar lessons off of him and woman still wrote to him as fans, not due to a drug debt.

He gets released in a couple years

​@@neil420alldayWrong. He was shanked the other day over a drug debt. He got spice off of another inmate with a prison value of $150. Because he's a rich, psychopathic pedo, they demanded $900, and he refused to pay. That's why he was shanked.

​@Pheromx couple years? he got a 29 year sentence. he's only served 11. He's still got 18 years to go.

​@@neil420allday was in the news 2 days ago he just got stabbed with a sharpened toilet brush over a 900 pound drug debt

The community just doesn't know people can change

Yeah the whole story of that entire band is a wild one, to say the least.

I knew about the album cover, but I didn't know it was his bandmate who he essentially assisted his suicide holy shit

@@jakeholmes4572 He took advantage of Dead‘s depression and emotionally abused him until he couldn‘t take it anymore

The scandinavian black/deathmetal scene in the 80s/90s is a whole mess

...?!!

Actually lots of people all over the world knew about Ian Watkins’s crimes.

Those so called good guys all killed thrmselves. If they were so great even to a child toucher… they didn’t value themselves as much as they should. So in a way Ian is a better man than both of them

Holy fuck? Against children? The fuck did he do?

​@@docthomas8717 honestly, it's better if you Google it as writing what he did on here will likely get a ban on YT for breaking ToS

And don't confuse with Ian "H" Watkins from the group Steps.

She should of sued the police

Yup

He should never see the light of day again.

In fairness, a number of other inmates have tried their best to make his sentence as short as possible 🤷

agreed

My dads killer was sentenced to 30 years. That was a bit less effed up situation

He got another six for hiding a phone up his ass and he got stabbed last year

She wanted it.

​@@douchymcdouche169 aww cute little baby trying to be edgy

@@SakuraMushroom aww cute little zoomer not understanding the concept of dark humor.

​@@douchymcdouche169 Okay, little edge lord. 🙄

That's how they avoid the cursed yellow dollar sign. If you can't figure that out maybe RU-vid isn't the place for you. Also her claims have never been proven and no one in her family believes her. There has to be a reason. Her own sister said it was false. Why is that? Maybe it is false. Maybe it is true. But because she waited until the man was dead to come out with anything makes you wonder. If she would have said something sooner it could have been proven, but as it stands. Take the story with a hefty helping of salt, because there is no way of proving it.

That would do it

Geeee ya don't say.

lost prophets? more like lost profits

More like Found Pedo.

@@brandoncraig8171 I used to think that really was their name. I heard it before I saw it spelled

ah damn it..... well guess those CDs are leaving my collection {I've not paid attention to music industry for years so whoops}

And its so sad. Yea vocalist was a fcking **** but their album Start Something is a fcking masterpiece.

I don't know, Faust and Varg might have him beat.

@@InkAndPoet Nah, Watkins is the number one POS on this list. Not saying that what Faust and Varg did was "right", but there is nothing more depraved than SA'ing a baby.

@@InkAndPoetDo you even know what Ian did?

@@MrWii000 yes, and I believe nothing tops m*rder, not even baby lovers

​@InkAndPoet they really don't. If you knew what Watkins did, you wouldn't even say that.

That's good, they shouldn't have their careers ruined because of him

Or letting him profit after what he did was finally let out and accepted

He lost profits

@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl 😆😆😆😆

@@ricalde514 I heard the name before I ever saw it spelled, so I really did used to think that was their name. As a kid, I didn't know the word "Prophets" I only knew the word "Profits."

50 shades of deplorable….

This!!!

I was thinking this also

What did he do?

I would not say he ruined it considering that blood on the dance floor was Dahvie Vanity. There wasn't anything to ruin to begin with.

Four: Gorgoroth, Dissection, Emporer, and Mayhem are all black metal

It's not the extremism concerning "religious beliefs" that's f*cked up - it's the xenophobic ultra right extremism...

I can't stand Burzum but I'll throw on Emperor often and occasionally Mayhem. I just find Burzum unlistenable

whats up with black metal band people killing queer people? no big difference from church people sadge

@@NicoDoesLP 'cause burzum is atmospheric/ambiental black metal and emperor/mayhem are just black metal..big difference.

Honestly, none of these picks are more heinous than Ian Watkins.

Is the shiv okay

Yeah, unfortunately. He obviously got stabbed in the wrong place.

It all comes down to a "dead man can't pay you back"

Ooh shit, I actually just came from there.. Nice

These are the same type of people that would call a guy like phil labonte a failed musician.

I'm surprised Five Finger Death Punch is on here. Ivan seems like a massive tool and definitely was a shitbag but the rest of the list is literal murderers and rapists.

@@rawkguy4896It sounds like Ivan is also trying to get better. If he truly is, good for him!

ivan also came out and publicly apologized for previous behaviors and talks up sobriety and caring for your fellow man now

What happened to McKenzie was so terrible. It explains so much to her substance abuse. Her story broke my heart.

And the Scandinavian guys actually committing murder and getting out in less 10 years, in two separate stories.

What's funny is that the hitman was a cop undercover 😂😂

because no hit man was actually hired, and no one was hurt. And it was that short as he was paroled for clearly not being a further risk, his sentence was longer at 6 years. Which lines up with attempted direct murder would be that starts as low as 5 years in the US.

More disappointing is how easy it was for him to continue with his career afterward because there was money to be made.

Judge must've known she was a b too😂

I saw them in Phoenix, AZ and Shinedown carried the show.

the other side of that story is Axl Rose getting pissed off at Slash because Slash kept up his relationship with pedophile Michael Jackson, knowing that Axi was a victim of child sex abuse who wasn't happy with that.

@@perfectallycromulent wft xD

@@etripssHe’s not wrong. Axl Rose has been on record that he was realized pissed off by that because he was abused as a child and he believed the allegations made against Michael were real.

@@RiversEagle_ it's also on record that Slash was confronted by Axl's racist inputs and didn't comment on it

​​@@perfectallycromulent @RiversEagle_ Despite the fact that said allegations against MJ went public months after "Give In to Me" was released.

I think because these are cold cut closed concluded cases, and Justin Sane is just on the run instead of on trial. Like everything here has been proven, and nothing alleged.

Is it several women? I only heard about the one. I am not defending him I think his actions after it was revealed show he is guilty

​@@ronjames4151The fact he ran instead of faced trial and fought it doesn't help his case.

@@ronjames4151 more women came forward after the 1st one.

I came here to say this! I saw Anti-Flag open for Flogging Molly a couple of months before the news broke. I'd heard of them, but never heard their music before (I didn't end up liking it). The lead singer was pretty much preaching about loving everybody, caring for the Earth, etc. between songs. I agree with these sentiments, but it felt forced coming from him for some reason. Like he was trying too hard? Needless to say, I was surprised by the news when it came out. Also...the fact that the band broke up IMMEDIATELY after the news came out leads me to believe that not only do they believe that he did those things, but they KNEW he was doing them.

If you can stomach it you should read the court documents. Shit is beyond vile.

​@@thedarkside826 shouldn't have done that holy fuck. probably the worst thing I've read in my entire fucking life.

did the same

@@thedarkside826 I probably can but I know I will be a lot more mad and upset than sick. He was messed up.

@@Miri92123 You'd feel a new type of anger

He also already went through 3 different love interests that left him too

But they didn't all leave because of Tim. Nick more or less left because of him, but that had more to do with what the band was and wasn't doing in terms of moving forward. Jordan, well we may never know, all we know is that he only corresponds through his lawyer and sought a monetary payout. Josh left to pursue new musical endeavors, ie. he joined Spiritbox, which is not different than Eloy Casagrande leaving Sepultura to join Slipknot.

John Mellencamp's former keyboardist Eric Rosser was convicted of those types of crimes. He was even of the FBI's most wanted list alongside Osama Bin Laden for a bit. It doesn't seem to have tarnished Mellencamp's music, even though the guy played on some of his biggest hits, like "Jack and Diane." People don't pay attention to the keyboard player.

Well, he's not going to do anything to them now. Besides, those mothers willingly gave their kids to him so he could do that (apparently they were so in love with him, they couldn't see that was a horrible thing to do) and the mothers got locked away for 15 years. As long as you don't do that, you don't have to worry about him.

That's your choice. I can understand your stance and respect your decision and right to have that decision. But I still love Hedley and still listen to their music. I feel like one person should not be punished for the criminal actions of others.

​@@jenmck23Multiple band members were accused of doing horrendous things. The whole damn band is problematic. Stop defending them.

@@jennifergreen6510 I don't recall hearing of other criminal accusations. Unfortunately enabling and before aware of questionable things the front man was doing is not in itself criminal. I'm not saying they are great guys but in my opinion their is a difference between rock and roll drugs and lots of sex versus criminal actions with underage fans. The only accusations I could find in a quick Google search as a refresher were pointing to "rock and roll behaviour". Not illegal acts by other band members but certainly not respectable ones. I also am more defending the fact that their music can still be good without liking the individual themselves. But my understanding was Jacob was the problem and not other band members who as gross as it is, turned a blind eye and enabled him which isn't necessarily illegal or criminal. But I feel like the other members shouldn't be held to the same wronged name if they are talented individuals who just happened to be in the band with a creep and problematic front man. We are each entitled to our own opinions. I also may be on the controversial side of things with separating the music from their everyday lives. Like not liking an actor but loving their character in a movie or TV show. Appreciating the talent and skill without condoning the actions of the individual.

​@@jenmck23 I think unless a person themselves is a victim of a crime that has been perpetuated by an artist, then it becomes less ambiguous on whether or not to differentiate the art from the artist

That's a list of its own. Shit was so bad their music got wiped!

Honestly, none of these picks are more heinous than Ian Watkins.

Never listened to them probably never will but you know there's a thing called the ability to separate fiction from reality but I guess only a select few people have that ability and brain power these days sad

Settle down there champ​@@donaldroman2717

@@donaldroman2717 Yeah...heinous crimes against children isn't worth trying to separate the art from the artist, especially at this level of depravity. I loved their music in my teens and early 20s, but hearing even bits of it now reminds me of the details that came out. I think it's a lot less about brain power and a lot more about each person having that personal limit of what they're willing to tolerate. That sort of abuse is very much a limit for me and a lot of other folks.

Not really my cup of tea, but I did like a few of their songs. But I have not listened to them since the news broke, and never will again.

Says the green people-eating monster

Are you majung excuses?

"You're either perfect or you're not me." - a soon to be broken man

Not to condone his actions, but if you read the case and see the details and nuances, it is more explainable.

That's basically how I feel about ronnie radke

I think he got clean again now and he's has another music group/act. DGD said in a recent interview they wouldn't mind having Jonny as a feature on their next record

@@iancolthart6676eh he’s turned his life around quite a bit

​@@dominicsavankham0709 yes, he has a new project called Old Flame which is him coming back to his rock music roots basically

Your intuition was spot on. Good thing you weren't alone with him.

⁠@@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl it seems she was 19 years too old for him.

@@MsZombiefox You might be right.

This is exactly what I thought. Obvious hate crimes on top of it.

I think their court system etc is based a lot around rehab of criminals and letting them back into society. They dont really believe in locking people up for life etc. Bt i could be wrong. Jst going by what i have seen in the past

Gotta love Europe and their easy on criminals sentencing

In general, Scandinavia puts more emphasis on rehabilitation than they do retribution. There's some logic to the idea. The American prison system and its lengthy sentences has an insanely high recidivism rate, thanks in no small part to the way ex-cons are treated when they eventually get out. Without some sort of external support network, a lot of them end up reoffending out of desperation. That said, the Scandinavian model tends to fall apart on the more extreme end of the spectrum. While they're pretty good about setting up ex-cons for success upon release, it's hard to argue that the punishment fits the crime when someone serves only a decade for murder and a string of arsons, especially if they clearly hold extremist views.

​@@gatling216Capital punishment has a 100% rate of prisoners not reoffending.

I recently discovered that the albums are back on there. Which is info you can do whatever you want with

They should have mentioned what he was charged with IMO

Same. I saw her on Sober House and she actually seemed like a pretty cool lady. I hope she's found her peace. She shared that house with some people who are no longer here.

@@Mystress1980 McKenzie is still alive, right? BTW, RIP to the lead singer of Crazy Town.

Really? I always thought lost prophets were pure sh!t when they were promoting their first album. As far as I can tell I was 100% right.

WHY ARE YOU STILL HEEEEEEEERE?? -_-

That's why they invited you

@@ramialabo6881 Party poooopeeeeeer... Party pooooopeeeeeeeer...

Party poooooperrrr

@@dddjenniakaprncssmnstr party pooooooooooooooooopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

I am deeply ashamed to say that one of his songs was my first ever download back in the early 2000s.

I did, and I was SHOCKED to say the least. FLABBERGASTED! He RAPPED a FREAKING. BABY!!!!! 😱

Wow what an unlucky guy!

Poor guy was misidentified and subsequently received lots of hate mail on twitter, when news of the lostprophets ian watkins broke.

I think I'd change my name.

@@CaraHTheRealCie If I remember rightly, when it all came out what that psycho did, H had to publicly say he wasn't the Ian Watkins involved in it all, because he was catching some flack for it.

Obligatory mention to K**t And The Gang's "The Wrong Ian Watkins"

Surprised there’s not more💀

@@Erik-bd6ll Coming soon to WatchMojo. Top 10 Norway's biggest disappointments.

@@MrDonCoyote lmaooooooo. I seriously hate black metal with a burning passion

@@Erik-bd6lleven belphegor and immortals?

@@Keepitsavage21 yes

Honestly, none of these picks are more heinous than Ian Watkins.

@@MrWii000 you're not wrong. That guy takes the cake for evil musicians.

So true. Waste of time.

THIS! So sick of people commenting "First" on YT videos. Absolutely nobody gives a fuck, including the person who uploaded the video.

....... I agree

@@markalexander3659 exactly. They don't even get anything for it. You know what's sad , there is some one named black hat who gives pointless medals to those comments. He is also some one who bullies people and make false claims about others being someone else when they weren't. He doesn't have anything to prove it. Also I have seen him Bully people by making false claims about them being mentally handicapped or low IQ. That is uncalled for if you ask me .

that’s true except for the people who are first and last their the only ones who care personally it’s childish and petty to try to get attention in that way

How so? Christians aren't exempt from heinous crimes. They aren't even less likely to commit them. Religion just seems to be an accessory for many of them.

I love that he tried to blame his decision on steroids!!😂😂

They never really were tbh, Tim detailed it himself post arrest. Saying they kept the act going because they said they weren't really saying anything that was inherently wrong in their music. They just weren't the true believers people thought them to be. And justified it being ok because a number of the other christian acts they toured with acted the same way as they did. But they eventually stopped doing so all together.

​@@anarchy030oh gosh I forgot about all of that

That's just vile and disrespectful

Not the only one,

In what universe are The Lost Prophets metal?

Honestly, none of these picks are more heinous than Ian Watkins.

Richard Huckle got murdered in a UK prison. Why not Ian Watkins?

I understand. I too still listen to Hedley. Their music is great. To me it's no different than an actor, you can dislike them and still enjoy a show or movie. It's controversial but I still listen to Michael Jackson as well.

And it's from the 60-70s? I think they got the wrong target demographic...