Now, I know this is VERY controversial. Please don't dismiss this or make this thread entirely about the protagonists I proffer as examples.

I see Ashley MacIsaac is (trying) making a comeback. I always contendnded that he said what he said to that New York music critic with tongue in cheek... just an irreverent lad in the big city, pissed off at the music business in general. He nearly lost everything, along with any respect, whether or not what he said was true or whether it was "shock value". He continued his downfall for whatever reason... perhaps youthful stupidity emboldened by irreverence and rebellion.

My question is, should an artist's contributions to art be disregarded, discarded, because of aberrant behaviour outside the art? That is, must they be a role model? I ask this in light of such as Alice Cooper's art, Warren Zevon's art, and others.... whose art may be considered aberrant, but are somehow lauded, because such aberrance is within the art?

I know it's a fine line, but one worth pondering, I think. No?