I only care about the music, so I listen to a lot of bands whose members I don't know and don't care to know about. But I think that choosing to still listen to the music made by problematic people even after finding out what they did normalizes misogyny and perpetuates it, that's why I am conflicted. I know what it's like during the 80s, but I don't believe that we should just accept the fact that rockstars were raping children and assaulting women just because it was common and the sexual revolution was happening.
I feel like a hypocrite because I really like Motley Crue's music and I idolize David Bowie. I'm not sure what I feel about separating the art from the artist, but with Motley Crue their art is not enough for me to do that lol, so I can see myself no longer listening to their music. With Bowie though, he's a queer icon to many including me.