It is a great article - I remember reading it at the time (off topic, but if you don't regularly read The Quietus, DO - it features, in my opinion, some of the best writing out there on music & culture).
It is incredibly difficult to separate the art from the artist. If an artist puts so much of *themselves* into their work, the two become entwined. I remember thinking that at the time when Ian Watkins' crimes came to light (referenced in the piece). I was never a fan of his band, but given their nature a lot of young people were not only fans, but heavily *invested* in his lyrics. How do they feel now? Here was someone who a lot of teenage boys and girls will have empathised with, who they thought spoke to and for them. Horrible. I remember the editor of Kerrang wrote a great blog on the subject at the time - I'll try and track it down.
[edited to add this link] http://alisha-ahmed.tumblr.com/post/705 ... an-watkins