I agree with you and disagree with you at the same time. Scott burned some bridges, sometimes with the audiences that showed up and paid money in advance to see him. Scott the musician is ultimately judged on his body of work, which is of course very impressive. Scott the man made many mistakes and that will always be a debatable point with many. If you love the man or the music, cherish that. Don't worry about the rest of it, because its just noise.
That's fair. A lot of musicians have their demons but if they're a good artist it still gets highlighted. I just feel the mainstream media only wants to focus on scotts demons, not any of the great art that he created. That's just the base of my frustration. The general media never wanted to say anything positive with his name in the same breath.
I think the problem for Scott was that he ALWAYS had a scandal... The critical reaction to Core, Scott's arrest after Purple, Tiny Music's tour cancellation, STP's semi-breakup during 12BB, Scott going to jail during the release of No. 4, STP breaking up after SLDD, VR's breakup after Libertad, Scott's increasingly erratic behavior on and off stage through the whole reunion, STP's break-up and lawsuit, the whole Art of Anarchy thing, then Jeremy's death the day before the release of Blaster, and then finally Scott's own death on the subsequent tour.
When you think about it, you realize Scott never went a couple albums without public drama of some sort. I think that's why the public could never separate his work from his scandals, because his scandals were always present.
