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Depends on why they sinned. I don't think "Great artists" ever necassarily get bad; usually, an artist who writes a great song one year can assuredly do the same the next year. They can start sucking for a variety of reasons -- other band members' influence, changing musical tastes, an idiot producer, marketing pressure, etc. So, I guess I'm saying: If, in their later days, they made music solely for cash, then yeah, it's fair.
Well, wait.. it's fair period -- I love Captain Beefheart, but goddamn do 2 of his albums suck huge balls. It's okay to criticize shit, sure. But, yeah, Beefheart's a good example.. he made amazing music, wanted to make money so he made 2 awful albums, those failed, and he went back and made BETTER music than ever before! So, I would criticze those albums, sure, but as a whole, he was still a great artist..
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