... I'm glad I was not aware of this and I could have gone without being aware of this all my life tbh.
I know it's not the same for everyone, but shocking people, imo, should have, ideally, a message that makes others question their society imposed and accepted standards. But I feel like, with the examples above, that those are just manic people using a stage as setting to exercise their disturbed fantasies. I feel like that, as fans, we sometimes accept too much from artists that we would not accept if it were non-artists.
However, as with contemporary art, people can basically see a message in everything, no matter how obscure and, of course, some people just like to be shocking for the heck of it (which I don't really understand, why not try to revolutionise society when you have the power to do it?).
I also don't understand those bands that spray pigs blood on stage, I wonder what's the thought process behind that....
What frustrated me is snuff and gore stuff on the internet and people watching it because it's 'cool' and ugh, just why. The world is such a fucked up place.