Don't get me on my hobby horse , when I was a dub this was my biggest beef about "The Society" . Luckily, by the time that it came into the era of record-vetting and destruction, I was already married and an elder, so nobody bothered me. I always said that had I been young at home and faced this issue, I would have left home rather than have someone destroy my music.
During the 70's - 90's I was into the heavy rock bands, as well as blues and soul and other stuff.. I mean bands like Led Zep. Deep Purple. Hendrix, even Guns & Roses. I only drew the line at really nasty stuff and Thrash Metal and so on.
I never hid it, although I did not actively crusade against the WT , just let those who knew me know the truth. It was so silly to see The Society repeating comments that obviously came from right wing or Bible Belt sources...
In the very late nineties when I wanted to step down from eldership, they were reluctant to accept a resignation , I had said that I had severe doubts, that did not seem to matter. But when I told the C/O that I was into "heavy metal" , that was it...I was off the body in a twinkling of an eye !
BTW , I noted that Albert Einstein said how an elder criticised "Ave Maria" {sp?} Perhaps like me he was looking for retalliation against those who always criticised rock music. I lived to dig any dirt I could find on the classics and liked to tell people that Tchaikovsky (sp?) was homosexual, if they said the same about a modern singer..I did not want anyone to stop listening to the classics, just pointing out that their lives were not perfect either - so what?