I'm agreeing with the badger on this one.
I think it was all part of the rebellious nature of rock music when it first came out. By adopting symbols that were so identified with shocking people rockers were proclaiming their seperation (for want of a better world) from the conforming approaches of mainstream music.
To be perfectly honest, I think, if the Nazi regime and others had adopted butterflies and bunnies as their symbols, that is where rock music would have gone.
Another interesting point is how the symbology has changed over the years. In the early years, many of the rockers would have been young children or not born during the war and would have most likely been told war stories on their grandfathers knee.
In more contemporary times, religion has been a main topic in many people younger lives and todays rockers are more adn more starting to adopt symbols rebelling against that. One only has to look at the number of artists such as Marilyn Manson who adopt the number 666 in their album imagery. This is even more noticeable in the US where religious groups are to an extent more active than the UK and have their own tv channels, radio stations and such like.
Just my opinion
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