Veganism and Music
In the current age with streaming, the music industry is nowhere near the profitable industry it once was, with each stream generating roughly a third of a cent from the most popular music streaming service, Spotify. However, that does not mean that there are absolutely no concerns with listening to artists who hold less than acceptable opinions, which still applies to animal rights. Even if the compensation is little, we should still be considering who we are supporting with the music we listen to (would you feel comfortable giving a dollar to an advocacy group for a cause you strongly disagree with?).
The majority of artists say little to nothing on animal rights, and with these types it's fine to listen to them freely. In many genres of popular music it isn't hard to find many vegan and vegetarian artists, especially as animal rights gradually becomes a more mainstream topic of interest. While it isn't necessary if you don't enjoy the music, if you do, it's encouraged to listen to artists that make a point of advocating on behalf of animals, and refrain from listening to artists who are known to act against animals.
In all likelihood, unless you make a concentrated effort to only listen to vegan artists, most of the artists you listen to aren't vegan or vegetarian; This isn't cause to boycott them at all, since we're more concerned about supporting artists that deliberately go against any efforts to extend animal rights, and you giving them money by listening to them is not going to make them buy more animal products. This isn't to be confused with artists that may do things that aren't friendly to animals, so while it may be unfortunate if an artist is an avid fisherman, or is hell bent for leather, these aren't very relevant here.
Artists and Musicians that are Vegan or Vegetarian that I am listing off the top of my head
-The band White Zombie, including frontman Rob Zombie
-Nu metal band singer Otep
-All of the Beatles, except John Lennon ironically enough. Harrison and Lennon are dead though.
-Devin Townsend
-Gary Holt, guitarist for Slayer and Exodus
-Kiko Loureiro and Dirk Verbeuren from Megadeth
-Bill Ward and Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath (and maybe Ozzy, drugs are plant based aren't they)
-Some of the members of Gojira
-Some of the members of Cattle Decapitation
-Chris Adler of Megadeth and Lamb of God
-Joan Jett
-Brian May from Queen
-Kirk Hammett from Metallica (we will address this later)
-Morrissey (too bad he's racist lol)
-Ben Weinman and Liam Wilson from Dilligener Escape plan
-Barney Greenway from Napalm Death
-Thom Yoker from Radiohead
