[GauntletWizard]

Yes, I would definitely give more credence to the artist who produced it saying "This work was trite crap, and I disassociate myself from it" than from a music critic saying "this work was trite crap, and you shouldn't waste any more brainpower on it", but either is very marginal- sometimes any art that is very much a product of it's time has reason for a second life, possibly a Renaissance; history doesn't repeat but it has a tendency to rhyme.