This doesn't happen all that often, but i'm thinking about acts like Insane Clown Posse, whose fans the 'juggalos' dress in a specific way and identify as fans of said band rather than simply metal or hip hop fans.
When I was much younger I'd notice tall skinny dudes with shaved heads and black clothes sporting NIN logos on the backs of their jackets. No doubt these guys listened to other music but it was always NIN and they struck me as a subculture in their own right
In central and South America there's a hard core of adamant Smiths fans who, again, identify as worshippers at the church of Morrissey.
Does this sort of thing still happen? What does it take for an act to transcend being simply part of a genre and start being followed like a cult with its own specific subject of fans who dress and behave in a certain way? Any other examples out there?
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
KISS ArmyDeadheads, Phishheads, Dave Matthews Band fans. Yes, all jam bands and probably more blended these days, but at least in the 1990s they all had distinct characteristics.
― how's life, Saturday, 4 August 2018 12:19 (five years ago) link
also all much much bigger in the States than on the other side of the pond, strangely
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
are DMB fans recognisable as a fan genre
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
?
milli vanilliminor threat
― calstars, Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
xp: eh, maybe less so than the other others I mentioned. I dunno. Definitely not a visually distinct look, except in contrast to other jam band fans. Our sobriquet for them was "whitecaps" after the white baseball hats that were common among their fans in the mid-90s. a "norm-core" vibe. I know they do have extremely dedicated fans though.
― how's life, Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
could've just called this thread "Terrible people" and saved a few words
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Throbbing Gristle maybe?
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Parrotheads
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Manic Street Preachers?
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Parrotheads― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 4, 2018 9:36 AM (seven seconds ago)
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 4, 2018 9:36 AM (seven seconds ago)
― RONG Blecch Limo Wreck (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
GWAR
― earlnash, Saturday, 4 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
definitely Manics in the nineties
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
The Cramps Mothers of Invention
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
ahem
― imago, Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
there's no Cardiacs dress code* as such but everything else fits
*except for The Flower
― imago, Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
imago - Do you call yourself Juters? Gytists?
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
some good photos of numanoids here: http://www.numanme.co.uk/numanme/Numanoids-FAN.htm
― soref, Saturday, 4 August 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
A friend went to a Manics fan convention in an exhibition centre in about 2000. The band weren't there, maybe Richie was, I dunno.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 4 August 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
HAWKWIND's hawklords
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 4 August 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
there was once this Bay area psych band "The Grateful Dead" had a small but devoted cult following
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 August 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
imago I'm gonna clean the basement today and dig into the Cardiacs
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 August 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Nagomu Girls: coalesced around a label started by the singer of the band Uchoten in 1983, a post-punk, goth-girl fashion and music subculture that formed the roots of several later, more well-known factions, goth-lola, early Shibuya-Kei, Fruits magazine, that sort of thing.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 4 August 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
http://www.coltranechurch.org/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 August 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
The Stranglers
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 4 August 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
The Jam
Depeche Mode
Jimmy Buffet? They all seem to come from Florida and use Hawaiian shirts and flower collars.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 August 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
Oh wait, those are the parrotheads aren’t they? They’ve already been mentioned. Sorry.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 August 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
I’m pretty sure we have a dozen of those in latinamerica but I’m blanking out right now.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 August 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
radiohead
― macropuente (map), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
sonic youth
― macropuente (map), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
I wasn't aware of a Stranglers subculture- something distinct from early punk?
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
I don't think of Radiohead or Sonic Youth as having a specific culture around them or look to them, unless:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwilvOyGjdTcAhURw1kKHXBTBlcQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shutterstock.com%2Fvideo%2Fclip-14719336-stock-footage-casual-worker-at-his-desk-using-laptop-in-creative-office.html&psig=AOvVaw2OqxxD-Slqpavc9VELka1U&ust=1533496296341250
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
unless:
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-14719399-casual-worker-using-computer-desk-creative-office
yeah i think this is one of those things where there's really only a half dozen or so real examples, they've all been named already, and we should stop now before thread devolves to just "bands who have fans"
― mortal kombats fill your eyes (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
the (early-era) who certainly fit here, no?
― lâche pas la patate (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Turbonegro - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurbojugendBlack Label Society? Seems to be a lifestyle thing for a lot of people for some obscure reason.
― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Grateful dead
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
OTM.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 August 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
Afrika Bambaata
― Siegbran, Saturday, 4 August 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Insane Clown Posse
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 4 August 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
Bambaata/Zulu Nation is a really good example
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 August 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
afrika bambaata ?
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
http://new.zulunation.com
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 4 August 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
ADAM AND THE ANTS - even Darby Crash fell into it.
― whitehallunity, Saturday, 4 August 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
Slipknot maggots
― Duane Barry, Saturday, 4 August 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
good point
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 15:51 (nine months ago) link
Do they make their own charm bracelets tho
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:02 (nine months ago) link
Don't know about ICP. But there's this band, Crazy Clown Crew or something? Mental Harlequin Gang? I forget. Anyway, their fans dress up like these insane clowns and have meet ups. I'll kick myself when I remember the name.
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:06 (nine months ago) link
twizted is a band that you should check out their subculture
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:09 (nine months ago) link
There's a ridiculously obvious one that actually hasn't been mentioned yet
― jmm, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:34 (nine months ago) link
What you got is a whole miserable subculture.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:35 (nine months ago) link
I know we're talking about music here, but it's interesting that subcultures also form around wrestlers. For instance, these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_career_of_Insane_Clown_Posse
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:41 (nine months ago) link
Gwar is like wresting and music
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:51 (nine months ago) link
https://www.kerrang.com/inside-the-cult-of-gwar-we-might-be-weirdos-but-there-are-a-bunch-of-other-weirdos-out-there-too
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:54 (nine months ago) link
Billy Corgan is a big wrestling guy, to the point of being a senior producer and talent developer for one wrestling fed and recently outright buying another.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 16:54 (nine months ago) link
I knew the feds had infiltrated wrestling
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:01 (nine months ago) link
Yeah, William P Corgan bought the IP related to the National Wrestling Alliance and they’re very much a third-division kind of deal. Plus he has that Fox News asshole Tyrus as his champion, which isn’t surprising given his own politics are suspect enough that he on Alex Jones as a guest more than once.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:34 (nine months ago) link
What's the deal with certain rich guys and wrestling, MMA, etc.
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link
Bob Mould is also a big wrestling guy (he even worked for one of the big leagues at the end of the ’90s) but he doesn’t make it his whole personality.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link
Keyes I enjoyed that post even if nobody else read all the words in it
― vashti funyuns (sic), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:48 (nine months ago) link
The Ramones and Misfits have thousands of fans who have never heard their music.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 18:00 (nine months ago) link
Today’s sad news made me think of this thread, and wonder if anyone has ever mentioned the “Juggalos,” fans of the band “Insane Clown Posse” aiui
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:28 (nine months ago) link
Power metal in general to thread?
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:34 (nine months ago) link
Has there ever been a Parrothead who was also a Juggalo?
A JugParrot. Wastin' away again in Insane Posse-ville.
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 September 2023 15:15 (nine months ago) link
Grape Faygo in Paradise
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2023 15:44 (nine months ago) link
Parrotheads are basically Boomer Juggalos
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 September 2023 15:50 (nine months ago) link
Hey now, boomer is a slur!
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 September 2023 15:57 (nine months ago) link
can we add roisin murphy to the list now?
― NickB, Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:37 (nine months ago) link
Take Her Up to Faygo
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
Roisin Clown Posse
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
haha!
― NickB, Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:48 (nine months ago) link
LOOOOOL
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:56 (nine months ago) link
feel like there's one group I can't put my finger on. they dress kinda like clowns, and they rap
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 February 2024 22:12 (four months ago) link
You gotta narrow that down. How is their mental health?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 12 February 2024 23:08 (four months ago) link
Has there ever been a Parrothead who was also a Juggalo?A JugParrot. Wastin' away again in Insane Posse-ville.― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, September 2, 2023 10:15 AM (five months ago)
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, September 2, 2023 10:15 AM (five months ago)
I'm too lazy to look for it, but I swear an ilxor told a story about wandering through the outdoor patio scene when both Buffett and ICP were playing on the same night, and he overheard the pre-gaming Parrotheads obliviously cracking jokes, like "what are these clowns all dressed up for?"
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:16 (four months ago) link
A Juggalo Looks at (a) 40
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 01:37 (four months ago) link
I am workshopping a new band name, please help
Sane Clown Posse
Insane Clown Pussy Riot
Faster PosseCat
― Virginia Wolfman (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 04:08 (four months ago) link
Maybe I left some words out, but The Mad Riot Puffins ? Your fans would be the Puffaloes. I feel we are getting closer to something unprecedented, let's think hard.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 08:31 (four months ago) link
https://greenvillejournal.com/arts-culture/upstate-beat-sister-hazel-counts-on-hazelnuts-for-upstate-gig/
I only know this is a thing because someone I knew once referred to themselves as a Hazelnut and I don't think I ever cringed more fiercely in my life.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:42 (four months ago) link
As I am sure you are all aware, Korn got their start by playing formal dances, called Kornballs.
― Sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:14 (four months ago) link
oh my god Hazelnuts that is the greatest
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:28 (four months ago) link
Trying to think of a sadder band to stan for.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:40 (four months ago) link
Nickelbackers.
― Sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:52 (four months ago) link
Hüsker Düers. Rüsted Rooters. Milli Vanillists. Cutting Crewmen. Bizketeers.
O wait... Children of the Korn.
― Sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:55 (four months ago) link
The Maroon Fivesome
― Sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 15:56 (four months ago) link
The Fishmansons
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:03 (four months ago) link
David Grayniacs
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:05 (four months ago) link
Canadian Mike Watt fans, the fIREHOSErs
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:10 (four months ago) link
428 posts and no mention of Insane Clown Posse?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:00 (four months ago) link
it is always a surprise to still see ppl rep so hard for Turbonegro
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:28 (four months ago) link
maybe they have erection
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:45 (four months ago) link
― brimstead, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:57 (four months ago) link
The Turbonegronis
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:40 (four months ago) link
Iirc Henley/Frey fans call themselves Eaglets
― Sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 23:53 (four months ago) link
imagine... you're a young eagle.. and your parents are don henley and glenn frey
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:06 (four months ago) link