Which bands are followed by an absolute shower? Who have the most annoying fans – even if the band themselves are pretty good.
I’ll nominate:
The Smiths: Fantastic band – fans are the biggest bunch of bedwetters on the face of the globe. Invariably ahem confused adolescent boys who think the whole world hates them (it does, with good reason).
Rush: Middling band a long time ago – but disappeared up their own fundament many years ago. Their fans however are just the worst ever. Look it’s heavy metal – it may be heavy metal with lyrics by Ayn Rand but it’s still just cock rock. Don’t analyse it.
Seconded. There’s nothing about their music that I ever found particularly objectionable. It’s pretty bland and easy to ignore. Their fans’ insistance that the band is the greatest thing since sliced bread alternates between puzzling and annoying.
but mostly the strident fans of any band that makes it on to Pitchfork Media…especially Neutral Milk Hotel which just grates on my nerves as a band name (and their fans are worse…hipsters…ack!)
Wow. I came in here to post Rush and Radiohead, and one was in the OP and the other in post #7. Although I’ll take a Radiohead fan over a Rush fan anyday.
When they find out you’re not one of them, Radiohead fans just give you a condescending smile and are sad that you can’t appreciate the brilliance that is Radiohead.
Rush fans, on the other hand, foam at the mouth and bray: "You don’t like Rush!?!?! That’s because your STUPID STUPID mind can’t grasp more than 3 chords and time signatures other than 4/4. What sort of sh*t do you listen to? HUH?!?!Bee Gees (1970s fan)/Journey(“Moving Pictures” era)/Warrant(1990)/Britney Spears(modern era)??? Anyone who doesn’t like Rush is a FKING RETARD!!! And THAT MEANS YOU TOO"** As you tell, I’ve been around Rush fans for a looooooooooooooong time.
Hootie & the Blowfish: “Making the world safe for guys who wear Dockers.”
John Mayer: At last, a musician who realizes that the world revolves around mousy office girls, or should!
Sarah MacLaghlan: If I ever turn gay, her fans pushed me to it!
Linkin Park: For well-oiled steroid freaks working out their gender issues in the mosh pit.
Garth Brooks: I was at a Karaoke bar once and–Oh shit, I just discredited anything I was about to say next! Suffice it to say, if you want to avoid extremely drunk people with missing teeth putting their arm around you and singing along, choose something other than “I’ve Got Friends in Low Places.”
The Stones. "Please, ma’am, you’re embarrassing your grandchildren. Put-your-shirt-back-on!
Likes Ani, The Dead, Nirvana & The Dave Matthews Band? Checkcheckcheckcheck.
I must be one annoying bastard.
All that being said, I have to agree with most of these sentiments. I just hope I don’t do it too much.
I’ll have to nominate a band though…And I’ll say the Doors. “He’s such a poet, man…” I can’t tell you how many times I heard this from some stoner who never showed an ounce of interest in any kind of poetry before they discovered Jim Morrison.
I think this needs to be repeated. 100 times. Until it overwhelms the thread. Because without a doubt, with no exceptions, is there any band with a more annoying following than ICP. Anywhere. In the history of time. And likely, there never ever ever will be.
I’ll offer defense for Radiohead fans, maybe on the pretentious side but not too in your face annoying IMO.
My vote goes to all of the Top40 pop girl music. The Britneys and Christinas and Hilary Duffs. Sure, the music sort of sucks, but the thing that really gets on my nerves is the giant cult of young teen girls who listen to nothing else, and imitate the style and (non)personality of those stars everywhere they go.
My friend warned me when I started getting into Wilco that they attract the pretentious dweebs like no other band ever.
And boy, was she right. For example, did you know that every single band at this year’s Coachella Festival sucks donkey balls except Wilco. I know of lots of people who won’t bother going because clearly all the other bands are far inferior to Wilco.
How about Jimmy Buffet fans. Parrotheads, indeed. Perhaps cranial-capacity-wise, they are.
And this isn’t a slam at The Hackensaw Boys (I liked them), but I was quite irked at the urban hipsters suddenly being fans of bluegrass at the 9:30 club the other night. Feh.
