# Bands or singers that identify with their fans as a group or a family. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176 "2016-03-07T04:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/1 "2016-03-07T04:39:58Z")
Hopefully by my submissions below, you’ll get what I’m driving at. Kiss - Kiss Army Lady Gaga - little monsters ICP - Juggalos Anymore we can add to this list? ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/2 "2016-03-07T05:18:26Z")
Split Enz/Crowded House/Finn Brothers/other projects = Frenz Midnight Oil = Oilers Hunters & Collectors/Mark Seymour = Punters ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/3 "2016-03-07T05:20:47Z")
The really obvious one: Grateful Dead = Deadheads. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/4 "2016-03-07T05:26:32Z")
The Melvens Call a subset of their fanbase Roboheads because back in the day there was a group who would drink a bottle of Robitussin before the show and then mosh their brains out. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/5 "2016-03-07T11:57:29Z")
Aerosmith = The Blue Army Phish Heads ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/6 "2016-03-07T14:18:22Z")
Floyd Freaks ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/7 "2016-03-07T14:20:02Z")
Kesha - Animals ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/8 "2016-03-07T14:20:40Z")
Jimmy Buffett has his Parrotheads ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/9 "2016-03-07T17:17:20Z")
[Slatanic Wehrmacht](http://www.slatanicwehrmacht.com/) [Jesterheads](http://jesterhead.inflames.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176/10 "2016-03-07T17:31:19Z")
The Deadheads and the Parrotheads are the ones that I, an outsider to those fandoms, know about.