s/o Juggalos

[coribelle26]

What do you think factors into which bands develop a crazy, rabid following?  Like what do ICP, the Grateful Dead, Phish, and Jimmy Buffett have that Bryan Adams and Coldplay do not?

Besides drugs.  And costumes. 

[MrsAxilla]

I don't think it's fair at all to lump ICP in with those others. For starters, the others have actual talent.

[angelaa73]

an overwhelming sense of "omg i found other weirdos like MEEEEEEE"

[coribelle26]

May 8, 2013 19:30:08 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I don't think it's fair at all to lump ICP in with those others. For starters, the others have actual talent.

Including Jimmy Buffett?

[coribelle26]

This is genuinely interesting to me! I mean, I like the Foo Fighters a lot. I will go see them in concert when they are within a 3 state radius. I might even take a day off work to do so if necessary and if it wouldn't be detrimental to my job.

However. If asked to describe myself I would not list "Foo Fighters fan" in my top five characteristics. I don't think the same can be said for Parrotheads.

[MrsAxilla]

May 8, 2013 19:31:15 GMT -5 coribelle26 said:

May 8, 2013 19:30:08 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I don't think it's fair at all to lump ICP in with those others. For starters, the others have actual talent.

Including Jimmy Buffett?

Um, I can't actually comment on Jimmy Buffet personally.  I've never heard anything by him (except for drunk assholes singing his songs.)  But I do know people into him that otherwise have good taste in music, so I'd guess he does.  He's certainly not as shitty as ICP (which I have heard, sadly.  My brother is a Juggalo and I've politely listened to a few songs with him.)

[MrsAxilla]

May 8, 2013 19:33:07 GMT -5 coribelle26 said:

This is genuinely interesting to me! I mean, I like the Foo Fighters a lot. I will go see them in concert when they are within a 3 state radius. I might even take a day off work to do so if necessary and if it wouldn't be detrimental to my job.

However. If asked to describe myself I would not list "Foo Fighters fan" in my top five characteristics. I don't think the same can be said for Parrotheads.

One difference between a band like Foo Fighters and Phish or the Dead is that Foo Fighters will play the exact same song list for the entire tour whereas the other two can play a four night run and every show will be completely different.  There really isn't any incentive to see Foo Fighters more than once a year so they don't attract a following.