Bands whose fans were their own subculture

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soref - good bit on the numanoids btw. had no idea

Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Sunday, 5 August 2018 04:14 (seven years ago)

what about those Insane Clown Posse fans?

niels, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 07:54 (seven years ago)

Belle & Sebastian

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 10:18 (seven years ago)

Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Cure

Neil S, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 10:22 (seven years ago)

Discharge/Exploited crust punk is/was always relatively easy to spot.

Neds/Wonderstuff, similarly. BURN WITH FIRE.

The Cure (Robert Smith, really).

The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 10:41 (seven years ago)

Discharge/Exploited and crust punk are 2 different things although the first influenced the latter (more Discharge than Exploited, crust punks mostly hated the Exploited tbh). Exploited = mohicans/spikes, crust punk = gross dreadlocks

Neither of them smell very good though.

Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 11:05 (seven years ago)

Now glad I never mentioned it to them!

The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 11:06 (seven years ago)

definitely Belle and Sebastian. ILM might not exist if it weren't for them

Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 11:45 (seven years ago)

Not a band but the breakdancing/bboy culture

F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:01 (seven years ago)

Did that crusty punk thing start with Crass fandom? & expand I know there were quite a few bands operating in that area in the early 80s.

Then there was the Spirit of '77 thing that I never quite understood, i thought pun was more vital over the previous year or couple of years. & becoming codified by '77.
& a lot of people woken up by punk had moved onto things a bit less codified by the early 80s anyway.

Stevolende, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:14 (seven years ago)

hey guys i think we need to mention icp and the dead a few more times

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:45 (seven years ago)

the modern day dead are icp btw. stealie = hatchetman. think about it

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:47 (seven years ago)

the crust punks I've met rep hardest for Amebix

mh, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:04 (seven years ago)

Morrissey fans lol

mh, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:06 (seven years ago)

not a band but football

still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:17 (seven years ago)

not a bad but the far right

still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:17 (seven years ago)

not a band but some insects underneath a really big rock

still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:18 (seven years ago)

flaming lips fans

Dreadnought of chicanery (Ross), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:36 (seven years ago)

Can't believe nobody said Juggalos yet in THIS ENTIRE THREAD

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)

Hey...Juggalos? Nobody brought them up right?

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)

they did

( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:29 (seven years ago)

the crust punks I've met rep hardest for Amebix

― mh

this is otm, also the band D.I.R.T.

sleeve, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:29 (seven years ago)

surprised nobody has mentioned Juggalos itt

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:32 (seven years ago)

grateful dead too

The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:24 (seven years ago)

ICP fans

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:41 (seven years ago)

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130815/irving-park/grateful-dead-cover-band-apologizes-fans-shocked-find-juggalos-at-bar/

empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:46 (seven years ago)

LOL so hard @ this:

https://assets.dnainfo.com/generated/chicago_photo/2013/08/jerry-garcia-violent-j-1376601256.jpg/extralarge.jpg

empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:47 (seven years ago)

Fun fact: Violent J is older now than Jerry was when he went into his coma.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:59 (seven years ago)

this kind of thing happened to me, I went to see The Books in Milwaukee but screwed up and got the wrong week, so we saw a Mexican Wrestling show instead. obviously I don't regret the error at all.

frogbs, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 22:01 (seven years ago)

significant overlap with grateful dead I would guess but disco biscuits. (one of my roommates in college was really, really into them, and as a result was almost never home)

aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 22:03 (seven years ago)

2-tone.

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2Tone-Ska-1980-1280x844.jpg

mark e, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 22:25 (seven years ago)

subcultures w/bands versus bands with subcultures

mh, Thursday, 9 August 2018 00:26 (seven years ago)

Jerry Garcia is pretty much the last guy I'd expect to see in a Members Only type jacket.

henry s, Thursday, 9 August 2018 01:47 (seven years ago)

Well, except for Violent J...

henry s, Thursday, 9 August 2018 01:48 (seven years ago)

lmao at that juggalo article

global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 August 2018 03:43 (seven years ago)

six months pass...

Juggalos

frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 09:27 (seven years ago)

Someone mentioned Throbbing Gristle upthread, but a better example would be Psychic TV, their fans being members/followers of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 09:34 (seven years ago)

Eskimos!

http://www.and-the-dance-goes-on.de/images/mmapr0487.jpg http://www.and-the-dance-goes-on.de/images/soundsoct1489.jpg

goats eat grandma (NickB), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:11 (seven years ago)

surprised no one has mentioned Insane Clown Posse yet, wtf

Neil S, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:17 (seven years ago)

also juggalos

goats eat grandma (NickB), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:25 (seven years ago)

Bay City Rollers.

Also ICP.

large bananas pregnant (ledge), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 11:31 (seven years ago)

Oh yeah, ICP. Nice one

frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 15:50 (seven years ago)

wtf is going on juggalos are ICP fans and were mentioned before this revive

calumy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:06 (seven years ago)

Social Distortion

marcos smart (Spottie), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:29 (seven years ago)

wtf is going on juggalos are ICP fans and were mentioned before this revive

Also, the whole phenomena of the Juggalo culture associated with Insane Clown Posse.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:50 (seven years ago)

Has Rocket From The Crypt been mentioned?

Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:11 (seven years ago)

I think there's a group, I want to say maybe some kind of hip hop thing, where they have a festival and spray fruit-flavour soft drink over the audience?

Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:14 (seven years ago)

i remember in the mid 80s beastie boys fans nicking badges off volkswagons to wear

Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:18 (seven years ago)

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin) at 4:50 13 Feb 19

wtf is going on juggalos are ICP fans and were mentioned before this revive

Also, the whole phenomena of the Juggalo culture associated with Insane Clown Posse.
This is a good point, Insane Clown Posse are a great example.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:19 (seven years ago)

remember in the mid 80s beastie boys fans nicking badges off volkswagons to wear

do you really remember this, or do you remember some bullshit from UK tabloid newspapers?

The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:26 (seven years ago)


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