Bands whose fans were their own subculture

Throbbing Gristle maybe?

Parrotheads

Manic Street Preachers?

Parrotheads

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 4, 2018 9:36 AM (seven seconds ago)

GWAR

definitely Manics in the nineties

The Cramps
Mothers of Invention

ahem

there's no Cardiacs dress code* as such but everything else fits

*except for The Flower

imago - Do you call yourself Juters? Gytists?

some good photos of numanoids here: http://www.numanme.co.uk/numanme/Numanoids-FAN.htm

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.

HAWKWIND's hawklords

there was once this Bay area psych band "The Grateful Dead" had a small but devoted cult following

imago I'm gonna clean the basement today and dig into the Cardiacs

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.

http://www.coltranechurch.org/

The Stranglers

The Jam

Depeche Mode

Jimmy Buffet? They all seem to come from Florida and use Hawaiian shirts and flower collars.

Oh wait, those are the parrotheads aren’t they? They’ve already been mentioned. Sorry.

I’m pretty sure we have a dozen of those in latinamerica but I’m blanking out right now.

radiohead

sonic youth

I wasn't aware of a Stranglers subculture- something distinct from early punk?

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

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"

the (early-era) who certainly fit here, no?

Turbonegro - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbojugend
Black Label Society? Seems to be a lifestyle thing for a lot of people for some obscure reason.

Grateful dead

the (early-era) who certainly fit here, no?

OTM.

Afrika Bambaata

Insane Clown Posse

Bambaata/Zulu Nation is a really good example

afrika bambaata ?

afrika bambaata ?

http://new.zulunation.com

ADAM AND THE ANTS - even Darby Crash fell into it.

Slipknot maggots

Anyone on Grindr past a certain time of night and looking for pnp is most definitley a Britney Spears fan.

Odd Future. Wu-Tang.

K Fed fans all got jobs at Ambercrombie after joining his club

The Levellers
New Model Army though there was probably a deal of overlap after the levellers broke through as the support act for an NMA tour in around '91.

The Mission who overlaped with Goth but had a tribe of people hitching between shows.

Beat Happening

It can be argued that Wagner was inspirational for the Nazis and they even had their own propaganda composer in Strauss.

Weird that nobody's mentioned the Insane Clown Posse. First example I thought of reading the OP.

mentioned above by MatthewK. good example

mentioned in the OP.

https://www.kerrang.com/inside-the-cult-of-gwar-we-might-be-weirdos-but-there-are-a-bunch-of-other-weirdos-out-there-too

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.

I knew the feds had infiltrated wrestling

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.

What's the deal with certain rich guys and wrestling, MMA, etc.

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.

Keyes I enjoyed that post even if nobody else read all the words in it

The Ramones and Misfits have thousands of fans who have never heard their music.

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

Power metal in general to thread?

Has there ever been a Parrothead who was also a Juggalo?

A JugParrot. Wastin' away again in Insane Posse-ville.

Grape Faygo in Paradise

Parrotheads are basically Boomer Juggalos

Hey now, boomer is a slur!

can we add roisin murphy to the list now?

Take Her Up to Faygo

Roisin Clown Posse

haha!

LOOOOOL

feel like there's one group I can't put my finger on. they dress kinda like clowns, and they rap

You gotta narrow that down. How is their mental health?

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)

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?"

A Juggalo Looks at (a) 40

I am workshopping a new band name, please help

Sane Clown Posse

Insane Clown Pussy Riot

Faster PosseCat

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.

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.

As I am sure you are all aware, Korn got their start by playing formal dances, called Kornballs.

oh my god Hazelnuts that is the greatest

Trying to think of a sadder band to stan for.

Nickelbackers.

Hüsker Düers. Rüsted Rooters. Milli Vanillists. Cutting Crewmen. Bizketeers.

O wait... Children of the Korn.

The Maroon Fivesome

The Fishmansons

David Grayniacs

Canadian Mike Watt fans, the fIREHOSErs

428 posts and no mention of Insane Clown Posse?

it is always a surprise to still see ppl rep so hard for Turbonegro

maybe they have erection

it is always a surprise to still see ppl rep so hard for Turbonegro

The Turbonegronis

Iirc Henley/Frey fans call themselves Eaglets

imagine... you're a young eagle.. and your parents are don henley and glenn frey