Bands whose fans were their own subculture

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.

What about juggalos? Hellooooo

Don’t forget las juggalas

Grateful Dead

Just thought of jugallos btw

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

what about those Insane Clown Posse fans?

Belle & Sebastian

Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Cure

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

Neds/Wonderstuff, similarly. BURN WITH FIRE.

The Cure (Robert Smith, really).

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.

Now glad I never mentioned it to them!

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

Not a band but the breakdancing/bboy culture

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.

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

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

the crust punks I've met rep hardest for Amebix

Morrissey fans lol

not a band but football

not a bad but the far right

not a band but some insects underneath a really big rock

flaming lips fans

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

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

they did

the crust punks I've met rep hardest for Amebix

― mh

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

surprised nobody has mentioned Juggalos itt

grateful dead too

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