Bands whose fans were their own subculture

sane entertainer assembly

Guild of Discerning Thespians

If a man were truly insane, he would not have to serve in a clown posse. Yet applying not to serve in a clown posse proves that he is not insane (as it demonstrates his sanity); and so he must serve.

mimes sippin tea

If a man were truly insane, he would not have to serve in a clown posse. Yet applying not to serve in a clown posse proves that he is not insane

I believe that in the U.S. military this is referred to as "Catch Juggalo."

I dated a guy in college whose cousin was in the band Kix. A year or so after we broke up, he emailed me about going to a show where the audience sprayed midwestern soda with plastic toys and it was like, a thing, and everyone there were kinda the same, like, a subculture, and the band was called Insane Clown Posse. Pretty sure that was what they were called.

Relevant to this thread’s interests:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-kiss-tour-20190216-story.html

”What is that thing that connects to the fans and the band? It's not just songs,” says Simmons, who turns 70 this summer. “It's sort of a gathering of the tribes, because it is culture. There's no reason to put KISS tattoos on your body and to name your children after our songs. There's this other much bigger idea that hovers above the band and the fans. There’s some connection to your life."

Imagine naming your kid Love Gun, lol

Would K-Pop bands like BTS count?

yeah there's BTS army, and Gaga's little monsters

and beliebers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fandom_nicknames

Surprised no one has mentioned Insane Clown Posse on there yet, wtf

I know, I'm tempted to edit it because the Juggalos deserve to be on there

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fandom_nicknames

Adam Lambert — Glamberts

What about Claymates? I heard that my high school health teacher was one. She used to raise Persian cats and then she became a rabid Clay Aiken fan.

Michael Jackson?

Also, 99.9999% of Dylan fans are not called, and do not call themselves, “Dylanologists” — I don’t care what some book reviewed by Janet Maslin in 2014 says.

NAMBLA members do have a subculture, but the real answer is Juggalos, fans of that Insane Clown Posse band

Fuckin kidfiddlers

that there ICP

subcultures, how do they work

The Phantom of the Opera / Phans
Phish / Phans

PHITE

What is that thing that connects to the fans and the band? .... “It's sort of a gathering of the tribes, because it is culture

Note how Simmons just barely avoids what he was clearly about to say. Which is "Gathering of the Juggalos."

In case you are not aware, that is what fans of Insane Clown Posse call themselves.

wow i had no idea that the juggalos thing goes so deep, check this out: https://www.google.com/search?q=gathering+of+the+juggalos&oq=gathering+of+the&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.2396j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

here's another link from another source: https://www.bing.com/search?q=gathering+of+the+juggalos&qs=LS&pq=gathering+of+the&sc=8-16&cvid=B9FD6A587F0D472485FB824E3DB44481&FORM=QBLH&sp=1

one more for the truly curious: http://search.lycos.com/web/?q=gathering+of+the+juggalos&keyvol=00a5c18f4d43ad539ef2

Brosettes

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Or worse, juggalo wedding

Violent J seems like a good father.

As long as you don't have an assignment on magnets you need help with

He acknowledges the question, at least. He's willing to learn.

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Wow I really killed this fun thread

That late 70s mod revival began with the Jam though, iirc, so they wouldn't have been mods if they hadn't been Jam fans.

My sister was involved in that revival and she was never a Jam fan fwiw.

Was she a fan of the insane clown posse? I hadn't thought about them in years til just now

crazy that it took so long for them to come up in this thread

yeah ... i mean, ICP are a really good example of this, thanks for finally mentioning them

surprised nobody has mentioned that band that sprayed fizzy juice over their fans

the elephant in the room that everybody seems to be tiptoeing around is ICP

xp - i think you are thinking of Insane Clown Posse?

yes, that's them! Surprised nobody mentioned them yet

I understand that their female fans are Juggalettes, which means that their children are Juggalinos or Juggalinas.

Mr. Juggalina, Mr. Bob Juggalina

lol

couldn't they also be Juggalosovs or Juggalosovnas or in Icelandic Juggalosdottir? Are there Juggalos in Iceland?

ICP are antispeciesist to boot:

https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/juggalo-dog.jpg?quality=100&w=650

Didn't Shaggy have a hit with oh juggalina?

It's been a wild week for artists, journalists and fans, but a special shout-out to the B * S stans who reported the NYT music account for abuse for reporting that the group sold four collector versions of its EP to juice sales

— cganz (@mehpatrol) April 26, 2019

jfc the replies. I guess this is what Beatles fans would have been like on Twitter circa 1964?