Please, let's not turn this into a mudslinging campaign. If this place has taught me anything, it is that there are great fans of any artist and that diversity of opinion can thrive. But that said, there are certain artists whose fans are a big turn off for me. I'm sure you've come across the same. So, get to the list making!

Here are my contributions for now:

• Tori Amos: Perhaps I just met a bad bunch of them while in college, but the phenomenon is apparently more rampant than that. Or perhaps I just ran into a very vocal "the blood is pumping so hard in my wrists and one more not overflowing with adulation comment about Tori Amos and I'll send it gushing over the 3rd floor bathroom" contingent, but in my experience, Tori fans have, for the most part, been overzealous to the point of not accepting that people make like some other 90s alterna-chicks. I never knew liking Björk was such a crime until I ran into those Tori freaks.
  
  
• Dave Matthews Band: While I'm on my college rant, does there exist a band with more insipid and ubiquitous fans on a college campus than DMB? I even heard someone say "I know everyone likes them here, but I really am a fan," when it was abundantly clear that she was riding the "this is mature, intelligent and inoffensive enough to proudly display among my collection now that I am so deep and in college" trend. OK, that came out really bitchy, but the point stands. Of the legions of fans that were so passionate back then, it seemed as if to most, Dave Matthews Band was more of a false rite of passage into maturity than a band they adored. The same kind of Coldplay/coffee table tolerable acceptance applied to the 18-21 bracket.
  
  
• The Beatles: I've never come across a fanbase with bigger bullies than The Beatles. While there are many here that actually present a coherent argument and exhibit tact and grace, most of my encounters in real life have involved fans regurgitating the same recycled cliches of assumed greatness and reacting in abject horror at the mere notion that another artist may be *gasp* better. They then typically proceed to say, "But you haven't heard [insert "classic" album or song here], have you?" or "You don't know anything about music". These Beatles evangelist bullies have only made my distaste for Beatles music more intense.
  
  
• Prince: Perhaps it is inevitable with an artist with a catalogue as rich and monumental, but I find Prince fans, on the whole, the most difficult to satisfy. The factions are endless, each claiming to know exactly how to manage Prince's career and exactly what his next move should be, whether it be rehashing his 80s glory, returning to his funk roots, wielding the guitar in full force, noodling in jazz experimentation, or retiring from the business altogether. In a way, it's a charming indicator that Prince inspires such passion that his fans become so caught up in the emotions of every move. But it must be incredibly for Prince himself to inevitably piss off a very vocal contingent of his fans with every new song.
  
  

Again, I don't mean this to belittle any artist or anyone here. As I've stated, this place has become a haven for a great deal of friendly discussion and has, in large part, been the antithesis of what I refer to here.

Jackson fans. Both Michael and Janet. Obsessed with sales, overflowing with apologies for crazed behaviors, incessant in their quest to make martyrs out of their favorite performers. Honestly, I can say that the Jackson fanbases have helped turn me against the artists that they support. Of course, their lackluster music hasn't helped their causes any, but I don't think I'd have the same visceral response to their images and music if the fans weren't just so ridiclious.

I love David Bowie and everything, but I don't feel the need to constantly proclaim that the 'Tonight' album was sabotaged; U2 are my absolute favorite band, but I don't feel the need to go off the rails every time someone makes a negative comment about Bono.

These Jacksonites just really skeeze me out, sorry. I think it's funny that their intentions are to promote the artists they love, but they accomplish the exact opposite goal. They turn people off.

I was a huge Janet fan, queuing for Jan tickets, buying every magazine with her picture on the cover;even though I've been disappointed in everything she's put out since 2001, I don't think I'd be so put off by her image/music if it wasn't for her fans proclaiming her to be the second coming.

Michael is even worse. I was never as big of an MJ fan as I was of his sister; I did like him enough, though. I have every CD he put out from Off the Wall through Invincible; I kinda grew out of MJ's music, and his bizarre antics certainly didn't help my appreciation of his music out any. I think without his overzealous fanbase, though, I'd look at him in the same light I look at Britney Spears - sure she's had a break from reality, but she's amusing and harmless. The Jacksonatics, though, invoke a completely different response from me now. Honestly, that .gif that Sos posts in the Jackson discussions nowadays really expresses my reaction to the multitude of MJ related threads here.

Mariah Carey fans
Madonna fans

Moonbeam said:

Tori fans are loving and caring...We sure love our Bee Sides. We just don't like people who don't dig pele...

Axchi696 said:

I can see it, and I'm a fan of both.

The Beatles: I've never come across a fanbase with bigger bullies than The Beatles. While there are many here that actually present a coherent argument and exhibit tact and grace, most of my encounters in real life have involved fans regurgitating the same recycled cliches of assumed greatness and reacting in abject horror at the mere notion that another artist may be *gasp* better. They then typically proceed to say, "But you haven't heard [insert "classic" album or song here], have you?" or "You don't know anything about music". These Beatles evangelist bullies have only made my distaste for Beatles music more intense.

AAAH FINALLY SOMEONE SEES IT!!!!!

MikeMatronik said:

Tori fans that I've found here are vastly different to Tori fans I've encountered in real life.

Moonbeam said:

ChristopherTracy319 said:

I've got a bit of a reputation here for seeing (or perhaps overseeing) it.

Moonbeam said:

I said those exact words to you.



I inserted Across The Universe and the Anthology Helter Skelter jam.

But then again. I like to bully you. You Kylie freak.

Madonna fans are zealots. I was almost banned once from madonnatribe.com because I said that Like a virgin was a piece of shit and Kylie sang better live than madonna

Moonbeam said:

Yer just biased. That is okay.

MikeMatronik said:

Did you say it once, or did you post it in every possible thread ?

Axchi696 said:

Once...

And I've been of the main supports of Madonna here.

Olivia Newton-John fans

I once told a friend that she was not very special and lame. The guy almost punched me in the face.

I had fist fights with Prince fans. Bitches.
I spat at Tori Amos fans. Rabid.
I got drunk with Madonna fans. They let me chastice them cuz they KNEW I was right. Walking in on a sleep-in, blurting out "Ooh! Look! All gay guys and 30 something mothers that are trying to relive their youth!" And then they fed me sandwiches and gave me booz. Without pissing in the booz first, as I would have.
Then again, I kissed straight guys at Prince concerts. That was kinda nice.
I have a big problem with Beatles haters. Closed minded twats.

And Pet Shop Boys fans are scary.

So, I said it.

HamsterHuey said:

I heard "Across the Universe". Hated it and all of the covers. I've heard "Helter Skelter" but maybe not the Anthology jam.

You patronize me with your Kylie bashing! You lucky gut, you got to have her sit on your lap and you still mock me!

HamsterHuey said:

I not scary!

HamsterHuey said:

Moonbeam, since you are back from your hiatus, I plan to make multiple threads about Kylie...

We have to spread the word of our diva!

MikeMatronik said:

You know I'll be there!

Moonbeam said:

I have to educate the org on the "Let's get to it". The best pwl kylie album!

Moonbeam said:

It is weird,as their music did not register much with me until I turned 26 or so. It was the anthology series that turned me on. Before that it was goldie oldie radio, you know?

But hearing that version of Across The Universe...

Man...

Moonbeam, check my Kylie ratings here:

http://rateyourmusic.com/...ik/reviews

PANDURITO said:

So says the ABBA fan!

HamsterHuey said:

The wildlife version of Across the universe...from past masters. I love it

MikeMatronik said:

Yes! I hope you're not comparing pure pop perfection with

PANDURITO said: