Artist/Band with the most annoying fanbase

[Dean Winchester]

don't get personal on this on as a preface, and you can vote for more than one

Earlier, myself and PlatinumBlonde were talking about how obsessive and annoying the lambs (Mariah Carey's fanatics) are. So it leads me to wonder, who would most people say have the worst die-hard fanbases. I will only cover pop, r&b and rock here because I don't know as much about hip hop or country.

This is not a diss to the artist, and many of these I don't agree with, but I will use the typical excuses of fan attitudes that might turn people off

The options will be.... (with an example of something an "annoying die hard fan would say" as a reason). This is not about the music but the fans

Avril Lavigne : reason "Avril's like the queen of punk. Joan Jett is like an old hag"
(any) boyband : reason "they're the greatest group ever because ______ is cute, he's so much cuter than any of those old ugly singers"
Dave Matthews Band : reason "uh huh huh huh, I'm like so cool because I listen to Dave Matthews, huh huh huh"
Elvis : "he's the king and nobody will ever touch him"
(any) Emo band : reason "you just don't realize how deep they are"
fans of any popular recording artist who were into them PRE-MTV : reason "you're not a real fan you poseur, I was into them when they did (fill in the blank pre-mainstream album)"
Janet Jackson : reason "if you don't like one of the interludes on All For You, you're not a fan and the twenty years since Control means nothing because you don't think every last thing she does is holy"
KISS : reason "your band doesn't sell concert tickets the way KISS does"
Mariah Carey : reason "she is better than God because of all her #1 hits. Everyone who isn't her sucks"
Madonna : reason "no other female artist will ever be as innovative"
Michael Jackson : reason "he's the King Of Pop and Thriller sold more records than you'll ever be able to count and you're just jealous of him when you badmouth him, if you criticize him for sleeping with kids"
Paris Hilton (well, she's trying to sing) : reason "you're just a hater because you wish you had her money"
Ruben Studdard : reason "I hate Clay Aiken for having more success than Ruben, Ruben's the American Idol for crying out loud"
The Beatles : reason "nobody will ever be better... I'll never give another artist a chance because they won't compare"
The Stones : reason "Beatles fans need to get over themselves, at least The Stones are still together" (yes, I've seen this on AOL)
Whitney Houston : reason "Whitney's my down home homegirl, you're just hating when you say she's on drugs, she's saner than you"

keep in mind, I like quite a few of these artists, but we're not talking about them, but the fans and the Christ-like pedestals they put them on.

[platinumblondelife]

I never hear any Ruben say anything about Clay really. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Mariah Carey, but I hate some of her fans, if that makes sense...the ones who constantly talk about other celebrities (Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, etc) I voted for Mariah. ...Oh the Michael Jackson fans are just scary lol...I would have voted for him too but it's too late...

[Dean Winchester]

I voted for Mariah because, like Platinum stated, her fans are so psychotically obsessed with her it's unhealthy. Buying 40 copies of a mp3 on itunes so she can stay at #1 is just bad. I mean, buy Prince's single for 99 cents instead, at least you're going to be listening to something you don't have on 8 cd's already and the money will be going for a good cause instead of fattening Mariah's checkbook.

I also voted MJ because his fans can get pretty possessed too.

But another group that really gets under my skin are the people who were into bands before they took off in popularity and then have this superiority complex to someone who might've not discovered them until MTV/VH1 or radio or whatever. Be happy your fave is gaining more fans instead of acting like you're God because you were there first.

[Ireneparalegal]

I am going to mention someone who is not mentioned:
Jennifer Lopez AKA JHO JHO JHO JHO
Was that clear enough????? LOL
Her fans and fanbase etc. are pathetic. Just like her. I can't stand her. I can't wait for her career to to go down the tubes. I can't wait for people to realize she can't sing. I just want her to go away. Is that tooooo much to ask????
LOL

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by platinumblondelife

I never hear any Ruben say anything about Clay really. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Mariah Carey, but I hate some of her fans, if that makes sense...the ones who constantly talk about other celebrities (Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, etc) I voted for Mariah. ...Oh the Michael Jackson fans are just scary lol...I would have voted for him too but it's too late...

oh, Ruben fans had a real axe to grind with Clay back in 2003 when their singles came out the same week and Clay went to #1 instead.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I am going to mention someone who is not mentioned:
Jennifer Lopez AKA JHO JHO JHO JHO
Was that clear enough????? LOL
Her fans and fanbase etc. are pathetic. Just like her. I can't stand her. I can't wait for her career to to go down the tubes. I can't wait for people to realize she can't sing. I just want her to go away. Is that tooooo much to ask????
LOL

well, most Jennifer Lopez fans I know realize she is not a good singer. There's never the fanaticism about her from her fans the way you'll see Mariah, Madonna, Celine, Whitney, Janet... over their faves. I've never seen a J. Lo fan get insanely possessed over her, so that's why I didn't add her.

[Dean Winchester]

I also love love love Janet, but I voted for her diehards too, even tho they're not as prevalent. But the ones I've encountered are really ultra-defensive. In their eyes, if you don't worship every last thing she did, you're as good as someone sending her hate mail. The two big "Janet Queens" I encountered before told me because I was a bigger Madonna fan, that I had absolutely no right to call myself a Janet fan because I felt that the ALL FOR YOU cd was below par for an artist of her calibre.

[ABlairican Pie]

I've been checking out the Pantera and Ozzfest message boards, and there just seem to be too many racist and anti-Semitic characters on the boards.


And people wonder why metal was shafted back in the early 90's.

[JT]

I voted for The Beatles. Many of their fans seem to automatically assume that everyone agrees with them in that they are "the greatest band ever." Hell to the no. They are not. Not in my opinion, at least.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by JT

I voted for The Beatles. Many of their fans seem to automatically assume that everyone agrees with them in that they are "the greatest band ever." Hell to the no. They are not. Not in my opinion, at least.

I personally like the solo works of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison more than The Beatles. I don't know what it is but I just am not a fan of 1960's music, I much prefer 70's Stones to 60's Stones too, I would much rather listen to "Some Girls" than their Allen Klein owned recordings, same with people like Diana Ross, The Who, Cher, Tina Turner, Streisand and others who were around back in the days of black and white television. Simon And Garfunkel is the one exception, I'd much rather listen to them than solo Paul Simon.

[EmoJoe]

I voted Kiss, Mariah Carey, and Ruben. Im probably the only one who voted Ruben cause no one else here goes to Idolforums and sees all the Ruben fans who think Ruben is the best thing to ever happen to the world.

[Hollow]

Originally Posted by JT

I voted for The Beatles. Many of their fans seem to automatically assume that everyone agrees with them in that they are "the greatest band ever." Hell to the no. They are not. Not in my opinion, at least.

god i know. and god forbid you ever say anything negative about them, or that a new artist is better than them, or else you'll get laughed at and be accused of not knowing what real music is. i know not all beatles fans are like that of course but many of them whom i've encountered are.

[The Chauffeur]

Most fanbases are annoying, especially now there are far too many to name. Really, how sad is it to see someone neglect their own lives just to give most if not all of their energy to someone they'll never know? I have to say, it does make my stomach crawl when someone says anything like, "Avril is the 'Queen of Punk' , Joan Jett is an old hag" not because i like Joan Jett (not a fangirl, so don't even make me out to be) but because Joan Jett earned her place in punk whereas Avril Lavigne has barely cut her teeth (actually I'm waiting to hear anything in her music that remotely sounds like punk, but that's beside the point) My best friend's dad ( my second dad) was a huge music buff when I was young, he taught us that you can't respect music till you respect it's roots. But that's just me

[Rene]

avril lavign fans are sooo annoying they actually think shes punk or something-same with ashlee simpson.
paris hilton fans bug me too

[The Chauffeur]

Originally Posted by darlene_conner

avril lavign fans are sooo annoying they actually think shes punk or something-same with ashlee simpson.
paris hilton fans bug me too

Paris Hilton has fans????