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arqarq Posts: 8,049
edited September 2009 in Other Music
I just finished my PJ vinyl collection, and i wanted to start collecting vinyls from other bands that, I checked RHCP and STP and the fan community is very weak (at least for what i saw on their Forums) i haven't check Radiohead yet but i was wondering if there's any other band with such strong fan base like PJ?

Here on the board we can ask about any little tiny detail about pearl jam and we have people with (almost) masters and PHDs for PJ, and some very very VERY dedicated colletors with a vast knowlegde of PJ memorabilia. so again is any other band this "lucky"?

Thanks
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    edited September 2009
    Dave Matthews Band
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Dave Matthews Band has some out of control obsessive fans.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    REM? i am just guessing.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Dave Matthews Band has some out of control obsessive fans.

    I heard that but i can't understand why... I haven't pay any attention to them but... well there's public for everything.

    R.E.M.?

    I'm talking obsesive like we all (or at least 99%) here with PJ.
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    I think NIN has a small but rabid following.
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    this is the most obsessive i've witnessed.
    with the posters, amount of shows, bootlegs and such.

    i think dmb is up there. they are because they hook people up like pj and 10c. you get seat and bootleg hookups just like here. my buddy is in...the warehouse i believe its called
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I guess I remember reading Five Horizons long ago and the gal who ran it (Karen who was very obsessive re PJ) was first obsessed with R.E.M..........
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Wilds wrote:
    I think NIN has a small but rabid following.

    Oooh I knew that one, i guess I'm a little dissapinted of the other bands i like RHCP or STP, i thought i would find there another rich "culture" but i guess those bands have only casual fans, C'est la vie :lol:
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  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    The Jonas Brothers fans wear wrist bands.
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Lizard, Where's your way cooler lizard avatar? that baseball hat is kinf of lame :lol: (j/K)
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    edited September 2009
    arq wrote:
    Lizard, Where's your way cooler lizard avatar? that baseball hat is kinf of lame :lol: (j/K)
    :( and you're not kidding!!
    i like yours!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    marcos wrote:
    The Jonas Brothers fans wear wrist bands.

    mmm... well we wear shirt, hoodies, sox, hats, wristbands... we don't have anything to envy... :oops:
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Lizard wrote:
    arq wrote:
    Lizard, Where's your way cooler lizard avatar? that baseball hat is kinf of lame :lol: (j/K)
    :( and you're not kidding!!
    i like yours!!

    You were at one of the eddie's pre-parties on LA back in 2008?
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    arq wrote:
    Lizard wrote:
    arq wrote:
    Lizard, Where's your way cooler lizard avatar? that baseball hat is kinf of lame :lol: (j/K)
    :( and you're not kidding!!
    i like yours!!

    You were at one of the eddie's pre-parties on LA back in 2008?
    I was................i assume you were?
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Lizard wrote:
    I was................i assume you were?

    Yes i was there, but it was a different time for me i was a loner fan at the time, i was in the tenC but i didn't even care about the forum, but i went alone to LA to see eddie and your name is the only one I remember from the preparty, well not your name just "Lizard", I came in bought a couple of things and back to the line. Do you remember wich other "famous" fans were there?
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    Michael jackson?
    Insane Clown Posse?
  • scottstappsucksscottstappsucks Posts: 991
    The problem with STP is there isn't really an official message board so the fanbase is scattered around the internet. There's the old official BBS which is hard to find on the atlanticrecords server, the BelowEmpty.com forums, and stmothafukinp.com. The board on STP's official site that they made in 2008 is impossible to navigate so nobody uses it. If STP would make a user friendly official board it would be very active, their MySpace gets a shit load of comments. STP are just very poor at communicating with their fans, but there are obsessive ones like me out there. I'm very happy they are together though.

    With AIC there is kind of a division between fans. Some are very loyal to Layne so they stick on Layne themed boards while the people who like the new band go on the official board. I do both since both have a great group of people.
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    scottstappsucks wrote:
    With AIC there is kind of a division between fans. Some are very loyal to Layne so they stick on Layne themed boards while the people who like the new band go on the official board. I do both since both have a great group of people.

    Oooh the good ol'd AIC... i don't know if i could ever be into the new one as to the original... I should give them a second chance.
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  • lukinsdadlukinsdad Posts: 57
    PHISH
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    edited September 2009
    babylukin wrote:
    PHISH

    I'm surprised it took this long for them to come up.

    Also, the Black Crowes have some die hards that follow them everywhere. One of my friends has seen them nearly 100 times. She comes back to San Francisco every year as they have this new (3 year) tradition of playing 5 shows at the Fillmore every December (I wish PJ would do this!!!)

    Also, if you're looking for obsessive over vinyl, all the Jack White incarnations have pretty crazy fans who are obsessed over getting every piece of vinyl every created by TWS, Racs and TDW*.

    * The White Stripes, Raconteurs, The Dead Weather ... wasn't sure if ARQ had heard of these bands ;)
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Widespread Panic. a couple of my friends go everywhere for them/.
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    I'm not getting old, i'm old now! F**K a lot of bands i haven't heard, well i only listen to NPR so the only band i heard on NPR was wilco and they sounded pretty good
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    arq wrote:
    I'm not getting old, i'm old now! F**K a lot of bands i haven't heard, well i only listen to NPR so the only band i heard on NPR was wilco and they sounded pretty good

    NPR had some GREAT videos of The Decemberists a few months back, I was posting those vids all over the web. :D
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    jimed14 wrote:
    arq wrote:
    I'm not getting old, i'm old now! F**K a lot of bands i haven't heard, well i only listen to NPR so the only band i heard on NPR was wilco and they sounded pretty good

    NPR had some GREAT videos of The Decemberists a few months back, I was posting those vids all over the web. :D

    I will check them out, this thread should be called "get me out of the grunge era!"... :lol:
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  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    Most jam bands (Dead, Phish, DMB, Cheese) are the obvious answers.

    NIN has some serious fans, so I've heard.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    arq wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    arq wrote:
    I'm not getting old, i'm old now! F**K a lot of bands i haven't heard, well i only listen to NPR so the only band i heard on NPR was wilco and they sounded pretty good

    NPR had some GREAT videos of The Decemberists a few months back, I was posting those vids all over the web. :D

    I will check them out, this thread should be called "get me out of the grunge era!"... :lol:

    I think the best way to do that, find and online station and let it play ... even through the bad tunes. (in other words, put all the PJ boots away for a bit ... shocking, I know)

    Make notes of the song you really like ... when you get time, head over to youtube or the bands site to check out more.

    I listen to "Indie Pop Rocks" on somafm.com, it's commercial free ... (they have many stations, I.P.R. is my favorite) ... I've discovered so many bands just letting that station play and making a note when something cathes my ear.

    Pandora is also a good site for this ... enter songs you like and it will play similar songs, you can "like" or "dislike" a song and it will learn your tastes ... unfortunately, if you enter Pearl Jam, it may just start playing songs form that era .. but, give it a try.

    One other recommendation, watch the opening bands when you go to concerts ... over the past 4 or 5 years, I've probably seen 10 opening bands that I absolutely love now.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    edited September 2009
    jimed14 wrote:
    unfortunately, if you enter Pearl Jam, it may just start playing songs form that era .. but, give it a try.

    Yeah i tried that and it'll play AIC, nirvana, STP, RCHP, well you know the usual, but i'll need time, I can' just leave my dear PJ aside! Well i'm into older bands too, I just discovered David Bowie before the 80's And i Love it!
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i know a guy who is a pretty hardcore NiN fan. he still does the goth look in his thirties...
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Opening Band For The Sun wrote:
    i know a guy who is a pretty hardcore NiN fan. he still does the goth look in his thirties...

    that's pretty hard core!
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  • solfsolf Posts: 11
    I think that Neil Young and especially Bruce Springsteen can also be accounted for on this list....
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