Over on the Soundgarden boards

ryanrunning

Why does everyone over there come off as so elitist, im not a member of the board but was reading through parts of it and was really turned off by the fan base. Im not saying Pearl Jam fans are better, and I am a fan of both bands, but why are they coming off as "holier than thou" especially related to Pearl Jam, even though both bands rose out of the same scene, are friends with one another,share a drummer, and share mods and mailing address?

As a younger fan ive never gotten to see Soundgarden, but if that is how the fan base really is i may be turned off to try and see them.

satanrules616

You would choose to not see one of the greatest heavy metal crossover bands because of your perception of their fanbase? Pathetic.

ryanrunning wrote:

Why does everyone over there come off as so elitist, im not a member of the board but was reading through parts of it and was really turned off by the fan base. Im not saying Pearl Jam fans are better, and I am a fan of both bands, but why are they coming off as "holier than thou" especially related to Pearl Jam, even though both bands rose out of the same scene, are friends with one another,share a drummer, and share mods and mailing address?

As a younger fan ive never gotten to see Soundgarden, but if that is how the fan base really is i may be turned off to try and see them.

catefrances

Gary Carter

and don't think this board doesn't have elitist fucks on here. you ever see some of the people on the porch. 2 weeks ago i got told to quit being a fan cause i listed 5 "hits" as songs i don't like. i could bring up other things but you get the picture.




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satanrules616 wrote:

You would choose to not see one of the greatest heavy metal crossover bands because of your perception of their fanbase? Pathetic.

ryanrunning wrote:

Why does everyone over there come off as so elitist, im not a member of the board but was reading through parts of it and was really turned off by the fan base. Im not saying Pearl Jam fans are better, and I am a fan of both bands, but why are they coming off as "holier than thou" especially related to Pearl Jam, even though both bands rose out of the same scene, are friends with one another,share a drummer, and share mods and mailing address?

As a younger fan ive never gotten to see Soundgarden, but if that is how the fan base really is i may be turned off to try and see them.

catefrances

metsfan wrote:

and don't think this board doesn't have elitist fucks on here. you ever see some of the people on the porch. 2 weeks ago i got told to quit being a fan cause i listed 5 "hits" as songs i don't like. i could bring up other things but you get the picture.

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

Gary Carter

catefrances wrote:

metsfan wrote:

and don't think this board doesn't have elitist fucks on here. you ever see some of the people on the porch. 2 weeks ago i got told to quit being a fan cause i listed 5 "hits" as songs i don't like. i could bring up other things but you get the picture.

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

CAVSTARR313

metsfan wrote:

catefrances wrote:

metsfan wrote:

and don't think this board doesn't have elitist fucks on here. you ever see some of the people on the porch. 2 weeks ago i got told to quit being a fan cause i listed 5 "hits" as songs i don't like. i could bring up other things but you get the picture.

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

Lets not paint with such a broad brush.. Whale song would be tits! and i think i could die without hearing betterman again. but who am i to say?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

metsfan wrote:

catefrances wrote:

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

bullshit. there are as many rarity hogs here as anywhere on the planet. i couldnt care less about a songs rarity, myself. i like what i like.

saveyou22

I guess I missed those threads, even flow and betterman? who the hell says that?

catefrances

metsfan wrote:

catefrances wrote:

metsfan wrote:

and don't think this board doesn't have elitist fucks on here. you ever see some of the people on the porch. 2 weeks ago i got told to quit being a fan cause i listed 5 "hits" as songs i don't like. i could bring up other things but you get the picture.

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

did they play big dumb sex?? cause thatd be awesome.

Gary Carter

MrSmith wrote:

metsfan wrote:

catefrances wrote:

yeah mets you need to quit being such a bad fan.

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

bullshit. there are as many rarity hogs here as anywhere on the planet. i couldnt care less about a songs rarity, myself. i like what i like.

i was poking fun at the elitist fucks is all. i know rarity hogs are on here and thank god. i am one of them .

catefrances

just so long as ed doesnt play bugs.

dpmay

catefrances wrote:

did they play big dumb sex?? cause thatd be awesome.

i'm pretty sure they did...

ryanrunning

just to point out i didnt say the pearl jam fan base was any better, but seem to be at least more accepting of a band with a similar background

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

ryanrunning wrote:

just to point out i didnt say the pearl jam fan base was any better, but seem to be at least more accepting of a band with a similar background

i kinda figured it would be a lot of the same people. maybe not.

catefrances

ryanrunning wrote:

just to point out i didnt say the pearl jam fan base was any better, but seem to be at least more accepting of a band with a similar background

remind me again how gracious pj fans are towards nirvana. :roll:















yep that was a generalisation

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

metsfan wrote:

MrSmith wrote:

metsfan wrote:

i know i do

maybe i'll start posting on the SG board and see what it's like to be around fans who actually like the rares song. the sg board went into orgasm mode in the setlist thread when the rare songs were being played. if pj played a song like whale song or driftin people on here would be like why not play betterman or evenflow instead.

bullshit. there are as many rarity hogs here as anywhere on the planet. i couldnt care less about a songs rarity, myself. i like what i like.

i was poking fun at the elitist fucks is all. i know rarity hogs are on here and thank god. i am one of them .

i wouldnt mind hearing Driftin over Betterman once

catefrances

MrSmith wrote:

metsfan wrote:

i was poking fun at the elitist fucks is all. i know rarity hogs are on here and thank god. i am one of them .

i wouldnt mind hearing Driftin over Betterman once

i wouldnt have minded hearing just breath.

Gary Carter

catefrances wrote:

MrSmith wrote:

metsfan wrote:

i was poking fun at the elitist fucks is all. i know rarity hogs are on here and thank god. i am one of them .

i wouldnt mind hearing Driftin over Betterman once

i wouldnt have minded hearing just breath.

it's an ok song hehe. the end is better.

catefrances

metsfan wrote:

catefrances wrote:

i wouldnt have minded hearing just breath.

it's an ok song hehe. the end is better.

its all subjective mets.

redrock

A good number of posters on the SG board post here too.

catefrances

redrock wrote:

A good number of posters on the SG board post here too.

and your point being...?????

redrock

catefrances wrote:

redrock wrote:

A good number of posters on the SG board post here too.

and your point being...?????

Hmmmm..... let me see... elitism... uberfandom..... Where have I seen this before?

catefrances

redrock wrote:

catefrances wrote:

redrock wrote:

A good number of posters on the SG board post here too.

and your point being...?????

Hmmmm..... let me see... elitism... uberfandom..... Where have I seen this before?

aah... yes i see your point.

redrock

catefrances wrote:

redrock wrote:

Hmmmm..... let me see... elitism... uberfandom..... Where have I seen this before?

aah... yes i see your point.

To me, all 'fan' boards are the same. Some believe the band they follow are gods with no other band reaching their ankles. Elevate one band, put down others.

On the Soundgarden board... Pearl Jam not relevant, dinosaurs
On the PJ board - Soundgarden sucks, passed it, etc.

On both boards - some people quite excited about both bands!

dustinpardue

any chance we are over-analyzing this a bit?

Brisk.

just the natural way people are.

satanrules616

Why post on a bulletin board if not to over analyze?

dustinpardue wrote:

any chance we are over-analyzing this a bit?

satanrules616

Ridiculous statement - are you basing this on any empirical evidence? The folly of your logic is only more clearly illuminated now.

ryanrunning wrote:

just to point out i didnt say the pearl jam fan base was any better, but seem to be at least more accepting of a band with a similar background

cajunkiwi

redrock wrote:

catefrances wrote:

redrock wrote:

Hmmmm..... let me see... elitism... uberfandom..... Where have I seen this before?

aah... yes i see your point.

To me, all 'fan' boards are the same. Some believe the band they follow are gods with no other band reaching their ankles. Elevate one band, put down others.

On the Soundgarden board... Pearl Jam not relevant, dinosaurs
On the PJ board - Soundgarden sucks, passed it, etc.

On both boards - some people quite excited about both bands!

I'm unashamedly a 90s dork - Stoked that I'm seeing Pearl Jam in 12 days, stoked that Soundgarden is back (and hopeful I'll get to see them play), stoked that STP is still around and that they kicked ass when I saw them last year, and pissed that I missed seeing AIC in Houston with Our Lady Peace last year (I might go to my grave regretting that one).

One thing about some SG fans that I found a little disturbing (not from their boards though) was the reaction to the person who won their ticket competition on Friday. She was a young black girl, and from the reaction of some of the posters on their Twitter page (I think it was there - they linked to the photo from their Twitter page and the comments were beneath the pic) you'd think the world was ending. A number of people posted that she didn't "look like" a SG fan, and that they should've asked her to name a song by the band (other than Black Hole Sun) to prove she was worthy of getting the tickets. As if somehow being a non-white person under the age of 30 means there's no possible way you could ever be a fan of SG. I don't know what bothered people more - the fact that she was black, or the fact that she was young - but some people seemed really put off by the fact that she won the Nudedragons tickets.

redrock

cajunkiwi wrote:

I'm unashamedly a 90s dork -.

cajunkiwi wrote:

One thing about some SG fans that I found a little disturbing (not from their boards though) was the reaction to the person who won their ticket competition on Friday. She was a young black girl, and from the reaction of some of the posters on their Twitter page (I think it was there - they linked to the photo from their Twitter page and the comments were beneath the pic) you'd think the world was ending. A number of people posted that she didn't "look like" a SG fan, and that they should've asked her to name a song by the band (other than Black Hole Sun) to prove she was worthy of getting the tickets. As if somehow being a non-white person under the age of 30 means there's no possible way you could ever be a fan of SG. I don't know what bothered people more - the fact that she was black, or the fact that she was young - but some people seemed really put off by the fact that she won the Nudedragons tickets.

Yeah... jealousy, ignorance... there are idiots everywhere. That wasn't cool at all.