The most irritating are prog fans in general, as they think music has to be really complex and shiz in order to have the slightest semblance of value...which is a load of utter rubbish. In fact, the irony is that complexity comes over creativity for that lot, especially given the fact that the vast majority of the neo-prog music they listen to is so completely derivative of early 70s music as to induce laughter. And does virtually nothing new or cutting edge whatsover.
Then, Pitchfork-type indie fans are often twonkish as well. Actually, indie kids are frequently complete idiots. But firstly, Pitchfork types are idiotic because they are just as elitist as prog fans! They openly scorn various genres (particularly prog, in fact) just because they're not supposed to like it according to "party lines", so to speak. As for many indie scene kids in general, then they're annoying because they put "cool" and "image" over the music itself. They couldn't give a damn how uncreative the Libertines were or the point that none of them could play their instruments at all and that their second album was a load of tripe. The fact is that they had the best image of all time and that's all that matters.
Metal fans are twonks for, as has been pointed out, thinking that all other music is for pussies. I've seen at least one friend turn into a metalhead from having been a massive Coldplay fan, and the result was not a pretty sight to behold.
Many rap fans can be complete twits for being uninterested in listening to any other sort of music under the sun simply because it's not "cool" enough for them. Well, so some of that type of fan might listen to a bit of cookie-cutter contemporary r&b too. Whoop-tee-bloody-doo.
Country fans...I'm not even gonna go there.
Music "fans" who listen only to stuff on the radio, in shopping malls, TV advertisements and MTV and stuff...they're tolerable. But then, they have no refined tastes and are thus boring, so they suck too.
The world would be a better place without music fans...
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