Most Fanboy Ridden Bands??
 

for me at least:
Children of Bodom
Opeth
Burzum (and other minimalistic black metal)
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Tool
and most metalcore...

now i am a fan of all these bands, cept Tool

now im not saying these bands at are all bad, but the fact is they all have some pretty annoying fans and tend to overpraise/stick-up for every single one of their works

Dream Theater no question

Tool fanboys annoy me but nowhere near as much as this lot

Bright Eyes
Radiohead
Nirvana
Guns N Roses

Dreamtheater
Neutral Milk Hotel
Mayhem
Trivium
Job for a Cowboy
Slipknot
Dragonforce
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Radiohead

Nirvana
Dream Theater

hinder?

they're fairly new to the music scene.
and only one song has gained the much populairty (Lips of an Angel)
The song they released before that (Get Stoned) didn't get them too much populairty,e ven though it's better (in my opinion)

Metallica
Avenged Sevenfold
Tool
A Perfect Circle

Those are the bands that have something of a cult following. A Perfect Circle and tool deserve the following.

Slayer and Pantera, hands down

Pantera is a big hands down.
Tool is an even bigger hands down.
I say Muse have quite the fanboy base going on too.

Slayer is the obvious here folks

Deep Purple
Dream Theater
Megadeth
Dragonforce
Modest Mouse
The Smiths
The Who
Pearl Jam
Tool
Muse
Manic Street Preachers
Radiohead

Why do so many people hate Dream Theater? it's not even like they have a huge fan base...

they do, trust me.

I just get bored of being lectured to about how stupid I am just because i`m not able to spot how they`re the greatest band in the world just because they can play a bit fast.

Ah. Well, they aren't the best, but I do think a lot of their work is amazing, and they have a fairly tiny fanbase over here, so I was unaware of that...

i enjoy Dream Theater...

:runs:

Hahaha I seem to like most of the bands that other people hate on this forum...

Indeed.

But to find them you must venture into where no man dare dwells.

..........Their parents basements.

Has anyone mentioned Status Quo?
It's like these people don't like any other band...UB40 fans are the same.

I once worked with a girl who`s claim to fame was screwing Ali Campbell

^ Haha...every UB40 fan I've ever met, has been as thick as pigshit.

I`d like to add to this list EVERY single drum & bass DJ that ever existed

Pantera - Although they have an equal number of ignorant haters
Dream Theater - Nuff said
U2 - I do like U2, but I think many U2 fans find it hard to be unbiased.
Slayer - I love Slayer, but a lot of the fans are ignorant to the existence of other bands.
Nirvana - Not their fault though.
Tool

To be honest, I don't see many people going on about Opeth non stop. I see a fair few defending them when elitists bash them (which is fair enough).

Dragonforce has a rather large fanbase, but I don't see them as particularly bad fans though.

Im not even going to read past the first page, I hate threads like this where people are answering honestly their just posting abnds they don't like and think suck.

Go back and look at some of the **** put up there. Maybe we need to operationalize the word, but as far as im concerned, half the abnds on the first page do not have fan boys.

C'mon, every band/artist has at least one fanboy.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean they're Fan Boy Ridden, as the title says they have to be to be listed.

*looks at your avatar*


you wouldn't, would you? Opeth fan boys are worse than dream theater fan boys.

I am being unbiased - I listed Pantera which is one of my favourite bands.

I honestly never see people preaching about Opeth. Having an avatar does not constitute being a fanboy either.

Wow. You guys are all forgetting Linkin Park... I used to be one of their biggest fanboys! But... Yeah, That stopped=)

Lol, no they're not.

AC/DC fans are pretty intense

Not the people that like 'em, but the people that LOVE them

People that hate them however are extremely intense.

Dreamtheater- Are ok but they get pretty boring
Neutral Milk Hotel- I dislike
Mayhem- I like them
Trivium- I don't
Job for a Cowboy- I like them alot
Slipknot- I don't
Dragonforce- Possibly my favorite band.
Led Zeppelin-Are pretty good but overrated
Pink Floyd-Like them alot but I think they are overrated
Radiohead-I like them

I can honestly tell you that these bands have fanboys who will either threaten to kill you for dissing that band (for Trivium, I have seen isomone tell somone else that he will kil him) to telling you need a better taste in music (dreamtheater and neutral milk hotel,ect). Many more examples if you wish for me to explain.

Have you posted at any metal forums ever? I've never heard so many kids cry when someone calls that band boring in my entire life. They jock them like they're the most talented people to ever pick up instruments. This was earlier this year and last year though. Can't say i've heard many people even talk about em lately.

I guess stiffs don`t have the staying power they used to

Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
Metallica
AC/DC
Aerosmith
U2

the list can go on and on, it depends on what you think fanboy ridden means, i think it means that there over popular and have to many LOVING fans

Everybody loves Radiohead, and the Scene Aesthetic too much here.

But I actually like the latter too. :D

At least Tool has talent and an artistic asthetic.

And to defend my position from earlier. If people are generally out against a band, or the band has been ded for ahwile its hard for me to assume they have fan boys.

Nirvana has fan boys? Pssh it isn't anything like it was in 97, never mind in 94.

As for GnR and Metallica, the only thing they have in great multitude is people saying that they suck now and they should have hung it up 5 to 10 years ago.

This is what I mean, the same people that are accusing them of fan boi-dom are the same ones saying they should have hung it up forever ago. They are arguing on a bias or they think that one extream fan is one too may and that constitues "ridden".

i see your point, and your right for Metallica and GNR and Nirvana, but you have to admit that bands like U2 and Aerosmith have a large enough fan base to have those who support everything they do, stupid or good

Dream Theater do have talent, they just don't use it for anything other than wanking their asses off.