Fanbases That Drive Me Crazy! - Comments

@ ptvjaime
Ronnie needs help the way he acts it's ridiculous. Any fans who try to justify the way he acts I believe are either so obsessed or blinded they don't wanna believe their savior, idol, or whatever the hell they call him acts like that. The last sentence same here. One thing about Chris I can never go without a fan saying is that he's hot. Which only fuels my suspicions if he weren't attractive looking to them he probably wouldn't have many fans.

I have zero respect for Chris Motionless, but the MIW fanbase just makes me dislike him even more. If that were possible. BVB's fanbase is pretty bad at times. SWS too. Though I will say the band in this scene with one of the worst fanbases is probably FIR just because they'll sit and justify Ronnie Radke's bad behavior when there is no justification for a grown man acting this way. I try to stay away from the fans who want to cause trouble. Like if I tell an MIW fan I don't like Chris and said fan flies off the deep end, I know we can't be friends. Or acquaintances.

@ grant nicholas.
It isn't but it makes me sad sometimes

It isn't a bad song to have stuck in your head.

@ grant nicholas.
Now ya got me singing the song. Lol

Yup. They always say what goes around comes around.

@ grant nicholas.
I strongly dislike people like that. But they'll get theirs someday

Most likely. Either that or they think they are more important. I've seen that happen with editors for academic journals before.

@ grant nicholas.
I think people like that are living a couple of centuries back where you couldn't freely speak your mind

Exactly! I'm actually studying bias and opinion representation in one of my current modules and I think it's amazing that some people still think opinions are fact or wrong. It's a personal viewpoint, nothing more.

@ grant nicholas.
They should be equal. Another thing is when someone tells me I'm "wrong" about my opinion. Seriously? It's a personal view therefore it's neither right or wrong.

It's entirely possible. I just think that some people also think that their opinion is more important, which I never did understand. I think opinions should all be equal so I don't get it when people believe their opinion is more valid because it's just that: an opinion.

@ grant nicholas.
It's not its all around. I honestly question the mentality and sanity of people who are like that. I can't help but wonder is there a screw loose somewhere upstairs

I don't think that's just something that happens in music alone though, sadly. Honestly, I think that if people are going to try and force their opinions on someone else then they aren't really worth knowing for the exact reason that you stated.

@ grant nicholas.
I don't have a problem with it other then what I said about people trying to shove something down my throat. It all comes back to people not accepting and respecting other peoples opinions. And I wasn't thinking you were trying to argue or anything

I don't agree with that either, I wasn't trying to suggest I did. I mean, I think that of religion in general. If someone tries to force something down my throat, I'm not going to listen or buy into it. It's the main reason why I, despite being brought up in a household where one parent was (vaguely) religious, don't believe in anything Christianity has to say, but that's a conversation I'll not get into. Similarly, if someone tries to force me to listen to a band, I'm less inclined to do so. I do agree with you on that respect. I just think that initially, it seemed as if you were telling me that showing these guys as gods in general was wrong.

I'm not trying to argue the toss or anything though, please don't think that. I did just think that the way you came off initially was that there was something wrong with the idea of idolizing these guys and that didn't wash well with me. Sorry for reading into it wrong.

@ grant nicholas.
There nothing wrong with that the only problem is how some religious people are. Try to force their beliefs and worship on you when you either don't agree with them or don't like it.

Oh, I saw that, but I was pointing out that you said majority when it really is a minority in these things. 90% of times, these nasty people from fanbases (I'm going to use 1D again as an example because I've probably only ever argued with one 1D fan over the age of 14) are a very small minority that, despite the fact that a lot of the fans are respectful, give the entire fanbase a bad rep. Out of the hundreds of thousands of fans that One Direction have, you'll probably find that a tiny amount of them actually take time out of their day to be nasty to people and it's that small minority that make the entire fandom look bad.

Unfortunately, a lot of guys from bands are regulated by management though and aren't allowed to come out and go "hey man, that's really not cool" because they'll inevitably have their words twisted in some gossip rag or in an online gossip column. It's a sad state of affairs because I've done it myself where I've lost respect for someone after hearing what their fans say and don't bother complaining about but they've got to be so careful to not be painted as the bad guys of the situation. Besides, alienating fans loses the band money and if BVB were to come out and say "we really don't like all of the fans that talk crap about others" then they'd probably lose the respect of said fans. I mean, it wouldn't matter on a moral level but it would matter to their record company when they try and find out what caused a drop in sales.

I don't necessarily see how that's a bad thing, as long as you can discern their wrongdoings from their right. I mean, I worship some musicians. I'd consider Grant Nicholas a god, I'd consider Billie Joe Armstrong one too because they did have that impact on my life when I was growing up. I don't think it's bad at all for someone to do that because (at risk of insulting anyone religious - I do apologise if this comes across wrong) people believe in a god that they don't have proof for all the time, whereas these guys are real and in-the-flesh. Personally (again, I apologise if this offends, it's my own personal opinion on religion) I'd rather believe in someone that I know exists than someone that may exist. I think it's all in how you see it. I mean,Billie Joe Armstrong is and always will be one of my biggest idols and yes, I consider the guy a god, but he's done some stupid shit in his lifetime. I wouldn't copy that because I'm not silly enough to think that taking drugs is cool because he did it in the past, but I still consider him a massive influence in my life. I don't see how it's such a bad thing to have that in your life. For me, music is religion and my favourite musicians are my gods.

@ Join the Masquerade
Alas the reason I don't like BVB. He says he's against bullying yet he goes off all because someone doesn't like him or calls him names. Biersack needs to get over himself and realize not everyone's gonna like him or his band. That's just life if he can't handle that along with criticism he's doing/chosen the wrong career for himself.

@ grant nicholas.
Just to remind you I said majority of the fan bases so I wasn't grouping them all together. And I said some don't care about their fans. I'm thinking bout deleting my FB cause bands like BVB they claim their against bullying and so on but the way most of their fans acts tells an entire different story. As for the saving life thing I just think some believe all cause of that, that these people should be worshipped like they're Gods or something all cause they've had an impact on their lives.