does it annoy you when people who've only heard, say for example: In the End, Numb, OSC' say they are big fans of the band? this doesn't have to refer to LP, any band! It can annoy me, I obviously encourage people to listen to LP. but when they say they're a massive fan after hearing the most known songs of a band, thats when it starts to annoy me so what d'you think? Edit: realized terrible grammar in thread title
I can't say that I really have any issue with that. I considered myself a huge Linkin Park fan back when I knew nothing about the band but listened to nothing but "Hybrid Theory" for years because I loved it so, so much. To me, just personally, it's not about how much you know or how much of it you like and/or own but simply how much you like what you do like and how much it means to you.
This. You can be a person who is fully engrossed in a band, have every album and single in every format as well as being a member of a fanclub from the start of it, yet you are still as much of a fan as the person who doesn't have all of that stuff. Being a fan of anything should be a personal thing. Being a fan of something should not rank upon a status quo about how much more important you think you or someone else is as a fan. Artists genuinely appreciate any type of fan they come across because they realized that they've struck a nerve with that person; including the casual fan.
This and the thing you quoted. There are no 'fake' or 'true' fans, if you are a fan (big or just a little bit) then you are a fan. That's all there is too it.
That's pretty much the way it should be. i mean who are we to dictate who likes what better because you've heard more songs than someone else? Though in fairness, i have been guilty of this as I've often in the past had running battles with my other LP mates with such sillyness like: "I like em more than you, i have every track they've released, I've seen em live and I have more scrobbles on last.fm than you do." but in the end of the day it does matter at all. You even could love just one song by any band and you'd still be a fan.
I think the 'true fandom' lies more on the sport side rather than music, because sports teams go though good and bad times and music is just music, you may like ir or not and that's it
There is a grey area there with some artists and bands. Artists and bands go through periods where you may not like or agree with what they are doing. Some artists or bands find their niche and stick with it. Others push the envelopes and it is sometimes hard to stay loyal to them.
Why can't people just be fans of bands without having to turn it into a competition of who's the bigger/more devoted fan?
I think the main reason we might get upset at people who say "OMG I LOVE LINKIN PARK! NUMB, NEW DIVIDE AND BURN IT DOWN ARE THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!!!!! :NOKAPPA:" is that we know there is more to Linkin Park than Numb, New Divide and Burn It Down. Basically put, they only like a small piece of a larger picture, and because they don't like the full picture (or truthfully don't care enough) is why a fan might get upset at a casual fan.
Not really. What bothers me more is the fans that continue bitching about Linkin Park sucking now and wanting them to go back to Nu-Metal. I'd like to take them all out "like an army falling one by one by one".
To play devils advocate, why should a fan ever get mad at another fan for being ignorant? Maybe its because I don't care what level of fandom anyone has, but some people don't get as invested in music as others. I'm actually okay with that.
Maybe I could have worded it differently. I meant "upset" more in the lines of just being annoyed. I wouldn't rage hardcore at someone for not wanting to listen to a full album, just punch them straight in the face be annoyed with them. You know, right? The band as a whole would be the "full picture"; three songs can't represent a band in full. Someone who has given a majority of an artist's music has been exposed to the "full picture", in a sense.
Because unfortunately we live in a society bent on whipping it out trying to prove who has the bigger dick. Personally, if the only thing the person knows about Linkin Park are the singles, then more power to them. Sure, they would benefit from knowing more about the band's music besides all the singles, but what it comes down to is what the person is interested in the most.
I've been asking this question for a long time. LP honestly has one of the most cannibalistic fanbases out there.