Self Righteous Prog Fans

Ivan Melgar M: Very good point.  I'm in agreement with your Hackett assessment.

Fezman: I quickly perused the official Dream Theater (darn I almost spelled it Theatre) website at http://www.dreamtheater.net/ but did not find the pertinent section.  Does this require registration to view?  Am I at the right site and missed it? Sorry for being obtuse, but could you provide a link?  That sounds really extreme!

Mongo: Yes, the Rush fans I know, and they are legion (well, a fairly small legion cause I don't personally know THAT many), are very diehard indeed, and have kept their strong faith for mnay many years despite, what I think to be, a number of mediocre releases.

I was an uberRush fan at one point, but now I'm more of an admirer who loves several of their earlier albums.

richardh wrote: Actually as far as the internet goes I would say Gentle Giant fans.They take criticism of their favourite band very poorly like you must be some sort of retard for not appreciating the importance of GG in the grand scheme of things.   Glad I got that of my chest!

[QUOTE=prog-chick]mmmmmm..... the most obvious one that springs to my mind, is the rabid fan debates after the parting of Fish and Marillion.
Boy they get really catty.

On his tour last year Fish got a throat infection and had to cancel a show and the fighting/flaming/war that broke out between the Fish fans and the Marillion fans (who were crowing that he was rubbish and passed it for cancelling a gig) was shocking! I was amazed....... it was inpossible to sit on the fence, to still like some Fish and some Marillion......they wanted blood!
Both sides were just as bad, and both sides felt they were above it all......
Yup, both side win this hands down!

.....(wearng a disguise so I don't get beaten up when I return to the Fish forum!!!)[/QUOTE]

if you criticise someone's house they'll say, yeah, it needs some work on it, but it's home, and the same about their car, it gets me there.

Edited by mystic fred - May 18 2006 at 04:15

I only remember two or three DT fanatics on this forum, and they didn't last long... Valarius is absolutely nuts about DT, but he's hardly a fanatic - although he defends DT ardently, I have never seen him flame anyone in the process...

E-Dub wrote: I'm going with Marillion. Given the fact that the fans financed their 1997 tour of the States with the tour fund, spearheaded by Jeff Pelltier. They've also done pre-sales of Anoraknophobia and Marbles before they even recorded it. That band is fan driven and they appreciate every ounce of it. E

seconded, although I love my friends who happen to be Marillion fans, as well as I am. But they surely are fanatical, that's right

Marwin wrote: I think DT fans are pretty crazy but i think its a natural reaction. Alot of people bash DT alot, and since they are a relativly known band alot of people also hate them. I know from experience since i started listening to prog, DT was one of my first bands, i heard alot of comments on their music so naturally i stood up for what i like.

I must admit its impossible to tell a Yes fan that CTTE is not a masterpiece.

progadicto wrote: Dream Theater fans are very hard...

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Well, I guess I'm the outcast of that crew, because I listen to my share of metal and I have self esteem problems! *miiixed messages!!* Also, Dream Theater is one of my fav bands *along w/ Pink Floyd and Rush* but I'll definitely admit they have their flaws. But hey, if music was perfect, the industry'd have died a long time ago


Edited by heyitsthatguy - May 18 2006 at 21:00

Dream Theater fans.

They are younger and are therefore less able to manage their passions and emotions for their heroes. I was the same about Rush when I was 15 and would brutally attack anyone who criticised them. Either that or I would run away crying if they were bigger than me, which they usually were.