What were you like as a teenage "fan"?

Hey Sookie!

This is a question I do NOT hold pride in answering, however, I will answer it. lol

I am guilty of being a crazed, obsessed Nsync fan during the teenie bopper fad. I wasn't allowed to chat openly amongst strangers on the internet at that point so I can't say I was guilty of plastering my opinions all across the world, but I did express my self in any way, shape or form that I could. Here are a couple of the rediculous things I actually subjected not only myself, but my poor parents to:

Taped every single appearence the group happened to make on television. (This includes faking sick so I could stay hom from school and record them when they were on a morning talk show.)

Had my parents buy every SINGLE magazine in production that had their faces on it. From there I created Nysnc themed wall paper for my room (to this day I am STILL trying to get the tape and nails off and out of my walls uughh)

Dragged my parents to each and every concert that was in my area. I do have to say that my dad took this quite well and even let me sit on his shoulders so I could high-five Justin.

On the way to the concerts, I HAD to plaster rediculous, goofy pictures of the group all around my car so EVERYONE knew I was one of the lucky people going to see Nysnc. (My parents, myself and my cousin made it on the highway in our nysnc-moble and the posters began flying off and I started crying and made my parents stop and help tape the remaining ones on better) HAHAHAHHA!!! Now that's love. If I had a kid who pulled that s*it I would of beat them and then kicked them out the side door. lol.

I went the extra length of getting back stage passes so I could spend time with the group and left that night saying I could at that point die happy. (seriously, I was pathetic!)

I got a hug from Justin and framed the shirt I was wearing. (I'm almost in tears laughing at myself right now.)

If any of that doesn't do it.. this will. I made an oath to myself NEVER to listen to another form of music unless it was the product of Nsync. I refused to be a *cheater*. (I was going to marry Justin ya know... LMAO!)

Ohh.. and I wished death apon any Backstreet boy fan because they were the equivalent to the devil in my mind.

I'm just going to stop there because I think you all get the hint and are going to be sick. If I built any amount of respect, I'm probably draining myself of it as we speak. haha

I would also like to point out that at *NO* point did I EVER consider them my savior...

K, I'm done :X

EDIT : HAHAHA! Thanks Master C. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing though LOL.

EDIT: It's ok Mike, I've already been saved by Jack. He rid me of all that's bad :)

I'm still a teenage fan with an experience similar to yours. For the record, my favourite band is My Chemical Romance.

Yes, I think that they are five of the most attractive men to walk the Earth, but this is only a recent development. I listened to them for quite a while without ever seeing their faces. When I finally did see them, they weren't mindblowing. Very anti-model and a little weird, even, which is why they've grown on me so much. There was never an instant physical thing.

I'm there with the militia though. The MCRmy was originally the My Chemical Romance street team, which a lot of the recent 'devotees' don't even realise. It's grown way past there now and they don't even need a street team to get word out anymore, but the army is still as supportive as ever.

As for threats and violence, there's no need for that. Each to their own. Real fans won't even care if someone else hates their band. The great thing about music is that we all have different tastes. It'd be so boring if we all listened to the same bands. I did convert most of my friends to listening to My Chem, but that was completely accidental. If you're not into the band that's perfectly fine, there's no need to display so much hate for them, or threaten those who do.

Wow, that was a long answer. [/rant]

ok I'm a fan but a nice one, so no threats!

and yes they're not bad looking, but if MCR were just not bad looking I'd buy a poster not their CDs. And they've got to the point were they're far too mainstream for most people but I'll still freely admit I really love their music.

I think I've calm down a bit since I was 13 and really getting into music, posters everywhere, knew every word on all my Cd's obsessively and talked about the band with equally obsessed friends. But that's a normally part of growing up and if I hadn't been a little fangirl I'd have missed out on a lot of fun.

If someone goes onto a question that's obviously about MCR and posts something insulting the band, the commenter's or putting down their taste in music, its understandable some people will get upset. It does annoy me that some commenter's think that if you like MCR, you can't like other bands that are older or not mainstream. I can like MCR and Rage Against the Machine...

When I was a teenager (man, it already sounds pompous) there weren't even pocket calculators, let alone computers. It was a much larger world then. We could only talk to our friends or call in to a local radio talk show to express views. As a result, we weren't that aware of dissenting or differing views because our groups were like-minded in tastes, for the most part. There also wasn't the vast array of genres that we have today, so everyone just kinda got along. My first recollection of differing points of view came about on Hendrix's first album, Third Stone From The Sun, when he said, ". . . and you'll never hear surf music again." That pretty much blew me away, since I had just moved to Ohio from Florida, and was grieving the loss of my surfboard. Anyone that remembers the Beatles' fervent fans can appreciate the commonalities in hysteria. When I saw them in Miami Beach in '65, I couldn't hear the band for all the girls screaming. Of course, most car stereos today have more output than their entire sound system did then. The closest thing to an "army" I've ever been aware of was the affiliation to the White Panther Party that MC5 had at the time (hm-m-m; MC5 is almost too close to MCR and the "army" analogy). Being a music fan in "my time" usually meant being seen and not heard (or maybe that was just the dope).

I'm 20 now, so I guess I'm still almost a teen XD! About Mindless Self Indulgence and Gorillaz (My all-time top 2 bands)

1, deffo. Jimmy Urine (MSI) is actually a very attractive guy anyway IMO and I always thought 2-D was really cute (As in a sweet, ditzy person who just happened to be kind of attractive), even though he was a cartoon. After 2-D, I discovered more stuff Damon Albarn had created

I talk about MSI incessantly (Much to the chargrin of everyone I know) and I'd travel to places I'd never been before just so I could see them live. I'd go on my own

2. MCRmy is just the name of all the fans as a collective. Slipknot have 'Maggots', THe White Stripes have/had 'Candy cane children' (The band wears all red, black and/or white) and I don't know of any others.

3. Hell no! I do wish my girlfriend and/or mates liked MSI and/or Damin Albarn's stuff, but I guess I'm resigned to the fact I'm the only one I know who likes them

MSI = Mindless Self Indulgence.

Compared to Tesla girl, I must be pretty tame. She wins, to misquote MSI "Quick on the draw with her hands and feet on the floor"

I have thought there were some band members that were hot before, sure. But it didn't affect my listening to them.

I've never really been into 'following' anything. I just kind-of do my own thing on everything else, so why should I give up my nature to worship a band?

And with the 'physical violence' thing, I don't think I've ever done that. I've just asked people why they didn't like the band. If their reason was good enough, I let it go. If not, I jokingly made fun of them for being thick-headed.

I hate fangirls, flat. Whether it's music, movies, television, or books makes no difference to me.

I had my first taste of teenage fandom at the time of Take That and East 17 {I was 13/14}. I enjoyed the songs {Ohhhh, the shame! The embarrassment!}, but that was it. I grew out of them both within a matter of months, so I couldn't understand all those broken-hearted girls sobbing everywhere when they split.

Aged 15, I moved on to GN'R }:) It was now 1997, and the rabid GN'R days were long gone. I did get rather obsessed with the band, but that was a *personal* obsession ~ I never spoke to anyone about the band.

A couple of years later, I'd moved on to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. And I still didn't become one of 'those' sort of fans.

I now have 4 favourite bands and 2 favourite artists.

I will defend my favourites against those who insult them, but I do so in a calm and adult way. I don't get violent, or threatening, or insulting. So, no, I can't understand the behaviour and attitude of the modern fans.

I am not ever going to top Tesla's answer that was awesome, but I will be honest here. I have never been normal I am more into what I feel like doing. I have never obsessed over a band. All my life I has been leading to this point, I find my own path for music. I tend not to follow the masses, maybe that's because I am a little claustrophobic, but I think it's a phase that most young (mostly girls) need to go through.

Happy Friday, Sookie. Current "MCR Fans" count: 976.

No, i don't think i can relate to these fans really, maybe it's a generational thing. It seems that MCR fans' obsession is similar to that of boy band fans. When i was a teenager, i can't say i or any of my friends had that kind of obsession with our favourite rock and metal bands. We loved the bands for their music more than looks and image, though we did have the odd discussion about who was hotter between Lita Ford and Doro Pesch (Doro was my fave btw).

We never threatened any haters, we just ignored them. They hated us for being metal fans in general, they didn't care what bands we liked. If we had long hair, a leather or denim jacket and a band t-shirt, we were greeted with insults like "Get your hair cut and take a bath, you smelly bastard". What else could we do besides give them the finger?

I think it's OK if you think members of a band are cute(I'm not gonna deny that I think Jeremy DePoyster is HOT) but if you like a band SOLELY on the fact that Gerard Way is a god(Which he is not. He's kinda ugly) then I think that's wrong. I was never part of a fan club mainly because I wouldn't know where to find one and because I really don't see much of a point. The third one is just ridiculous. If you don't like my favorite band, well that's your opinion and I'm not going to waste my time hunting down someone over the Internet to stop the haters.

1) Hey, I think Jim Morrison is the hottest thing that walked on earth but there are other reaosn I love the Doors too! But yes, back when I was 9 and 10, I was a avid follower of Backstreet Boys and was in love with Howie (I guess even back then I had a thing for guitarist and long hair?)

2) Er.... In a way I'm forming the cult of Porcupine Tree on this site so I'll hush, LOL

3) Never, I accepted that most people my age will not like my music.

I guess I see where they are coming from, but violence is just too NUTS. And I was 9.... a little young and ignorant, I snapped out of it soon too.