I was a fan of the music long before I ever knew anything about the band members, and even now, being a fan of the music is a prerequisite to being fannish about anything else (an exception would probably be All Time Low, who are precious and wonderful but I kind of can't stand their music).
Like, I've been listening to TAI since 2006 (Almost Here was on rotation daily for almost three months), but I only started really learning about the members about two months ago. And I adored Panic, MCR, The Used, Phantom Planet, Cobra, and Empires musically long before I ever knew what any of them looked like. I think what helped me get into bandom as a fandom so easily is that I genuinely do enjoy most of the music. If I had to choose between listening to the bands and reading/writing fic about them or participating in the fandom, I'd choose the music, hands down. (Mostly because that's what I did for years, and still do in a lot of cases.)
RE: The Cab: They are fantastic live and when they're not being so overproduced as to make me cringe. :') I own Whisper War, but I listen to the demos and live versions of their songs more often than not.
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Date: 2008-08-27 08:30 pm (UTC)Like, I've been listening to TAI since 2006 (Almost Here was on rotation daily for almost three months), but I only started really learning about the members about two months ago. And I adored Panic, MCR, The Used, Phantom Planet, Cobra, and Empires musically long before I ever knew what any of them looked like. I think what helped me get into bandom as a fandom so easily is that I genuinely do enjoy most of the music. If I had to choose between listening to the bands and reading/writing fic about them or participating in the fandom, I'd choose the music, hands down. (Mostly because that's what I did for years, and still do in a lot of cases.)
RE: The Cab: They are fantastic live and when they're not being so overproduced as to make me cringe. :') I own Whisper War, but I listen to the demos and live versions of their songs more often than not.