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Music mania
There are music fans, and then there are music fans, people so devoted to a genre or artist that fandom becomes their identity, influencing how they style their hair, wear their clothes, choose their friends and especially how they spend their nights out on the town. How do you spot a superfan, and what are their lives like? We explored five scenes to find out.
Christian punks
Mohawked Christian music fans find both friendship and isolation in this unlikely scene.
Juggalos
A glimpse into the life of Insane Clown Posse fans.
Congress Theater prepares for Insane Clown Posse
Rockabilly
Chicago photographer and superfan Jennifer Greenburg spent seven years capturing rockabilly hep cats and kittens for an upcoming book.
Morrissey’s Latino fans
They may not have English blood (or an Irish heart), but a faction of Chicago’s Latino community feels a kinship with Brit crooner Morrissey.
How to spot…Morrissey fanatics
Michael Jackson fans
Three MJ fans talk about their obsession with the King of Pop.
Then and now
Chicago musicians who rocked the scene way back when update us on their current status.
Subculture, posse, gang or just a bunch of weirdos?
John Dugan attempts to define subcultures on four hours of sleep.
Subcultural artifacts
25 records that are (or in some cases, were) totems or entryways into subcultural membership.
