* we can operationally define this as "one who is irrationally dedicated to a band, to the point that they take any/all negative comments about the band in a personal manner that does not suggest mental health"
My own favorite is this gem, posted in response to a negative Internet review for Dream Theater's Train of Thought:
"u know.....thats not even a review...talking about petrucci jerking himself off...look....i will burn you alive...just becuase of your stupidity..not even about the band..just your fucking review and how fucking humiliating to yourself it was.go jerk yourself off...since that is better than one of the greatest bands in the world. At elast they can speak and write something decent.
fucker"
[the post is then signed "the fucker that will burn you"]
― Joe (Joe), Monday, 4 April 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)
― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)
― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in LA (deangulberry), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)
― seahorse genius (seahorse genius), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)
― absolutego (ex machina), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)