History BrokenBase / Music

* {{Trance}} has what is quite possibly the most fractured fanbase in ElectronicMusic. Arguments mainly center on what constitutes as [[NoTrueScotsman "true"]] trance (the weird and trippy psychedelic trance versus the euphoric and emotional uplifting trance, which is just one of many inner fandom rivalries), with the fandom continuing to schism more and more due to the sheer number of subgenres within the larger scene and the directions the genre has taken over the years.

* Happens with classic rock too. What should the cutoff year be? Are 90's (or even late 80's) rock allowed to be classics? Should so-and-so band be considered classic rock? (The latter debate is especially prominent with [[Music/GunsNRoses Guns N' Roses]], Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Nirvana}}, and Music/PearlJam.)

* Happens with classic rock too. What should the cutoff year be for a song? Are 90's (or even late 80's) rock allowed to be classics? Should so-and-so band be considered classic rock? (The latter debate is especially prominent with [[Music/GunsNRoses Guns N' Roses]], Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Nirvana}}, and Music/PearlJam.)

** Songs like "Hello Kitty" and "Girlfriend" sound completely different from her older styles. Fans are torn on whether her more pop oriented songs ar treacherous or enjoyable.

* In This Moment's fanbase breaks more with each album. Whether the flashiness and theatrics of their newer music videos is a step up or a bad thing depends on the person.

* Flame wars about Music/HollywoodUndead are quite rampant on YouTube. Is Duece better or worse than Danny? Fun party songs or heavier, more emotional songs?

** Also, ''Music''. A good album that was simply anticipated too much due to ''Music/RayOfLight'', or a really, ''really'' poor sequel to the Queen's MagnumOpus?

** "Girlfriend". Does it glorify a certain particularly shallow way of thinking, or does it satirize it? And if it's the latter, then, since [[ViewersAreMorons Teenage Radio Listeners Are Morons]], was it a good idea or a bad one?

* {{Dubstep}}, to ridiculous degrees. Fans of the more bass-driven, minimalistic sounds of {{Burial}} or Skream and fans of the more aggressive "Brostep" such as Flux Pavilion or Rusko get into flame wars that you wouldn't believe. There is no middle ground.

* Kelli Ali was fired from the SneakerPimps after the group's first album and replaced with founding member Chris Corner. The argument continues even today as to whether the group was better with or without her.

* In general, R&B attracts this. Fans of R&B/Pop stars vs fans of more "pure" and "mature" R&B/Soul vocalists artists have major problems. This goes as far back as the Motown vs. STAX/Volt rivalry of TheSeventies. The modern version of that rivalry basically boils down to fans of artists like Music/{{Rihanna}}, Kristina Debarge, Mya, Music/ChrisBrown, Keri Hilson, etc vs. fans of artists like Anthony Hamilton, IndiaArie, Leela James, Amel Larrieux, Kem, Music/JillScott, Angie Stone, Goapale etc. The fans of the former group of artists thinks the latter artists' style is outdated and boring, and their fans are a bunch of out of touch elitists. The latter usually calls the former group of artists "Industry Whores" whom along with the record companies are impeding the success of the "true musicians".

* Musical theater fans are divided between those who prefer the earlier Broadway style of Rodgers & Hammerstein (or [[{{Showboat}} even earlier]]), versus modern musicals. Heck, they even made a musical (''The Drowsy Chaperone'') ''about'' the whole debate.

** Also throw in racist undertones toward Howard ForMassiveDamage!!

** It should be noted that ''Butterfly'' was the first album where she ''fully'' conformed to her urban sound thus picking up a [[NewbieBoom new young urban fanbase]] whom might not have been interested in her music beforehand. When she stopped making Adult Contemporary power ballads that's when the Base started to break. Plus there was the fact that she now garnered a new urban fanbase. Because of the latter, the criticism of her post-''Music Box'' albums tend to veer into UnfortunateImplication territory.

** Not to mention the singer wars: Maria Callas vs. Renato Tebaldi and Placido Domingo vs. Music/LucianoPavarotti to name the two bloodiest conflicts. Mario Lanza: great classical tenor, or overhyped Hollywood version of same? And of course "There are no good singers today" vs. "There are too!"

* In {{Indie}} or otherwise underground music, any artist who gains a measure of mainstream popularity will experience a wave of backlash from original fans. Mostly from fear that the artist(s) in question will change their style in order to become mainstream.

* Music/StatusQuo. Oh dear god, Status Quo. It's generally agreed that if you're a Quo fan, you either prefer the harder, heavier music from their "Frantic Four" heyday (i.e. ''Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon'' to ''Blue For You''), or you favour all their music in general. Whilst many people simply feel the earlier stuff is better, there is a section of the fanbase that feel Quo have betrayed their hard rock roots by experimenting with a poppier sound, and will refuse to enjoy anything post-'70s, up to and including the current lineup of the band. The rest don't seem to mind.

* Music/AvrilLavigne's "Girlfriend". Does it glorify a certain particularly shallow way of thinking, or does it satirize it? And if it's the latter, then, since [[ViewersAreMorons Teenage Radio Listeners Are Morons]], was it a good idea or a bad one?

* Music/AFI seem to have a solid divide between fans of their hardcore punk period of 1994-2000 and their goth rock influenced works from 2003 on with rather ugly flamewars raging to this day. Neither side seems to like [[NewSoundAlbum Crash Love]] much however.