Are you a member of any music-related fan clubs?

Are you a member of any music-related fan cubs? If so, which ones? Which fan club is your favorite? Share some info about them and how to join so we can join them!

 

Free Appreciation Society (Free)- excellent mag 2-3 times a year
Motorheadbangers (Motorhead)- very longstanding supporters' club

-anyone wants details PM me.

 

The Web - Marillion

 

There's apparently still an active Cowsill fan club one can get info through this address:

The Cowsills Fan Club
P.O. Box 83
Lexington, MS 39095

Is anyone a member? I would love to join but I can't find much info about it.

 

GABBA- The Georgia Allman Brothers Association-they have a great website and an annual GABBAfest.

 

Recently U2 so I could get tickets for upcoming tour.

 

That was the same reason for me.

 

Over the years I was a member of Sparks, Beach Boys, Shoes, Jan and Dean, The Quick and the Germs fan clubs.

 

Jack Whites 'The Vault'. Not really a traditional fan club but there are lots of exclusives. Was a member of REM's fan club but we all know what happened there.

 

Anyone want to sort through all the current active Monkees fan clubs?

http://www.themonkees.com/fanclubs.htm

 

Pearl Jam - Ten Club. Only been a couple of years but enjoying the singles, members only vinyl and Deep magazine (the tickets don't make much difference to me coz of where I live)

 

Not really fan clubs--they're mailing lists--but I still belong to these:

Richard Thompson
Sandy Denny
Rawlinsonsunshine (Bonzos and Viv Stanshall)
Whatevershebringswesing (Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, other Canterbury-related)

 

Yup. And that's why I've been a paid member of the PJ 10 Club for 20 years: ticket privileges.

Those are the only 2 clubs to which I have paid membership. I'm on a lot of mailing lists for others, though - those kinda count as "belonging to fan clubs"...

 

In my youth, I was a member of the Kiss Army. That's it for me.

 

Wow, 20 years! We've only been for about 5 years. (http://pearljam.com/tenclub)

 

Yeah, I can't quit now!

Though the changes in ticket selection since 2013 make membership less appealing. Still worth it, but they've changed it to hurt long-time members...

 

Elvis Insiders- does that count?

 

Nope. Not a one.

 

$60 for a 3 month membership?

 

Frenz Of The Enz - Split Enz/Crowded House/Neil Finn. I signed up because I'd heard they were issuing exclusive live CDs. They were

 

My Morning Jacket Roll Call

 

I'm a member of the International Club Crosby, which publishes a great magazine four times a year with scholarly articles about various aspects and eras in Bing Crosby's career, new releases, limited-edition books, discographies, etc. Contributions by Ken Barnes, Gary Giddins, and the like. The club worked on a huge archiving project to produce the chronological Jonzo collection (and new Sepia series). And the admin team gets called to curate and write liner notes for new releases. Dues are $25 annually. Info here:
http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/ICC/InternationalClubCrosby.html

About ten years ago, Bowie's internet membership offered cool perks, like private shows and special art and music releases. I got to see him perform the Low and Heathen albums for members at Roseland (great show!). But I've been out of the loop for awhile, so I didn't know if he has an active club like that anymore.

Otherwise, it seems more about e-mail updates from bands directly these days. I subscribe to updates from Devo, Einsturzende Neubauten, David Sylvian, and Paul McCartney.

 

I know. But the stuff you get holds it's value. Just look at some of those prices on EBAY. And you can always opt out if you want.

 

Frenz of the Enz - lifetime member. They offered a limited number of these many years ago for a one time low fee. I jumped on it as it was before the fan club started accepting Paypal. Mailing cash and IRCs to Australia was a pain.

 

They're probably just trying to recoup the money spent on those extravagant fees. It is $240 a year after all. I guarantee that if the prices for the membership were exponentially less, the values of the items on eBay would be less. Not to knock the quality of the stuff though.