no love for DMB in high school

[bartender_man]

Originally Posted by smb41

Being a DMB fan in high school really does suck. Half of my friends seem to be intrigued by Jack Johnson, John Mayer, etc., but cringe when I bring up DMB, (which is funny because DMB/Dave has heavily influenced both of them), and the other half are the kind of people to leave Paul McCartney's set at Lollapalooza after twenty minutes to see Kaskade. I couldn't even convince anyone in my group of friends to come to Alpine this summer.

I plan on trying to get a few people to come to Farm Aid with me, but don't know whether I'll have any luck. Has anyone else encountered this type of problem?

Last shows I saw was in 2012, was aged 31 at the time. NONE of my friends wanted to go. So this is obviously not high school related but point is-people don't give a shit about DMB anymore at whatever age.

[deadendstreet]

It was the same 20 years ago when I was in high school. I used to be made fun of for liking DMB. Now, the kids who made fund of me for liking DMB like DMB.

Point being, don't worry about them. You like what you like. They like what they like...even if they like shit.

[Roose13]

I never really got made fun of in HS for liking DMB because I didn't get into them until I was probably a junior (fall 2005; graduated in 2007). I only knew a couple people who also liked DMB and a few who broke my balls about it. Never bothered me because I also listened to a lot of classic rock then as well and always had that to fall back on.

[Viper21]

Originally Posted by crashintonickdm

I got Into DMB when the boy band/rap phase was huge in 99. DMB wasn't really that popular in my school and people sometimes made odd comments.

Fast forward to me being in the army, and I'll never forget when I was on leave in 2004 at the Camden shows. I saw people in the lots blasting DMB with shirts on. I'm thinking to myself "odd, you used to make fun of me for listening to them" it was odd.

we twins? first show was 5/20/99.. same bullshit comments in high school..now everyone's statuses are like "going to DMB!!"

pepperridge farm remembers

[Climb2safety]

That’s what I love about high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. And hate dmb.

[RSSR]

Never even knew of DMB when I was in high school, at the bumble fuck town I went to school at. I discovered them in college fall of '99.

[BotheLaneFan]

I knew some kids who loved DMB, some who shit on me for loving DMB, and the vast majority didn't care. At all.

[hmich176]

Originally Posted by deadendstreet

It was the same 20 years ago when I was in high school. I used to be made fun of for liking DMB. Now, the kids who made fund of me for liking DMB like DMB.

Point being, don't worry about them. You like what you like. They like what they like...even if they like shit.

There was plenty of love for DMB in my high school 15 years ago. But there was plenty of dislike for DMB as well.

[BigWhiskey3]

Discovered them (really started listening to them) when I was a JR in HS (Graduated 2011) and it seemed like only me and one of my best friends were into them.

[tyler3440]

When I went to southaven this summer I saw a lot more people from my hs than I expected. This is not huge numbers but atleast 8 people from my hs were at that concert.

I took a friend to the show and he really enjoyed it. That dude used to hate dmb and he used to call dave gay. After the show he said it was the best damn music he ever heard. He was blown away by the band and went on and on about how that was the best concert ever.Now that dude is bugging me to make him a mix of dmb songs and he also wants a few full shows. His favorite songs are typical situation, BOWA, Seek up, ants and crash, not bad for a new fan! He also started listing to WSP. It's amazing how things can change so quickly.

[bartender_man]

Originally Posted by tyler3440

When I went to southaven this summer I saw a lot more people from my hs than I expected. This is not huge numbers but atleast 8 people from my hs were at that concert.

I took a friend to the show and he really enjoyed it. That dude used to hate dmb and he used to call dave gay. After the show he said it was the best damn music he ever heard. He was blown away by the band and went on and on about how that was the best concert ever.Now that dude is bugging me to make him a mix of dmb songs and he also wants a few full shows. His favorite songs are typical situation, BOWA, Seek up, ants and crash, not bad for a new fan! He also started listing to WSP. It's amazing how things can change so quickly.

I applaud this

[TwoStep2888]

good job tyler, you did it

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by TwoStep2888

good job tyler, you did it

Yeah I did it, I'm guilty as charged.

[tyler3440]

Bump for all you HS kids struggling with this.

[NewAgedNerd]

I remember trying to convert people in middle school...never quite worked out.

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by NewAgedNerd

I remember trying to convert people in middle school...never quite worked out.

Oh god in middle school there wasn't a dmb fan in the whole school. Lots of kids were into lil Wayne at this time.

[AllifromOhio]

I love Tyler.

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by AllifromOhio

I love Tyler.

[AllifromOhio]

Who cares what people on HS say? They mean nothing later on/

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by AllifromOhio

Who cares what people on HS say? They mean nothing later on/

At that time it frustrated me.

[dpduke5173]

Originally Posted by AllifromOhio

Who cares what people on HS say? They mean nothing later on/

Funny when this is fully realized after the fact.

[Lcsulla]

Originally Posted by tyler3440

Bump for all you HS kids struggling with this.

Amazing how time has changed. When I was in HS plenty of people loved DMB and the shows were the highlights of any given week/month/year. I was lucky enough to have a friend at UVA who would send us tapes and we would go to any show we could in the area: Hartford, Roseland, Jones Beach, Great Woods, etc, etc. By the end of 1995 a bunch of us had seen 4 or 5 shows in our junior (or sophomore in some cases) year - then again we did not have cell phones, iPads, etc, etc so if there was a show in the area we would just grab a block of tickets (they were easier to get back then) and all sit together in pretty damn good seats.

[chadizzy1]

Originally Posted by Lcsulla

Amazing how time has changed. When I was in HS plenty of people loved DMB and the shows were the highlights of any given week/month/year. I was lucky enough to have a friend at UVA who would send us tapes and we would go to any show we could in the area: Hartford, Roseland, Jones Beach, Great Woods, etc, etc. By the end of 1995 a bunch of us had seen 4 or 5 shows in our junior (or sophomore in some cases) year - then again we did not have cell phones, iPads, etc, etc so if there was a show in the area we would just grab a block of tickets (they were easier to get back then) and all sit together in pretty damn good seats.

I was in High School in the 90's, and the radio played DMB all the time, so DMB was pretty common and known back then.

[jenhen27]

Originally Posted by chadizzy1

I was in High School in the 90's, and the radio played DMB all the time, so DMB was pretty common and known back then.

Yeah same here, plus I grew up in Lynchburg (about an hour from Charlottesville) so DMB was a big deal. Our "local" band that made it. Probably a quarter of my senior class went to the 4/18/98 concert in Roanoke. And then a handful of us went to the VA Beach show that summer as well.

[blaket18]

I was in middle school, 2002 7th grade when I went to my first show because of my best friends brother who was a fan- i tried to not like them and go against my pack of friends, then i went to the 1st show and it was all over. For some reason where im at its actually the opposite everyone loves them- they are all basically common fans, know the popular songs, but when DMB would come around us half the school was there, it was pretty fun.

[emp88]

I used to feel that way in high school and that was 10 years ago, lol. It's no fun...just try to meet dmb fans here or elsewhere.

[chadizzy1]

Originally Posted by emp88

I used to feel that way in high school and that was 10 years ago, lol. It's no fun...just try to meet dmb fans here or elsewhere.

Honestly most of my DMB friends I've met here. Haters can talk smack about Ants all they want, but some of my best friends over the last several years have been ones I met here.

[Lcsulla]

Originally Posted by chadizzy1

I was in High School in the 90's, and the radio played DMB all the time, so DMB was pretty common and known back then.

Yeah but that only started in late 1994 when Ants became a hit, then it got crazier and crazier as Crash and BTCS came out.

[clcfball11]

I'm a high school teacher outside Denver and I haven't heard a single student mention them...ever. When I was in high school (graduated 06), they got increasingly popular throughout my 4 years. By 05/06ish, everyone was into DMB. I grew up in the chicago burbs so Alpine was fucking packed with kids from my high school. We still joke about it today, how EVERYONE used to go. I think those same types of kids today are more into festivals in general, and some of the EDM stuff. It seems like there's less exclusive band obsessions and more of a culture surrounding festivals in general which are also awesome. But when I was in school, it was just "Dave". Who's "going to dave." Question of every summer.

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by clcfball11

I'm a high school teacher outside Denver and I haven't heard a single student mention them...ever. When I was in high school (graduated 06), they got increasingly popular throughout my 4 years. By 05/06ish, everyone was into DMB. I grew up in the chicago burbs so Alpine was fucking packed with kids from my high school. We still joke about it today, how EVERYONE used to go. I think those same types of kids today are more into festivals in general, and some of the EDM stuff. It seems like there's less exclusive band obsessions and more of a culture surrounding festivals in general which are also awesome. But when I was in school, it was just "Dave". Who's "going to dave." Question of every summer.

Sounds like good times! I'm talking about 06.