Talk:Bruce Hampton

Colonel
Can someone add some background regarding his military title? -- Bovineone 06:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Bruce Hampton is his family's first male descendant, in a very long line of distinguished militay titans, to NOT join the service. That must have taken a lot of guts, and he must have faced tremendous pressure, because he essentially broke with tradition and ended the esteemed family's proud heritage.
 * When Bruce was called in to interview with the selective service, in 1967 or 1968, I forget exactly, he arrived wearing one of the family patriarchs' decorated uniforms, complete with marine style crew cut. But Bruce had the barber carve a big capitol H in the center of the back of his head. He spent the entire interview discussing military history and strategies, successful and otherwise. Like each of the other members of the Grease band, Bruce was not called up for service, even though he insisted he had a family obligation to honor. This may have been Bruce's very first performance art piece. How do I know? I grew up with these guys. My childhood friend, Wayne Phillips, older brothers were original bass and guitar players in the Grease band, and they used to practice in Charlie and Glenn Phillips parents house. That big H made quite an impression. Bruce also went through another incarnation as, briefly, Hampton B. Coles, Ret. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.237.148.122 (talk • contribs).

If he wanted to go fight and fulfill his 'family obligation', he would have enlisted. It wasn't exactly hard to get into the armed forces in 1967. He is not a retired Colonel, so some may have reasonable beef with him using that monikor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.130.226.101 (talk) 16:53, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I do not believe that stolen valor can be explained away by claiming 'avant garde' performer status. Were he more widely known i suspect he would be noticed & outed by stolen valor researchers. 184.43.45.179 (talk) 03:07, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Hampton has stated on many occasions that "Colonel" is a nickname given to him as a child by his family, specifically his grandfather and uncle who raised him. Both were distinguished Army officers. Hampton has never claimed military duty of his own. More info on his uncle Maj. General William Cunningham is here West point Association of Graduates. Hampton's grandfather, Col. William Cunningham has his own Wikipedia page. Bratoganibe (talk) 18:15, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Professional wrestling?
I stumbled across some references to Hampton being involved briefly with professional wrestling before becoming a musician, and that this influenced his proclivity for performance art, a la Andy Kaufman. I would be bold and add it, but there wasn't enough context to tell if this was real or just some weird in-joke. Anybody know about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TravelingCat (talk • contribs) 06:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Tobacco
Nobody: Free Bird Cafe. Bruce the "Shark" doesn't smoke? Is He under water? Aquarius, Cherokee, North Florida Refugees. Sling Blade Poetry. Catskill mountains of fountains, Dundee dares the air. William Blake and poetry, always mine the share, many moons, fair to parting the waters? Berlin. Top Gun  BC Augustus75.201.214.15 (talk) 06:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Lack of encyclopedic tone
The concern about lack of encyclopedic tone is about the first paragraph of the "Career" section. If it can't be directly sourced, the information about sales (and yoga) should probably just be removed. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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Death Date
This article states his death as May 1 but on Deaths in 2017 it states he died on the 2nd. Which one is right? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:10, 3 May 2017 (UTC)