Talk:Burial (musician)

gender
Do we know this person is a he?
 * No. My use of the word 'he' was not intended to imply any judgement as to Burial's gender.  I used 'he' because I believe that the singular they is grammatically incorrect and the formulation "he/she" is clumsy. The word "he" has historically referred to both genders, and as far as I'm concerned it can continue to do so. --Richardrj talkemail 17:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough - I appreciate the alternatives are horribly clumsy. Kisch 03:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

In an interview in The Wire 286 December 2007, Burial is consistently referred to as "he". (link added to article) Roreek (talk) 08:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

He's definitely a "he" - in that Wire article he refers to himself as his "Mum's son". --Brian Fenton (talk) 00:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Burial is an alter ego of Kode9. --kronaar (talk) 14:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Why
May someone confirm why Burial is into "living people" category? Best wishes. by Dead man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.53.139.74 (talk) 09:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

BMI page
I've come across this page in BMI's Repertoire Search for one William Bevan. The songs listed are clearly Burial's but I'm wondering how, if possible, this information could be worked into the article. I'm afraid it could probably be regarded as original research.--Lairor (talk) 02:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

William Bevan
currently a redirect to Billy Bevan, an actor. i've put an otheruses template on that page, but maybe better to make Will(iam) Bevan a redirect/s? any thoughts? --Kaini (talk) 23:57, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * nearly four years later, this is now a disambig page :) Kaini (talk) 10:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

His name isn't William Bevan.
It's Kieran Hebden (the man behind Four Tet). Dead Air Space (Radiohead's blog) shows Thom Yorke revealing Burial's true identity. The name "William Bevan" is a joke. The website http://www.williambevan.co.uk belongs to William Bevan, a funeral director (get it?). 68.35.62.19 (talk) 02:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)Geoff
 * we have to go with what burial claims himself. this is an encyclopaedia. --Kaini (talk) 09:23, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Not if it's shown to be not true. But this is not sufficient proof: blogs are not notable sources. --ascorbic (talk) 05:08, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The Radiohead blog post was bullshit... that guy actually kind of pisses me off. anyway Burial supposedly confirmed his identity on MySpace. Here's an article from a reliable source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/06/burial.myspace. I suppose it's true as he's also posted a pic of his face.--- You guys act like it's impossible for more than one perosn to be named William Bevan, no offense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.179.6 (talk) 03:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You seem to be missing the joke - funeral director... Burial... :) Lopifalko (talk) 15:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Regardless, it's not JK Rowling which it was yesterday. Reverted back to Bevan for now for the sake of previous history not fantasy. The Drof (talk) 00:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * that was because of this spoof article. Kaini (talk) 16:58, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * If a guy with the alias 'Burial', who has repeatedly stated that he is from London, who produces music which sounds more like it is from London than anything else in the world, 'steps out of anonymity' by claiming his real name is the same as some dude who arranges burials, far away form London, there is either an incredible coincidence, or it is a con. This claim has generated so much controversy that the article should at least contain a reference to this controversy and an explanation of why his claimed identity led to controversy.
 * Alright, same guy here as last guy; I knew there was a group shot of a lot of dubstep producers out there, with all the faces tagged. One guy was tagged as Burial; the quality of the picture isn't superb though. However, the guy tagged as Burial would otherwise be an unknown producer, and shows resemblance to the picture released by Burial himself. I therefore assume it's the same person and he's not Four Tet. Although it's unlikely his name is William Bevan, or he is actually an undertaker in his daily life.. Possible, but unlikely. URL: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3066/2990194194_12892c1d6d_o.jpg If that's down: Google for 'Tim Barry Dubstep' or google for all the names 'Distance Burial N-type Kode9 Skream Loefah' etc etc and set google for black and white. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.18.168.219 (talk) 13:48, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * i've seen the pic before. if you can find a reliable source regarding the controversy, feel free to add something about it. and i don't think the odds of the two sharing a name are that high, the UK has a population of more than 63 million. Kaini (talk) 16:29, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

do we really need Category:Burial albums?
your input is welcome over at Category talk:Burial albums. not gonna CfD it yet, i just wanna see what people think. --Kaini (talk) 22:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

RDJ
this sounds nothing like the man, you guys fail. --66.158.232.98 (talk) 03:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Broken Links
A few of the links on this page are outdated and broken. We need to do some clean up here. --TravisBernard (talk) 22:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

didn't Four Tet confirm he's Burial following massive evidence for it?
See this link: http://equalizermag.com/news/four-tet-confirms-he-is-burial/ I'm sorry but I'm really not good at wikipedia, but someone should edit the article to reflect this. It still mentions that funeral director name hoax as fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.88.182.10 (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Improperly labeled genres
Burial is not a 'garage' or a 'trip-hop' artist, both are complete misnomers. Burial IS a 'dubstep'\'ambient-house'\'ambient'\ artist, and the page should reflect this information accurately. Liftmoduleinterface (talk) 16:25, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * there are plenty of sources to support the fact that he makes two-step garage. as i mentioned in an edit summary, i don't necessarily agree with christgau's assessment of his music as trip-hop, but WP:RS and WP:V take precedence over both your opinion and mine. Kaini (talk) 18:20, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Why there's no photo of Burial in this article?
There are some photos of William Bevan on google, and I think they're reliable. Since name is mentioned in this article, which is not completely reliable, then why there's no photo of him? --Dzaocom (talk) 16:52, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for fixing this page up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsmv connoisseur (talk • contribs) 08:41, 8 March 2020 (UTC)