Talk:East Bay Grease

Terminology vs. album name
Should this be two seperate articles? Jooojay (talk) 07:30, 29 June 2017 (UTC)


 * This should be, but sources will need to be found. I've made two attempts to describe the term, one as a stand-alone article and the other on this page, but both were deleted as unsourced due to lack of said sources. I'm gonna do some searching and see if I can't find some sources for this term. There are some bands like Average White Band, Sons of Champlin, and Toto (early) that could theoretically fall under this genre in addition to what is currently listed, which is Chicago, Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and Cold Blood. Moline1 (talk) 17:42, 6 August 2022 (UTC)


 * No, the album is the main topic. There is no widely accepted genre by this name. Instead, SBL Entertainment wrote a blurb promoting their artists Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, and lots of websites parroted the promo blurb. For instance:
 * Wolfgang's 1998: "Along with Tower of Power, Cold Blood pioneered the Bay Area's brass heavy funk-rock sound, which came to be known as 'East Bay Grease.'"
 * B Street Theatre 2022: "Lydia Pense and Cold Blood helped, along with Tower Of Power, forge their own specific brand of funk/soul and R&B which came to be know as East Bay Grease."
 * Cascade Blues Association: "Along with Tower of Power, Cold Blood pioneered the brass heavy funk-rock sound, which came to be known as 'East Bay Grease.'"
 * Sacramento 365: "Along with Tower of Power, Cold Blood pioneered the Bay Area's brass heavy funk-rock sound, which came to be known as 'East Bay Grease.'"
 * Note that San Jose Jazz wasn't buying it when they edited the blurb for publication:
 * San Jose Jazz 2018: "Along with Tower of Power, Cold Blood pioneered the Bay Area's brass heavy funk-rock sound."
 * Absolutely zero musicologist and music critic commentary on the supposed genre. Binksternet (talk) 18:22, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Ah. I searched Google and couldn't find anything other than wiki-style websites copying Wikipedia note for note and links to the album itself. With this, East Bay Grease is nothing more than a niche term coined by the sources you provided above and a few erstwhile people like me. Since no major sources like Rolling Stone mention this term, I condider this "genre" busted. Moline1 (talk) 21:21, 6 August 2022 (UTC)