Talk:Flamin' Groovies

apostrophe or not?
There are a number of things I disagree with but I don't see good ways to deal with those so I'll just leave them alone. I couldn't ignore the apostrophe claim however. I didn't wish to annoy the author by simply removing it. I'm sorry if the way I dealt with the matter ended up even more annoying. Further change things if you like. IanHistor 18:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Both the Cyril Jordan and Cris Wilson official websites write the bands' name *with* apostrophe. (E-Kartoffel (talk) 09:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC))


 * The apostrophe was certainly around after the first album. The "The" on the other hand ... --99.253.224.234 (talk) 18:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Flamin Groovies, ROCK JUICE (1992)
The Groovies resurfaced in 1992 with ROCK JUICE, released on San Francisco's National Records (NAT-030-2). It's a fine album, recalling their best late-70s sound. The group covers two rock & roll classics, "Sealed With A Kiss" and "Flying Saucers Rock & Roll," as well as the Phil Spector/Harry Nilsson tune "This Could Be The Night." The remaining 11 songs are Cyril Jordan originals; best among them is the opener, "Way Over My Head." There's no personnel list, leading some to speculate that Jordan and Geroge Alexander did it all with studio musicians. True to form, however, they list the guitars used on each track: lots of Hofner (Beatle) bass, Ampeg Dan Armstrong (the translucent fiberglas model) guitar, and Rickenbacker 360 ten-string (that's ten, mind you, not twelve) guitars! To top it off, the cover art is an original painting by Jordan himself. Recommended!

Roy Loney pics
If anyone does an article on Roy Loney, there are pictures of him on Commons. Not from this period, so probably not appropriate to use in this article. - Jmabel | Talk 18:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Move Request

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was moving per this (unfortunately rare) well supported request.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:02, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

The Flamin& → — Okay. Flamin' Groovies are one of those bands without the "The" (like Grateful Dead, Faces, Eagles, Pixies, Beastie Boys, eels, Eagles of Death Metal, the list goes on...) Of course, it's okay to refer to these bands with a "the" in a sentence (i.e. I LOVE the Eagles...) to give a sense of rhythm (or context in the case of Eagles), but some bands simply eschew the "The" in their official name for whatever reason. Here's proof of "Flamin' Groovies": Supersnazz (many notable compilations, live albums and EPs use the Supersnazz Silly Symphonies-style logo, including Groovies' Greatest Grooves, Bucketful of Brains, Grease, More Grease, Super Grease, Grease: The Complete Skydog..., California Born and Bred and Supersneakers, making it sort of the band's unofficial trademark), Flamingo, Teenage Head, both versions of Shake Some Action (Shake Some Action 1 & Shake Some Action 2), Flamin' Groovies Now, both versions of One Night Stand (One Night Stand 1 & One Night Stand 2) and other notable compilation & live releases not mentioned above: Still Shakin', Rockin' at the Roundhouse, Slow Death, Sneakers & Rockfield Sessions, Bust Out at Full Speed, At Full Speed, This Band Is Red Hot - all clearly refer to the band as "Flamin' Groovies". Now, in a discography as complicated as that of the Groovies', there are bound to be anomalies. Surprisingly, then, there are but two notable examples: their formative debut EP Sneakers (in the upper left corner of the image) and their 1979 album Jumpin' in the Night. I don't count The Flamin' Groovies In Person!!! because the cover is an obvious homage to The Beatles' Second Album, so "The" becomes a purely stylistic choice for closer mimicry. The only other time we see "The" is in a few of the ephemeral compilations that have cluttered up the Groovies' discography over the years. In conclusion, the classic canon (barring Jumpin' in the Night) and all major compilations agree that "Flamin' Groovies" is the way to be. (Sorry this is so longwinded, but I've had trouble convincing people of such relatively minor errors in the past without ample evidence.) Cheers, Wikkitywack (talk) 23:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. I had to dig out my old Flamin' Groovies records, but OP is correct, they do spell it without the "The". --Saddhiyama (talk) 23:41, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Recent edit
I changed the sentence "Roy and Larry are currently working on new material." in the paragraph for 1979 to "Roy and Larry continued to work on new material during this time." as more appropriate. Words like "currently" quickly become outdated in an endeavor such as Wikipedia. If my reasoning is in error, feel free to revert my edit. Thanks!THX1136 (talk) 19:45, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
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Members
I've been trying to put the members of the group into some kind of timeline, but there are two members listed for whom I can't find any record that shows them in the group's history: Michael Stone and Larry Lea. Both have been listed as former members since 2011, but I just don't have any clue when they were in the band or even whether they were in the band. As far as the rest of the former members, the timeline seems clear, including the short-term presence of both Brad Bufkin and Brad Bryant (who apparently played with the band when they did the wrap party for John Carpenter's The Thing) in 2011 between the exit of Brittley Black and the return of David Mihm. I don't know whether they were really members or just drumming for a few gigs, but I know they were there, and that's enough for this exercise (unless someone involved with the band has a different take). But what about Michael Stone and Larry Lea? If we can't find some evidence supporting their presence in the band, I'm going to delete them from the list. - AyaK (talk) 20:37, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm still not sure that Larry Lea was ever actually in the Flamin' Groovies, since it seems pretty clear that he played with Roy Loney in the Phantom Movers but not with Roy and Cyril Jordan in the Groovies, but I'm going to leave him in the band roster for now. Still don't know anything about Michael Stone. AyaK (talk) 04:56, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Timeline redux
Please concoct one of those groovy timelines showing each instrumentalist if you can. I would if I had internet skills. Thanks! GenacGenac (talk) 13:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Timeline has been added…but there are no labels denoting what each color means. Please add! Morganfitzp (talk) 13:54, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Jack johnson
The article indicates a Jack Johnson was a member of this band in the late 80’s and it links to “the” Jack Johnson. Unfortunately, he was in junior high in Hawaii during this time. Wrong Jack Johnson- The link should be deleted. Sidpools (talk) 21:32, 16 May 2023 (UTC)