Talk:Fuji Rock Festival/Archives/2015

Slanted towards western bands
The list of artists barely lists any Japanese bands, only notable Western bands. I think this is biased and slanted and someone should make an effort to list some of the more notable Japanese acts (P'EZ, etc.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.215.162.119 (talk • contribs).


 * Please go ahead and do it. The current list is only a portion of the vast numbers of the artists on the bill anyway.--Sumori 00:50, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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criticism of the '97 festival?
I put the "fact" tag in the history section about the criticism of the early festival. Someone (Sumori???) added a link to a Japanese blog as proof of the criticism. Is this acceptable proof?Just wondering.DDD DDD 01:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi. I was the one who placed the link, and also the one that added the information in the first place. Are you saying that this link may not be reliable source as it is just a personal blog? Then I can cite his article on Music Magazine (a well-established publication in Japan) instead. The blog is the transcription of that article. I just thought it would be better to provide a link where you can actually see the article.


 * If you are wondering if Japanese language source is acceptable, all I can say is that I could only find the source in Japanese. It is natural that much of the information sources for Fuji Rock is in Japanese as it is a festival held in Japan. If the information is stated clearly, I believe being in languages other than English won't make the source less reliable. If you are able to locate an English source, you are welcome to replace it, but for the time being, I think this is the best that I can do. Cheers. --Sumori 02:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Sumori, actually, I have no idea if a Japanese language source is acceptable or not. I can read some/most of it. But can the average English wiki user? Obviously not. I had a quick search engine check and I found this. There are a couple of lines in English: Fuji Rock was launched in 1997 by leading Japanese promoter Smash as Japan's answer to Woodstock and Glastonbury. But Smash was forced to cancel the inaugural festival midway when a typhoon lashed the site on the slopes of Mt. Fuji, resulting in hundreds of cases of overexposure. After criticism for poor planning, Smash relocated the festival in 1999 to the better-equipped facilities of Naeba Ski Resort, retaining the Fuji name despite a new location hundreds of miles from the iconic Japanese mountain. DDD DDD 13:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

request for info about visual artists
thanks to everyone who has contributed to this article. I wonder if someone who has the skills to do so could add a section about the visual artists who appear each year, especially at the field of heaven, such as Candle Jun, Shinkilow, and Overheads. The article I tried to start on Shinkilow has been under fire for its shortcomings, one of which is that it is an orphan and no other article links to it. I confess I don't have the familiarity with formatting and don't want to personally alter the FRF article when the contributors have done so much to develop it. I think it would be good to mention the visual aspect of the Field of Heaven because it is part of the FRF experience and the Japanese performance aesthetic. --APDEF (talk) 03:51, 15 January 2011 (UTC)