Talk:Further Seems Forever

Christian Rock
they aren't a christian band, they are just on a christian label. some of their songs elude to christianity but most of them do not.


 * being on a Christian label does deem them as Christian in my opinioin, what do others have to say about this? (Jdingman 21:27, 19 September 2006 (UTC))


 * I don't believe they could be considered a Christian band unless the themes of their music were Christian oriented. --Nihirist 01:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm going to try to edit this page into some semblance of normality at some point. Among other minor objections, this article is written with a very informal tone, violates NPOV in several places as well as WP:NOT, and isn't particularly factual, relying for the most part on what appears to be a first hand account of the band, citing only a few sources in the process. The whole thing reads more like someone giving the "lowdown" on "what's going on with the band" rather than an encyclopedic article. Unfortunately some of the "information" in this article probably won't fit back into it once it's in a rule abiding format, so some of it may have to be left out altogether until people can find a way to contribute that information in a manner that doesn't break the rules. -- ▫Bad▫ harlick♠ 05:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I rewrote the whole article with several references, including references for why the band is often considered Christian rock and how they considered themselves more of a rock band with Christian members. In any case, it's referenced & follows NPOV so I think the whole thing is a lot better now. There shouldn't be any need to remove the "Christian rock" genre from the article as they are often considered a part of this genre, whether or not they felt that they belonged in it. Sort of how the Sex Pistols often insisted they weren't "punk," it's more important how other reliable third-party sources chose to categorize the music. --IllaZilla 08:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

"Other reliable third-party sources"? Like who? Who YOU consider to be reliable? Like the profiteers of the Christian Rock industry (kind of ironic, considering Jesus was a poor Jewish carpenter)? Further, what about the perhaps equally voluminous "reliable third-party sources" that DO NOT consider them Christian Rock. The drummer of White Power band Skrewdriver was a Socialist, though collectively they consider themselves White Power Rock N' Roll (and they confirm this in their lyrics), so does that make them a Socialist band, regardless? Punk rock was a fundamentally self-effacing anti-movement, so it's not surprising that early punk acts wouldn't consider themselves punk, or anything for that matter. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.170.99 (talk) 02:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm talking about music journalists and critics. For definitions of reliable sources with respect to Wikipedia, please see Verifiability and Reliable sources. In this case I'm referring specifically to the citation in the second paragraph of the lead section, a reference to Andy Greenwald's book Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo. He mentions how the band's "combination of the austere and the devotional" and their signing to Tooth & Nail led many writers & fans to assume that they were a Christian rock act & that Carrabba was proslytizing. Also note the Allmusic bio which notes their "Christian emocore tinges" and lists them under "Alternative CCM" (Alternative Contemporary Christian Music). Clearly the sources support that they were often considered a Christian rock act, and for the purpose of an encyclopedia the secondary sources carry the most weight, not editor opinion (nor, ultimately, the opinion of the band themselves, though their opinion is certainly worth mentioning..and is mentioned). --IllaZilla (talk) 06:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Four lead singers
Gene Francis is mentioned as filling in on vocals but he was given a one show try-out essentially. The band just didn't think he fit very well. More of a footnote and I can't source it since it just came from a conversation with a couple members of the band so I won't put it in the article, but thought I'd mention it here. --BHC 07:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm wondering about the list of "notable fill-ins" myself. I left it in there, but there's absolutely no references for any of it. I feel like people could be adding anyone they want to the list and a lot of it might not be verifiable. Does anyone have any references for any of the fill-in members? --IllaZilla 08:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

When do we change "was" back into "is"?
As in the opening sentence "Further Seems Forever was an American rock band..."

They already released a new 7 inch with re-recordings from TMID, and they have shows planned starting in April. Not that big a deal, but just for accuracies' sake. --1sneakers6 (talk) 09:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)