Talk:Grade 8 (band)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Message to former drummer Michael Blankenship
Having seen the additional copy that's been added to the band's history, which I'm guessing was written by drummer Michael Blankenship, I would like to express my curiosity in finding out the 'true' history of the band. It was myself who re-wrote pretty much the entire Grade 8 wiki, but considering that I wasn't even middle school age when the first record came out, I can only write about the band based on the sources I could find (which are all provided in the article). My desire to re-write the article stems from my keen interest in the less well-preserved parts of music history, particularly when it comes to the business side (things like the band being dropped from Ozzfest and the Lava/Atlantic merger), which is why I've re-written the Boiler Room and 3rd Strike wiki pages.

I don't know any former member of Grade 8 in any capacity, so I have no means of getting anybody's first-hand experience on what happened. But I would gladly invite Michael Blankenship to provide his own version of events from 1996-2003/4, as I am genuinely interested to know. My motivation is purely based on curiosity and intrigue, rather than any kind of trouble-making. If it would help to make this article more accurate, then we should know exactly what happened in those years (and beyond, if possible) and it would be great to get as much detail as possible, please: event-by-event, tour date by tour date.

Many thanks in advance Prodjex (talk) 10:38, 21 September 2022 (UTC)