Talk:OiL (band)

Information Needed
Looking for a few bits of information here:

1.) Can anyone help me classify Oil in terms of genre? I'm not sure I even want to call them metal since they are so poppy. What would you consider them?

2.) I'm trying to figure out what to put under "Labels" in the InfoBox. I think "none" would be the appropriate response, since I don't think any of their releases were official, like Foreign Objects' were with Distant Recordings, but I don't know this for sure. Oil released five EP's/demos in their time, but I think they were all just home releases, so to speak, the type where they release 100 copies of each or so on cassette. Can anyone confirm for me what label, if any, any of Oil's EP's/demos were released under?

Thank you! Tron55555 (talk) 14:13, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Why Article Should Be Kept
I have added much information about the band, so it is valid enough to stay. --Readytodie 05:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I strongly agree that this article should not be merged with CKY's history. The history section of CKY should definitely cover the band Oil, like it does Foreign Objects, but like Foreign Objects, this band deserves its own article as well as being covered in CKY's history. There are many reasons for this. Despite what some have said, Oil is not just an early version of CKY. The band's style was completely different, both musically and in terms of their direction. Their approach and direction was completely opposite to CKY's, as the band has made clear themselves. The music was very much more pop or, in the band's words, "radio-friendly". More importantly, with the exception of their final demo, "The Groundhog Demo", Chad Ginsburg was not a member of the band; it featured only Deron Miller and Jess Margera and their live bassist. CKY has said themselves that the addition of Chad Ginsburg to the band was the true beginning of CKY, and Ginsburg had absolutely no part in the first four of Oil's five EP's/demos, so Oil truly is its own band, and a very different one from CKY. Tron55555 (talk) 13:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I've added an InfoBox to the page, and will be dedicatedly working on it over the next week to bring it up to standards. Thanks! Tron55555 (talk) 14:01, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest that this should be merged with CKY (band). First, the band OiL is not notable enough for their own article. And second, OiL is really just an early version of CKY. I think that the OiL history should be merged into the CKY history. -Joltman 15:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree completely on this. This page is not sourced for nothing, well formatted, and is infact a part of cKy hisory. It does not deserve a main article, and should also be taken off of the CKY:Template . ClayteX 18:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I agree with that these two should be merged and that oiL should redirect to the CKY page. -PaddyBoii 03:30, 8 February 2007 (GMT)

I also agree. -mruocky