Talk:People!

I'd love to know any info
I'd love to know any info on this band! (chris..ccryder1968@aol.com)

Well apparantly it is a recognised scientific fact that their music was 'ahead of their time'. This must be the least encyclopedic article ever written. But i'm not gonna change it, I don't give a damn. If you like the band, good for you.

Yeah, this article was pretty obviously written by a fan.64.185.120.213 06:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Citation, source to add info to article
"Likewise for People's version of the Zombies tune 'I Love You.' This group formed in San Jose and gigged around steadily before its rendition of 'I Love You' rocketed up the charts in the United States and abroad. Oddly, a spat over song titles and Scientology led to a parting of ways, and lead singer Larry Norman quit the band the day the album was released." This information and citation/source should be added to this article. Cirt (talk) 11:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC).

Please help clean up this article
This article has been edited many times by ex-band members, particularly John Riolo. While I appreciate the work and the firsthand knowledge, the tone is just too full of puffery and enthusiasm for an encyclopedia article. I've tried to rephrase things in a more neutral way, and cut some of the more digressive portions, it still is a very unbalanced article and reads very much like a personal reminiscence. Stylistic problems include calling people by their first names and the somewhat random use of italics and capital letters. Content problems include incessant remarks about how terrific the musicians are and an excessive amount of detail about the post-band careers of its members (especially Larry Norman, who has his own article), and some factual claims that are unsourced and, frankly, somewhat dubious (being the first band with two lead singers, two drummers, first rock opera--if these things are true, they need a better level of sourcing than they have). I understand that this is a labor of love for some of the editors, but we have to maintain a neutral and objective tone--this isn't a fan page. If you feel that its necessary to keep adding this fan-like material back in, please discuss it here first and get some feedback.  · rodii ·  22:47, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Tommy
Isn't the claim that The Epic inspired Tommy a pretty transparent example of a Larry Norman exaggeration? Has Pete Townsend ever said so first hand? If not, it should be removed. Larry had a well-earned reputation for telling some stretchers to make him look more important in secular rock music than he was. 167.206.229.129 (talk) 18:00, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Slim article!
Came in to read about the band and found out next to nothing. The article is so strikingly slim on information I am surprised it was approved for publication. It would be nice if someone who is motivated could supply sources and flesh out the article a bit more. Thanks for putting together what is there. I look forward to a more complete article at some point.THX1136 (talk) 14:49, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * For a marginally notable band it contains a lot of information. What were you looking for that you didn't see? I would argue that it's tainted by Larry Norman's memories, and that should probably be removed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I was hoping for more detail on how the various members moved in and out of the band, any notable appearances, did all members play on the recording or were session musicians used, that kind of stuff. As to Norman's influence on the article, I don't see any. I know next to nothing about Norman, but can understand the ego thing referred to elsewhere in the Talk section. Is most of the info derived from Norman as a source then? If that is the case I can understand why the article is as it is. Thanks for your reply.THX1136 (talk) 14:43, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be useful, if it were actually recorded and sourced.
 * Yes, Norman is likely the source of the majority of the information in the article. The stories are based on his memories and the more times he repeated them, the more times other sources assumed they were true. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:05, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

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