Talk:Quarterflash

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"This album did have as much commercial success the as their first album."

Did or did not? If it did, it should be "This album had as much success..." If not, the 'not' needs to be added.

formation of band, news item from first tour
Sundial, Tri-City Herald (Washington state), Cleveland (AP), Quarterflash burning hot, Dec. 8, 1981, page 22.

‘ . . . inaugural 14-city tour. . . “We opened in St. Louis. . . ” ’

‘ . . . Quarterflash was born of two former Portland bands: Seafood Mama, led by Ross and his wife, Rindy; and Pilot, a group led by vocalist and guitarist Jack Charles. . . ’

‘ . . . The band’s name came from an Australian term that means one-fourth legitimate and three-fourths silliness. . . ’

‘ . . . The band’s first album, “Quarterflash,” is in the low 40s on the national record charts.’

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 * As far as the sources we use in our article, I'm just not that familiar with answers.com (the top of that source seems new, but then the rest seems to just repeat wiki). In any case, this 1981 news article is an additional good source.


 * I went ahead and added this article as a reference for the formation of Quarterflash from the merging of Seafood Mama and Pilot. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 16:01, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Rindy and Marv as former teachers
Bangor Daily News (Maine), Dave Cheever, special to the News, Band is all flash, no part foolish, Sat.-Sun., February 20-21, 1982, page ME 9, includes black-and-white photo of band. ' . . Marv and Rindy Ross, the prime movers of Quarterflash, were in a band in Portland, Ore. They had forsaken their careers as public school teachers, were the leads of Seafood Mama and wound up with an hourlong television show. . ' ' . . The trouble was, Seafood Mama lost more than half its members. "It was a disagreement mostly on where the group was headed, what kind of music we were going to play," Ross said. . ' -
 * Maybe we could put in both these facts. It is kind of interesting that Marv and Rindy were former teachers.  And also, that Seafood Mama was left with ony two members, kind of makes sense, yes, there was a disagreement and more than half the members left.   FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 18:18, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Flashbacks to Happiness, Eighties Music Revisited, Randolph Michaels, Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse Books, 2005 (by Michael R. Smith), "From the Desk of Marv Ross, Guitarist for Quarterflash," pages 152-155. At one point, he says "Take Another Picture" is probably his favorite Quarterflash song that was released as a single (page 153).


 * I added both these sources to our External links. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 20:01, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Night Flight 1982, concert clips and interviews, see esp. 4:04 into the video for Rindy Ross talking about what the saxophone adds to her music.

Other info
radio interview, Dec. 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6VRCCfutJs

Orange Coast, Magazine of Orange County, April 1982, page 98.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMCZFzqNeY Early on, besides "Harden My Heart" and "Find Another Fool," two other songs chartered. And from their '83 album, two additional songs charted. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 02:48, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROqa8lOz7ew interview with Dick Clark at segment end lists her given name as Orinda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.61.229 (talk) 07:50, 2 May 2016 (UTC)