Talk:The Boxmasters

Undue weight
Added tag due to the fact that the article now has two sentences about their music and a full paragraph about the current controversy. Section on music should be expanded to balance. Chubbles (talk) 14:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I re-added the tag after it was removed.  --Rob (talk) 20:02, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Chubbles (talk) 01:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * IMHO, the article is now more or less balanced. I retained a NPOV tag, though, to let others have time to comment. The Squicks (talk) 02:47, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. I think the issues with all three tags have been sufficiently dealt with for removal of the tags.  --Rob (talk) 06:12, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality
Okay, so I feel that we need more positive reviews here. The portrayal here is essentially universally negative. The Squicks (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I think that it's better now. The Squicks (talk) 01:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Were there no positive reviews of the first two albums. Last night, I saw Bill Maher raving about the group - was that just sycophancy ? (Surely any group that includes two songs about prison on their Christmas album must be doing something right.) -- Beardo (talk) 12:45, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

a little bit about the CBC controversy, a little bit about the music, and The Sadies
I too heard the interview and for disclosure, was a bit ticked: being a Jian fan. A day or so later, there were a few emails and letters read. One in regards to BBT's comment about how he's trying to make music that hasn't been made in 30 years, someone wrote that such music was being played--by Canada's own Sadies. My question: how does the Boxmasters compare with the Sadies. I'll be posting something similar in their talk page.Civic Cat (talk) 15:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Tell me that a bunch of sore-footed Canadians didn't swoop in here to make the biggest deal of the century out of a little radio interview. Sure looks that way by the size of the CBC controversy section. Looks like a total knee-jerk reaction, whining over something a band member said. -- T HE F OUNDERS I NTENT  PRAISE 18:04, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Subtle dig in Members section?
The Members section has Thornton listed as "Actor and screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton." Is this a sly reference to the CBC incident, and a subtle dig at the fact that Thornton hates people focusing on his Hollywood career when promoting his band? If so, should "actor and screenwriter" be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devoidzer0 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, there were unnecessary mentions of "actor screenwriter" throughout the article, which is definitely a dig but definitely not subtle. They've been removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.15.44 (talk) 23:15, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Verification needed
I re-added the "verification needed" because I need confirmation on the wording of the sources. The article says, "Thornton, who was visibly upset, then complained about Canadians in general to a national radio audience since they didn't get up and move or throw things at each other..."

What Thornton said was "Canadian audiences tend to be kind of reserved... We tend to play places where people throw things at each other. Here they just sort of sit there." He was then asked if they play theatres, to which he replied that they play in stadiums and it's like mashed potatoes with no gravy.

I'm not trying to make a big deal out of it, but I don't think it's accurate to say he was complaining about Canadians because they don't throw things. Maybe it was a general comment. Of the two sources, TheTimes requires a login to read and The Rolling Stones link (which is broken, by the way, but I found another source I'll add) makes no mention of those comments.

Most likely, this section can and should be re-worded, but I wanted to at least verify what is being cited before I do that. Thanks. 68.96.52.9 (talk) 23:12, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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