Talk:The Chocolate Watchband

Review suggestion
As an editor at Crawdaddy!, and to comply with COI guidelines, I am not posting the link to this review. However, I would like to recommend it on its merits, and hope that an editor will find the time to examine the review and—if he or she sees fit—post it as an external link, or, if/when a No Way Out page is created, to the professional reviews section. I appreciate your time. Crawdaddy! (favorable) 2008 Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 18:13, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

About band's name
Isn't the real name of the band "The Chocolate Watch Band"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.248.250.111 (talk) 16:04, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. According to their albums, it is. I don't get why it's "Chocolate Watchband" on here. 71.116.54.77 (talk) 04:40, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

i have moved the page, 5 of 6 original releases are credited to the Chocolate Watch Band, only One Step Beyond has The Chocolate Watchband on the front cover http://www.thechocolatewatchband.com/discography.html (E-Kartoffel (talk) 11:33, 28 October 2010 (UTC)).


 * Are we really sure about the name? I'm aware those releases are credited as Watch Band but even the official page writes their name as Watchband and in the history it clearly tells the name as Watchband. ~ Elitropia (talk) 09:24, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Speaking of the name, does anybody know where it comes from? Is it somehow related to/inspired by the Strawberry Alarm Clock? Nibios (talk) 02:54, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

The name was a composite of two words randomly chosen and put together, possible acid influenced, at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA. Ned Torney and Mark Loomis are credited with the origination. The band always went by Chocolate Watchband...the misinformed marketing group at Tower Records put it down as Chocolate Watch Band. Years later, the original name was re-established when a British or Dutch? duo heard the name and stole it for themselves. In the recording studio, hearing the name Chocolate Watchband, the bands Sixpence and Waterfyrd Traene copied the name idea and joined to become the Strawberry Alarm Clock...DAA/CWB — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.183.14 (talk) 12:40, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

POV
I added the {POV} tag to the main article. The present piece is full of personal opinion, without a single citation to support any of it. Please see Reliable sources, Neutral point of view and Verifiability before adding further whimsy and fancruft. Actually, as per comments above, it might be a decent starting point to discuss and resolve the differing name interpretations !

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:13, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

The Strawberry Alarmclock took their name from The Chocolate Watchband for their first album. It wasn't a coincidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.189.36 (talk) 01:11, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 2

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

The Chocolate Watch Band → The Chocolate Watchband – I think the article needs to be changed back to it's original name. Both Allmusic.com (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chocolate-watchband-p3894) and the band's official website (http://thechocolatewatchband.com/) listed "Watchband" as one word. Housewatcher (talk) 05:48, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
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Forty Four is a comp released by Big Beat in 1984 / its a good one because all tracks are by the original watchband/ not sessioners. I added it but it links to some other Forty Four which has no relevance/ I'm not sufficiently skilled to adjust it, sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.95.26 (talk) 19:25, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

TCB: not really a thing of the past :))
Though I won't put up any youtube links here, may I ask you to search YT for a great video of 'No Way Out', performed live on stage at Portland, OR, in 2007!!! Yes, forty years later they showed that they've still got it. Just wanted to post this here, since the article reads as if the band have never played together again after 1969. -andy 77.190.42.205 (talk) 19:54, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Good article
I think we should make this article a Good article.