Talk:The Dreadnoughts

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I think this page should be edited to reflect the fact that there is a signed, internationally touring band by the same name. The redirect to the rugby team is merely a reflection of a nickname, but this (The Dreadnoughts) is the band's proper name.

I believe that the band has visited over a dozen countries and is slated to play some major festivals this summer.

The Dreadnoughts' Myspace
The Dreadnoughts' Record Label

Oljimmy (talk) 18:16, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it really necessary to advertise the book by Adam Smith? It can stay as a citation, but it doesn't add anything to the material itself. --Ghost Toast (talk) 04:14, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it – the author does not appear to be notable and the book is self-published (not necessarily a problem in itself, but coupled with a non-notable author I don't see how it can be justified). MIDI (talk) 09:29, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

genre classification[edit]

The primary genre of the Dreadnoughts should not be "celtic punk." Out of the 104 songs they have recorded, only 9 of them incorporate Celtic traditional music or Celtic subject matter. Their primary genre should be folk punk, because the vast majority of their music takes inspiration from folk music other than Celtic folk (polka, English folk, Slavic folk, etc.). There is a trend in popular music to label anything with accordions and fiddles as "celtic," which is both slightly racist (as the Dreadnoughts have written about before) and also just flat out incorrect- Gogol Bordello also makes punk rock music with accordion and fiddle, and no one in their right minds would call them celtic punk. The Dreadnoughts have written about this very issue themselves many times (from this post in 2011 to this post in 2022), and it's clear they do not want to be called celtic punk. We should honor that, and more importantly, label the music accurately to what it is- folk punk. Zhuvelo (talk) 06:29, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]