Talk:The Stone Pony

Springsteen
Referring to the Pony as a "starting point" for Springsteen is inaccurate. He signed with Columbia in 1972, released his first album in January '73, and followed that up with the first E Street band album in August 1973. The Stone Pony didn't open until a year later, by which point Springsteen had already played the famous Cambridge show where Jon Landau called him the future of rock and roll. While several clubs between Virginia and New York helped Springsteen make a name for himself in the late 60s and early 70s, the one in Asbury Park where he really cut his teeth was the Student Prince, no longer in existence. Springsteen has dropped in on several friends' gigs at the Pony but, to date, has never played a scheduled show at the club and probably never will.

Status
Claiming this to be "one of the world's most well-known music venues" is stretching my credulity to breaking point. "...well-known in New Jersey", possibly? Perhaps someone who knows it well could give a more realistic view, and add some references - Thanks. Carbonix (talk) 23:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any problem with that description, although it looks like it was already removed. I need to go back and cite the sources for my rewrite, which I will do shortly, and see if I can find sources to back up the "one of the world's best known" description. Certainly it's on the same level as the Troc and Antone's. Terrapin7 (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Advertisement status
By the way, as the original forker of this article I think the 'Advert' tag can be removed. I admit I originally (with permission) scraped their website for content, but its certainly taken a life of its own with like a bazillion edits since then. The tag was applied 2 years ago. Time for wikipedia to move on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.84.44 (talk) 03:42, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Cleaning up the lead
I cleaned up the lead by removing the "first and foremost" text&mdash; the cited source says nothing of the kind&mdash; as well as removing references to Bam Bam Bigelow (who is not a musician) and Steven Van Zandt (who also isn't listed in the source). The phrases about Bigelow and Van Zandt wandered too far from the subject in any case. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 03:20, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

One source?
This article seems very biased and more of an ad than a factual piece. Of 7 sources cited, four were from one reporter (DeMasters, Karen) Diversifying would probably give a more balanced article. JoeJJC (talk) 22:44, 6 February 2013 (UTC)