Talk:UFO (band)

Rewrite
I'm currently rewritting this page as it was plagiarized from All-Music. Part one is done, and I will attempt to finish the rest within the next day or two. Please bear with me. - MordredKLB 18:24, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite done. Hopefully the page looks a little more professional now as well as a little more accurate. - MordredKLB 17:40, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Looks nice, good job, just braught it up to date with a few minor edits.--Vulk 21:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Created a stub page for Laurence Archer, and added the link to it on this page. PloKoon13 16:13, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Note that the Paul Raymond link takes the user to the infamous pornographer - not the UFO guitarist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.15.253.216 (talk) 21:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I changed the link for Paul Raymond so it directs to the correct person. Also need to know how I can direct the link for Flying compilation as it is listed on the wiki. I have tried several times but can't seem to do it correctly. Ray From Texas (talk) 23:49, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Couldn't find the link you mentioned above - which one is it? I've also amended the link to Paul Raymond so it goes straight to his page rather than the disambiguation page. Does anyone know why there's a distinction between Greatest hits and Compilation albums? Personally I think all the albums listed under greatest hits should go under compilations. Before anyone bites my head off have a look at the track listings on some of them as they overlap a lot.Andrewself (talk) 14:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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Genres
Good work, but is it really necessary to have a reference to that UFO was a Hard Rock band ? PontusEriksson,Sweden —Preceding unsigned comment added by JPEriksson (talk • contribs) 23:22, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Set list
From concert in Portland Oregon, October 30, 2009

Saving Me

Daylight

Mother Mary

Let it Roll

Loser

Hell Driver

Cherry

Only You Can Rock me

Ain't No Baby

Love to Love

Mystery Train

Too Hot to Handle

Lights Out

Encore

Rock Bottom

Stop Breaking Down

Doctor Doctor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oregon Rider (talk • contribs) 22:03, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Space rock
UFO did originally form as a space rock outfit. Sources such as The Rough Guide to Rock support this. I believe we should put space rock (early) in the infobox. Thoughts? RG (talk) 02:38, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Well .. Allmusic do not list them so - 'space metal' is the closest they manage. They cite hard rock, heavy metal and arena rock.  Although, purely for me, this whole genre / we must find a pigeon hole for everyrhing /  obsession is somewhat pointless.  It is not particularly illuminating to anyone except the wholly committed - who usually disagree forever over the various nuances anyway !


 * Derek R Bullamore (talk) 01:12, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, they are an space rock/metal band; only for the first two albums of their existence. They're also one of the creators of that specific genre, but they went to a hard rock/heavy metal band. Future releases on UFO, such as their newest album do employ space rock/metal--but it's very limited to how they're doing it. And, by the way, Allmusic sucks at describing some music. Especially, the black metal, death metal and thrash metal genres. They call death metal this: death/thrash. Or if they're popular at all, it would pop/rock. I would source it but it's by a source that sucks at what they're doing. I love their reviews on Allmusic though, don't me wrong. It's what the genres that they describe it as that piss me off. Anyway, if it was up to me: source it if your have a link. But you know what? People are going to take it off, you know that right? panicpack121 8:43, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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Mick Bolton
Not the same Mick as the fellow who was in Mott the Hoople for a time? The little info I have found says they are different people. AMCKen (talk) 22:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Dubious
Article says, "... formed the band in 1968. Originally calling themselves Hocus Pocus, the group changed their name in October 1969 to UFO, in honour of the London club where they were spotted by Noel Moore, who signed them to the Beacon Records label .... "

Noel Moore could not have spotted the band at the UFO Club, which closed permanently in Sept 1967, if the band did not form until 1968. Nurg (talk) 02:45, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Looking through the edit history ...
 * 24 Sep 2004 ... 203.125.200.133
 * Originally known as Hocus Pocus, the group, which took the name UFO in honor of a London club, debuted in 1971 with UFO 1.
 * 29 Aug 2006 -- 15:06 by 82.209.219.175
 * Originally taking the name Hocus Pocus, the group changed their name to UFO in honor of a London club and was spotted by Noel Moore who signed them to his Beacon label.
 * "High Stakes and Dangerous Men: The Story of UFO" (2013) Neil Daniels "An important encounter with Noel Moore of Beacon Records, at the UFO club in London in October 1969, caused the band to rename their outfit UFO."
 * At this point, a book which could have been a primary source seems to have copied Wikipedia because as noted the club closed in 1967. Circular sourcing.
 * https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Guinness_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Mus/UHgkAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22hocus+pocus%22+%22phil+mogg%22&dq=%22hocus+pocus%22+%22phil+mogg%22&printsec=frontcover
 * Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1992 has no mention of the UFO Club. Just "With a name change to UFO". I'll give it a little while but I think the UFO band/UFO Club link should really be deleted off this page and UFO_Club. Cancerward (talk) 22:56, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, statement is unsourced and not found in Guinness Encyclopedia, removing. See https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/332/mode/2up?q=ufo Cancerward (talk) 03:33, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1992 has no mention of the UFO Club. Just "With a name change to UFO". I'll give it a little while but I think the UFO band/UFO Club link should really be deleted off this page and UFO_Club. Cancerward (talk) 22:56, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, statement is unsourced and not found in Guinness Encyclopedia, removing. See https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0008unse/page/332/mode/2up?q=ufo Cancerward (talk) 03:33, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

When did the band become inactive
The article says that they became in active in 2024, though all statements say they became inactive in 2022 after their tour was cancelled. Anyone object to this change. Mewhen123 (talk) 11:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)