User talk:Stanleycooperic

Band of Horses
Hi, thanks for introducing Robin Perringer into the Band of Horses wiki page. I've been looking after and (hopefully!) improving the page for a while, but had no idea that there had been such a different line up between the release of the 1st two albums. As far as I can tell the line up changed from Bridwell/Brooke/Barrett/Hampton/Arnone to Bridwell/Barrett/Hampton/Peringer/Gentling/Monroe. This new 6 piece line up was in place for the tours in 2007, up until about August and there are many YouTube videos to confirm this. After the release of Cease to Begin in October the band re-emerged, again as a 6 piece, but with Peringer and Gentling gone and replace by Reynolds and Ramsey.

Regarding Cease to Begin - I can't find any evidence to support the fact that Peringer played on the album. Without a good reference / citation this info can't go into the article. The album notes are vague but one telling factor is that four publishing companies are mentioned regarding songwriting credits. These relate to Bridwell, Barrett, Hampton and Monroe. The ASCAP website gives more information, confirming Bridwell, Barrett and Hampton as songwriters on all tracks, with Monroe co-writing "The General Specific" only. All promotional photos from the time show only Bridwell, Barrett and Hampton.

I can't say categorically that Peringer didn't contribute to the album. My only direct contact with anyone from Band of Horses was a series of disgruntled e-mails from Chris Early (the original bassist) and his girlfriend when they didn't like something I'd put in the article! It's just that it needs a good web-based reference from a reliable source and I haven't found one.

By the way, Robin is a great guitarist, I've seen him play with Grand Archives twice in the UK and I'm hoping they bring him in as a full member for their 3rd album. Regards, Ian. Iangurteen (talk) 08:28, 19 January 2011 (UTC)