Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basement Rock


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 18:02, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Basement Rock

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This seems to be a non-notable music genre. The only reliable source I could find was this brief article: The article lists a few mentions in the music press, but 'basement rock' doesn't seem to have caught on as a term. As such, the article is essentially entirely original research. Robofish (talk) 14:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Mostly original research, and is not notable, as it's mentioned only in passing by reliable sources. Yutsi Talk/  Contributions  15:37, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete There are a very few references to 'basement rock' ( and  for example ), but the articles also use other terms (such as 'psychedelic-grunge rock') or are specifically talking about a basement in which rock is performed.  Article needs better references to continue to stick around.--Stvfetterly (talk) 16:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete A Google search turns up many more references to geology and some passing references, but I have found nothing that suggests a notable or clear genre. Appears to fail notability criteria.-- SabreBD  (talk)  11:49, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - On same grounds as above; the lack of third party sources, and the abundance of original research. Another unnecessary sub-genre. Sergecross73   msg me   19:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - In my view garage band would be an encyclopedic topic. I'm gonna assume that link shows blue without linking to the ubiquitous video game. But the sum of garage bands does not create a new mysterious genre called "basement rock." Instead, one would think of these as a diverse array of practitioners of "underground YOURGENREHERE" — "underground Pop-Punk," "underground Ska," "underground Death Metal," etc. And none of THOSE should be encyclopedia entries either, rather subsections of main articles on genres. My opinion, of course. Carrite (talk) 17:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, that link redirects to what should be 1960s Garage but what is listed as Garage rock. Interesting. Carrite (talk) 17:16, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
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