Wikipedia talk:No one cares about your garage band/Archives/2016/October

The Times They Are a-Changin'
People Get Real. I don't find these rules/guidelines (that may have been valid in the 70s) humorous at all:

"Likewise, if your band is not signed by a record company or independent label ... then no one cares."

"if your band is not making any money, we do not want to hear about it on Wikipedia."

"You must be invited to play at a musical venue of real significance to count." ... que?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.211.198.147 (talk) 13:27, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Being signed does not equal success
If that were true, there would be no page for Cake (band), Reel Big Fish, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkupine (talk • contribs) 06:30, 28 January 2014 (UTC) Um... they have been covered in multiple reliable sources and meet WP:NMUSIC, which is an actual rule. This is meant to be humorous, not the actual rules. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  08:27, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

I LOL'd
EOM - – ukexpat (talk) 19:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Bringers of Darkness members
I've been bold and added a singer. A garage band has got to have a singer. I also gave the drummer some credits. Both their descriptions are based on real (now speedy-deleted) garage band articles. (So, yes, I do know how to spell everyware properly ;-)   SIS   23:53, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Added a description for the band too. ("Bringers of darkness are revitalizing audiences with their raw energy live" etc.)   SIS   23:42, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

The title should be changed
I'm surprised no one brought this up before. The title of this article ("No one cares about your garage band") violates core Wikipedia principles, namely WP:CIVIL and WP:BITE. It's fine as an essay (intended to be humorous) but as a policy without the humor tag it's disgusting. It should be changed to something less rude and aggressive, something like "garage bands are not encyclopedic". What do you guys think? Ant ive  nin  16:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry? It is an essay. Ironholds (talk) 17:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Edited. Sorry bout that. Ant  ive  nin  17:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Some of the items under "How Do I Know if Anyone Cares About my Garage Band?" appear to violate WP:CIVIL even more so than the title (namely "You just formed the band yesterday", "you don't want to hurt your brain slogging through that" in combination with the voice of the rest of the essay, and "Your only distinguishing characteristic is your placement in a Battle of the Bands competition"). Random th e Scrambled (?)(Vandalism and other nonsense!) 14:25, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. This whole article seems to violate WP:CIVIL.  Yes, it is funny, but it's also insulting.  It's particularly insulting to me because I found it searching for information on creating a Wikipedia article for my band.  I know my band might not have enough credibility, so I wanted to check the Wikipedia standards for creating an article about a rock band.  This article was the best search result I got, and told me just what I needed to know.  But it insulted me and my band in the process.  Now, if this page is supposed to be a joke, that's fine, but it needs to be clearly labeled as such at the top of the page with a link to the legitimate guidelines page.
 * I don't know it there are any special rules for editing an essay, but I'm going to add the following:
 * --99.195.119.201 (talk) 21:51, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Don't forget about not caring about labels
I think something should be added to this. Second only to crappy garage bands, crappy basement-run labels are the other waste of wiki-space. Hey, wow, your label started last week with offices at your grandma's house, and has already signed your unnamed band, your best friend tamborine-only band, and the talentless girl you want to get with. It's like balling up a wad of non-notability, and then spitting it onto your computer screen. Angryapathy (talk) 18:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I dunno; I think there are more "production companies" composed of two guys who make dumb YouTube videos and then want an article about their "production company" than there are bogus labels. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  00:12, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Garage rock revival
Whilst I thoroughly agree with the sentiment of this discussion, I don't see why the term Garage Rock Revival should be redirected here, since many bands (The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives, The Vines...) are by no means subject to deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.3.43.71 (talk) 22:35, 14 May 2010 (UTC)