Talk:America (band)

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[edit] Peek

"The band survived the loss of one of its original members near the peak of its success..." Was this intended to be a pun? I had to ask. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.203.252 (talk) 23:06, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] View From The Ground and naming conventions

Although a number of websites claim that America's 1982 album is called A View From The Ground (such as allmusic.com), the very cover of the album (see below) does not feature any article before the name. The large "A" within the ellipse is part of America's traditional logo, and the spine of the album confirms this is not part of the title. No subsequent re-release of the album has ever included an article before the main title. Consequently, the correct name of the album is View From The Ground.

With regard to whether the "the" in the album title should be capitalized, it is worth noting that the Wikipedia naming conventions for music albums does not reflect the standard practice of perhaps the definitive bibles of pop music charts and history, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Hits and Top Pop Albums books. Whitburn's books, as well as most discography books of that ilk, tend to capitalize all words of an album title. (unsigned comment)

[edit] Phil Hartman

Don't forget that comedian Phil Hartman provided cover art for several of America's albums. That factoid even shows up on the Hartman page (with pics, no less). And a mention of the "H"-oriented superstition about America's album titles might be appropriate. (unsigned comment)

[edit] English-American band?

I don't see why it's necessary to describe the band as "English-American." They are just American. If Peek, Bunnell and Beckley have English mothers, then say so. If the band was formed in England, say so. It doesn't make them "English."

Tennis legend John McEnroe was born in West Germany. Should we start calling him German-American?

I agree :) Shadow007 07:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

When they speak, do they have accents that be characterized as American or British? They did attend public high schools in England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.203.252 (talk) 05:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] They actually grew up in England

This is enough to provide them of double nationality of course, but not only... None of the members of America grew up in the States, they kept on moving from country to country until they finally settled in London during their teens...so we shouldn't even call them "Americans", am I wrong? The fact is that they're Anglo-American, and that's a fact.

Gianmaria Framarin 03:24, 5 November 2006

Their music was/is undoubtedly American. There is very little English/British influence. The best that they could be described in "English-born, American rock and roll band...". Shadow007 01:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dan Peek

I pruned some of the Dan Peek info from the article yesterday - it has since been re-added. I'm not going to revert or anything, but just wanted to say that I think a lot of the particulars of his post-America recording activities belongs in the Dan Peek article itself (and not here, at least not to the detail it's been added). The info about him vis a vis the band (ie, rumors about reuniting with the others) would belong here. NickBurns 15:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you that Dan Peek's subsequent career is best discussed in detail on his own page. But I do think at least a few cursory lines about his solo releases are worth having in the America bio because so many America fans do follow his solo material as closely as they do Gerry's. I refrained from anything more than listing Electro Voice and Crossover, and briefly mentioned his resurgence with PEACE and then as a soloist in 1999. But I haven't spent any time on the details of any of those projects, as that would be best expanded upon in the Dan Peek article. Thoughts? Zevonsky 02:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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