Talk:Chas Smith
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[edit] The Pagans
Although I have found support for Chas Smith as a member of the punk-rock band The Pagans, I can't find his name on any musicians' list for the Pink Album. Anyone else have a mention? Rosencomet 23:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
The original release of the vinyl version of the "Pink Album" has five photos on the back cover (including Chas's); when the album was re-released, Chas told me that Mike Hudson had Chas's photo removed. Meanwhile, in issue #2 of a zine I used to put out, I did a very long interview with Chas and he talked at length about his time with the Pagans. However, I don't have a version of that online, and it would probably violate the "original research" policy. swain 21:37, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Ah, found something:
" More and more, Mick and I had a yen to go out and play punk rock again. We began jamming with Robert Conn on bass and Chas Smith, who had been with me and Brian in Venus in Furs, on keyboards. For a drummer, we picked up a 15-year-old kid named Bobby Richey, who had played on a track by The Offbeats that I'd included on the CleCon LP. Brian hit them hard but Bobby hit them faster than anyone I'd ever heard.
We played around with it for awhile, and even did a couple of shows out in Lake County under different names. By the autumn of 1982, Mick had split with The Clocks and we decided to go for it. We weren't going to call it The Pagans but it quickly became apparent that the gigs would pay better and be more plentiful if we did."
from http://deafsparrow.com/ThePagans4.htm
swain 22:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Can someone explain to me why the talk page has a lot of categories that the main article doesn't have? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Centerone (talk • contribs) 19:46, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, as sad as it is to say.. I think it would be a point that this no longer should be in the "biographies of living persons" category, nor have the tag at the top about the requirements for biographies in that category.--Centerone 19:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
