Talk:Magma (band)
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[edit] Modifications
Removed links to online sellers "Wayside" and "Aquarius Records", as they are unrelated to Magma. Removed some editorial and non-neutral elements in "Discographic Notes". Some items in "Trivia" need citation.
Shtaman 02:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Possible POV issue
Quoting the article as of today, section "Trivia":
Quite bizarrely, the world famous snooker player Steve Davis is one of their biggest fans, and even organised a concert in London so he could watch them.
(...)
Ironically, Punk Rock Singer John Lydon, stated that he loved Magma.
Why is it "bizarre" or "ironic" ? --195.221.0.6 13:43, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Famous snooker player, organizing concerts for an obscure French band...
- Punk rock vs Progressive and jazz rock...
I'd say the first one is "insolit" or "unusual" rather than "bizarre", and the second one "unexpected" rather than "ironic". Yet I'm not sure enough of myself (and of my understanding of those nuances in English) to edit. Any comment ? --Schmorgluck 08:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Punk is often considered a reaction to the pomp of stadium rock and the classically trained technical virtuous sound of progressive rock. No I don't have a reference, but punk is raw and has no regard for musicality, magma are incredibly tight and very demonstrative of classical training. -Gates.
Famous snooker player, organizing concerts for an obscure French band Obscure and famous are relative. I had never heard about this snooker player, which I've heard quite a bit about Magma. David.Monniaux 18:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of trivia section
Removed the "Trivia" section since it contained statements lacking both neutrality and citation.
24.37.131.195 04:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- This EN-wiki is getting too silly, trying too prove even the most simple trivia and polluting articles with templates. Anyway, restored section.
[edit] Argentine Magma
There was also an Argentine band called Magma. I think that should be noted on the disclaimer on top. The Argentine band played folk-prog with Andean influences. Here's a sample [1], and here's some more [2].
[edit] Spelling of Top's first name
Though I've seen his name spelled many ways (Jannick, Jannik, Janik, etc.), it seems that it is spelled Janik, as seen for example on the back cover of a pre-Magma album by his band Speed Limit (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/avestin/SpeedLimitback.jpg). The article spells his name Jannik. I think it should be corrected to Janik.
Rileydog22 04:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's Jannick, see his official site. David.Monniaux 19:00, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 07:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request: Kobaïan
Does anyone know enough about this language to write about it? It would be very interesting with an article, or at least a section on the magma page, about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.165.147.247 (talk) 23:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- There's at least one Kobaïan lexicon out there in internetland. It doesn't seem to have a grammar, though. — Gwalla | Talk 04:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
