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Contents 1 Another Phish 2 A sea of Red 3 Is their banter at shows quote-worthy? 4 Good Article nomination has failed

[edit] Another Phish

Is Moe, or moe. just another not so talented Phish like jam band trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Jam band scene?

Listen to them and decide for yourself. - Cobra Ky (talk, contribs) 01:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I did, and they seem to be a much much less talented version of Phish. Any shows you could recommend that might change my mind. After touring with Phish for 15 years i feel like i might have a bias. You ever listen to Phish Cob? --Gephart 01:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm an avid listener of both. I couldn't say who is better. "Warts and All" are good albums, as is "New York City". It's hard to compete with Trey, but moe. can hold their own. Music is a subjective experience, so if you don't dig them, thats all good. 8*D - Cobra Ky (talk, contribs) 02:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I'll will agree that moe. may be less talented, however i don't believe they are just capatilizing on the phish jam band scene. Saying that is like saying that phish just capatilized on the death of Jerry Garcia. While both may have some form of validity it was not because the bands were intentionally capatillizing on their situations, these bands had both been playing together for about 15 years when they recieved their "big break"(i put that in quotes because they are both very popular but neither is even remotely mainstream) So in summation to ask the question of whether or not moe. is a less talented phish is incredibly ignorant question, and i am a phish fan as well jus tso you know that i dont have a bias towards moe.

2 guitars; Chuck Garvey, Al Schnier > 1 guitar Trey

You really have to not understand moe. one tiny bit to think they're just trying to capitalize on Phish. moe. never wanted to be a jam band in the first place, they're a rock band at heart. The only reason they got lumped in with the scene is because in their early days, no one wanted to step up to the mic and sing, so they'd just keep playing. If anything, I'd say they're more like the Allman Brothers than Phish. In fact, I see little to no relation between Phish and moe., outside of the fact that they're both classified as "jambands."

By the way, I made that edit in the other festivals section. Summercamp is it's own entity and shouldn't be linked to generic children's summer camps, since there's absolutely zero relevance.

[edit] A sea of Red

It seems to me that there are a lot of dead wiki links in the main article, a sea of red if you will. I think i am going to go through and unlink a lot of those words. I will give it a few days to see if anyone posts any objections. Thanks.--Gephart 08:39, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Is their banter at shows quote-worthy?

For those that don't know, this band is known widely for allowing the recording of their live shows much like the Grateful Dead and Phish did. One of the staples of the group is their humourous banter and musings in between songs. My thoughts are to make a Wikiquote page for the band and adding quotes from the members from shows. I collect a lot of shows, so I would add to this often. Since the shows are widely availible from http://www.etree.org , one would be able to cite and shows the link to the particular show that a comment was made. Would this be a fruitful or fruitless effort? Would it be deemed acceptable on Wikiquote? -- Moeron 11:09, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

• I started a page anyway ;) --Moeron 15:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article nomination has failed

The Good article nomination for Moe. has failed, for the following reason:

The prose is far from good - a history section written in the present tense is much more akin to a fan page than an encyclopaedia article. Worldtraveller 17:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I removed its nomination again - prose like (for more information, check out the Generations section under the jam bands wikipedia entry) is really not encyclopaedic at all, and there's a lot like that. There are also a lot of grammatical and spelling errors, and a general lack of encyclopaedic tone. It really needs a lot of work on the prose - please compare with examples of featured and good articles. Worldtraveller 20:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I found the one spelling error in the piece and will look for grammatical errors. I have looked at other good articles on bands or musicians such as the Grateful Dead and Cat Stevens. Should the Future Plans section be nixed as not encyclopaedia? *shrug* --Moeron 03:21, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Helping where I can. The grammar is a mess. I guess that's why this is an on-going communal process.Silver Dollar 19:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)