Talk:Music of Olympia

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There was a sentence in the opening paragraph that mentioned the band "The Love Junkies" in the same sentence as Beck and Nirvana as past Olympia inhabitants. Research yielded no mention of "The Love Junkies" on AllMusic.com, so they were removed from the sentence. It was probably an attempt of shameless self-promotion by a mostly unknown band to put itself in the same sentence as Beck and Nirvana. - Domenica

Hello! Someone please help alphabetize the "Old Oly Bands"!

Q: Can The Witch House really be considered a "venue", either past or present? Sure, I've been to plenty of parties there over the years, and have seen some good shows there, but they definitely seemed more like house parties than organized events to me.

Note: that last batch of edits is a bit more vigorous than is perhaps necessary. Many of the past/present bands cut from the list were and are well-known, as tapes/CD's/flyers owned by collectors such as myself can attest. Perhaps we can find some sort of objective criteria for establishing a band's significance.

so, can someone explain to me exactly why all of the current bands were removed. I mean, If you've lived in Oly at all, you'll know those bands. If it is a matter of varifying them through some other source, what's wrong with myspace, or with the booking lists at the spar, eastside, or le voyer?

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The Old Bands section is totally incomplete and too heavy on the riot grrl wave. Missing include: Militant Dervish, Nihil Obstat, Young Pioneers, Nazi Boyscouts, Idle Worship, Immoral Roberts, Mr. Yuk, Bormen, The Wimps, etc. etc. and that's only a small portion of the punk scene, not metal acts like Metal Death Squad, K Records oldies like Wild, Wild Spoons and the endless reggae and jazz groups. Where's Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare? I didn't see Lush or Blood Paradise. Treehouse? Dangermouse? What about later groups such as Helltrout and Unwound? Too many important acts left out. Mecca Normal weren't from Olympia, they only played there, at the Smithfield Cafe, once or a few times, afaik. Negativeland don't appear to me to have lived in Olympia. Is this an attempt to list all bands who played Olympia as Olympia bands? Then the list is too short. Kurt Cobain and the Nirvana people didn't exactly "frequent" Olympia, they lived there. People like Jello Biafra and Joey Shithead from DOA "frequented" Olympia, not to mention Paul Revere and the Raiders or the Kingsmen. The 80s Oly/Tacoma bands are completely left out. The "Venues" are woefully inadequate unless these are supposed to be current venues. Tropicana? Reko Muse? GESCO? Four Steps? Capitol and Olympic Theaters? The Evergreen State College? Sylvester Park? Wimps' Alley? 81.7.91.43 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)