Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raw Deluxe
fails  and . There don't appear to be any major sources about this band apart from local press in San Francisco (XLR8R is a San Francisco-based publication). The ''Billboard'' reference is a red herring, added by another editor to prove (unnecessarily) that the band have never charted. The article creator was a SPA back in 2006 by the name of "Kungfuchris", which according to Discogs is also the nickname of the band's bass player Chris Arenas https://www.discogs.com/artist/1824114-Chris-Arenas – it seems likely that Arenas created both articles as self-promotion. The other references are nothing to do with Raw Deluxe, but promotion for Arenas' side project New Libation Orchestra. There's a blog post which seems to indicate that Arenas moved back to New Orleans in 2012 https://crescentcitysound.wordpress.com/tag/chris-arenas/ to focus on the Orchestra full-time. I can't find any indication that Raw Deluxe has played live at all in the last few years, and they may well have split up some time ago – Mic Blake (Michael M Blake)'s recent social media posts focus entirely on his singing with Alphabet Soup, Vinyl and Marcus Cohen & the Congress, no mention of Raw Deluxe for years. Even if the group is still active, it's clear they've never achieved any major recognition outside of their home town
— User:Richard3120, 17:31, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BAND (Wikipedia:Notability)