Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London (heavy metal band)
I have great respect for the nominator, but his rationale in the nomination and previous comments shows undue dismissal of the  and  standards. The current article is indeed a sloppy unverified mess and it even has some internal contradictions. But those are reasons to improve, not delete. London is well-known in the metal world, because even though they accomplished little under their own name, they were an early stop for several musicians who became more famous in other bands later. They have attracted plenty of mainstream coverage ''for that reason'', as a ''historical item'', and that bestows notability just as much as number of albums and the other things being argued above. Michig has delivered plenty of reliable and significant sources to indicate the band's historical importance. Here are some more: https://www.axs.com/interview-the-reinvention-of-cinderella-drummer-fred-coury-from-rock-s-119472, http://ultimateclassicrock.com/wasp-songs/, https://www.laweekly.com/music/londons-calling-nadir-dpriest-looks-back-on-a-career-of-highs-and-lows-9920393, https://waaf.radio.com/blogs/anthony-capobianco/37-years-ago-nikki-sixx-started-motley-cr%C3%BCe, https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nikki_sixx_i_left_the_band_i_started_with_my_best_friend_to_start_motley_crue.html. They were also profiled quite prominently in the film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, as can be verified in many reliable sources that discuss the film or several of the sources about the band that have already been linked by Michig and myself
— User:doomsdayer520, 18:51, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NEXIST||WP:NOTCLEANUP (Wikipedia:Notability)