Talk:Gene Krupa

message: The article suggests that Eddie Condon did not play on the four tracks by the McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans. He did, indeed, play banjo, as can be well heard on the records.69.125.239.73 16:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gene Krupa 

message: Ignoring Krupa's marijuana use is like ignoring the elephant in the room. If someone's up for the challenge (I can't write about it NPOV), there must be some way to incorporate the subject into the article in a NPOV way. -206.188.169.18 20:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  marijuana use 

message: I am restoring the link to Krupa's jail sentence.  It is verifiable.  I did not add this link to prove any "point". The Peter Yarrow dispute is based on the BLP.  Krupa is not living.  Therefore, there is no "point" for me to make as the BLP is inapplicable to this page.John celona (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: John celona stated that "The final solution is a hoax" in this edit concerning articles Holocaust and Holocaust denial.  He has not backed down from that statement.  Holocaust denial is uncivil and offensive.    — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 18:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  That was a sardonic comment in response to another users threats, as the context of that discussion would revealeverywhere"-6 places by my count?John celona (talk) 01:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Why are you mentioning that here? If you have a general compaint about an editor then an article talk page is not the place to bring it. Post on his user talk page, or file an RfC. Let's stick to discussung Gene Krupa on this page.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 20:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Link is NOT added to make "point 

message: Apoloo 440 made a song named "Krupa". Can anyone add this? (I don't speak/write English very well)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.199.83.129 (talk) 15:57, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Apollo 440 "Krupa" 

message: krupa toward end (1973) would be seen on nyc street, playing with his drum sticks on ab anything with his style of fast, extreme fast ongoing rhythms... and so this seemed to be
b/c he at that time was homeless and playing on the street for few dollars,... i would like someone to add/expand on this, with more details, b/c it is a sad thing, and how even greats can be unsupported in latter days ... eyewitness englebert hendrix joans obama45s 24.186.56.245 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 08:20, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: 'near end'

message: i find it hard to believe that gene krupa was homeless and on the streets playing for a few dollars toward the end of his life.  he had plenty of friends in new york who could have helped him (including, presumably, peter criss and jerry nolan).  the metropole on times square was still open, to the best of my knowledge.  he could have gotten gigs there, or at other clubs.  he could have walked into the village vanguard and found plenty of people who could have helped him, including max gordon.  i remember the news reports that came out at the time of his death.  they included recent footage of krupa playing at a jazz festival, and playing very well as a matter of fact.  so he probably had at least some money at the time of his death........  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.228.117 (talk) 04:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  toward the end 

message: i guess the mythology of gene krupa is that his life was ruined by the use of marijuana.  but i don't believe it.  my mother was working on some degree or other and as part of the requirements she had to write a report dealing with the effects of marijuana.  so she interviewed some people who had taken the drug and attempted to do some research on krupa.  and according to her, marijuana destroyed his career and ultimately his life.  but i pointed out to her that his drumming "chops" were more or less intact even into the last year of his life.  krupa could play well, even when he was dying of leukemia. (and if he was taking marijuana at that point, more power to him.  it was probably helping him much more than it was hurting him.) yes, gene krupa did serve a jail sentence for possession of marijuana.  so did robert mitchum and a lot of other people.  and it's a shame that society wouldn't accept his marijuana usage.  but i don't think marijuana usage per se hurt his health or impaired his ability to play the drums.
that said, gene krupa may have been involved with more dangerous narcotics at various times during his life.  i'm not a krupa expert.  in fact, i never even sat through the entirely of "the gene krupa story."  but i wouldn't be surprised if it was some other kind of drug that caused the man to drop a drumstick at times and really did do something to impair his health and musical abilities (at least temporarily).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.228.117 (talk) 04:50, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Although this may be interesting "original research" to you, this page is not a forum for theories and none of it is considered a valid source per Wiki guidelines. Ckruschke (talk) 19:20, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

text: However people have a right to an opinion and this is the talk page not the article..I see stuff here all the time that is completely irrelevant but it stays..I agree that the drug issue should be expanded although not if he were a living person..marijuana never "ruined" anyone`s life as far as I know..I still haven`t seen any evidence that his life was ever ruined..he died of an illness..everyone does..the references to homelessness are completely unsubstantiated..plenty of people play music in the street..it`s how  Bill Kreutzmann  and  Mickey Hart  got together. Lonepilgrim007 (talk) 21:18, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  what stuff? 

message: The article doesn't seem to note that he formed his own band. It's in The Gene Krupa Story. Have I missed something? Manytexts (talk) 13:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to add sourced, NPOV text if you feel something is missing. Ckruschke (talk) 19:17, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gene Krupa band