Talk:Godspeed You! Black Emperor

message: As far as I recall, Aidan Girt was not a member of the Trapt, but he was associated with the members. I believe he was in a different group at that time, God's Gift or something similar to that.
-anonymous  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.237.78 (talk) 02:38, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor Recollection

message: :The band released its early work on the Kranky record label, but joined Constellation Records after their original contract ran out. 
Are we sure this is correct? I thought that their vinyl releases were on Constellation and their CDs on Kranky (I'm pretty sure this is the case with f# and Slow Riot at least). --Camembert
:You're right. The earlier albums were released as CDs on Kranky and LPs on Constellation; both the LP and the CD of Yanqui U.X.O were produced by Constellation alone. I'll fix it. --No-One Jones 13:07, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The Constellation catalogue will confirm this (and why I didn't check it beforehand, I don't know.) --No-One Jones 13:10, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Label

message: Buraku Empororu
— this romanization turns up quite a few hits on Google but it is bogus. The original documentary title was "ゴッド・スピード・ユー! BLACK EMPEROR," which could be romanized as "God Speed You! Black Emperor." A romanization that reflected the Japanese pronunciation would be "Goddo Supīdo Yū! Burakku Emperā."--Tokek 00:04, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Romanization

message: Is it really fair to call all of those bands side projects?  Some of these bands may share members with Godspeed, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're second-bannanas. I think that a better term would be "Related Projects" or "Related Bands."  I'm going to change it unless anyone has any problems with it.Timothyreal 20:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Side Projects 

message: ==See also== 
*List of songs with particularly long titles 
- Gbeeker 01:41, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this page have a link to long song titles like this? 

message: The title of this album is listed with both letters capitalized at cstrecords.com and at AMG. What is the source for spelling it with lowercase 'a' and 'f'? --G0zer 03:24, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is common practice to write music notes in capital letters. However, it is gybe's common practice (at least on their album sleeves) to use lower case letters for virtually every song/album title. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 23:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also see WP:NC#Album titles and band names. The band name is all lowercase on the vinyl sleeve as well. This implies that the lowercasing of the album title is stylistic, which should not carry over to Wikipedia. Note though a comment in the edit history for the album article saying that sharp symbols show up as boxes on Windows XP. Depending on how prevalent that problem is, I think the name should be either "F♯A♯∞" or "F#A#∞". --PEJL 06:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  WP:MUSTARD#Formatting says to use a sharp symbols (♯) rather than number signs (#), so I think we can assume the former aren't too problematic. I'm going to move the album to F♯A♯∞. --PEJL 00:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Turns out it can't be moved easily, so punting on this for now. --PEJL 00:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I forgot to mention here that I did finally move the article (by listing it at WP:RM). --PEJL 00:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also, the album's tile should be "F♯ A♯ ∞", not "F♯A♯∞". -http://musicbrainz.org/artist/3648db01-b29d-4ab9-835c-83f6a5068fe4.html 24.155.64.208 (talk) 22:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

text:  The title should contain spaces between each note and the '∞' symbol so that it looks like this: "F♯ A♯ ∞" source:http://www.brainwashed.com/godspeed/music.html Cesar Pulido 00:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  F♯A♯∞ 

message: This article makes no reference to the political views Godspeed You! Black Emperor addresses in various songs. —User:Christopher Mann McKay 20:41, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It used to. I'm going to restore a mention of their anarchistic political beliefs, since there was no valid reason for it to be removed and it's an important component of their music. Cassandra Leo 21:25, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Politics

message: Shouldn't somebody include that Sad Mafioso was used in 28 Days Later? A lot of people got into them because of that. It would also give a chance to clear up wild rumors some people have like GY!BE having anything to do with 28 Weeks Later.
:That is mentioned in f♯a♯∞. If you think it should be in this article too, why don't you add it? − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 10:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  28 Days Later 

message: I just checked to see if East Hastings had been used in the trailers for Beowulf and Death Sentence, and they haven't been.
In The House - In A Heartbeat by John Howard has been used.  Do these trailers with East Hastings actually exist? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.133.53.235 (talk • contribs).
:No. That was just confusion on someone's part. = ∫tc 5th Eye 15:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone ought to. = ∫tc 5th Eye 15:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  East Hastings 

message: Since the band is no longer together, shouldn't something be done about the "former members" part?  Technically, they're all "former" members of this band now.  What should be done? Jkdeadite (talk) 20:11, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question.  I would've thought to move everyone under "former members" but a similar example, The Beatles, lists the most recent lineup as "Members" and members who didn't make it to the end as "Former members".  There is probably a standard written somewhere.  —Wknight94 (talk) 20:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Possibly something along the line of "Final Line-up" may be in order to distinguish between the last members and the members that left before the split? Vicissitudo (talk) 22:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with that, but keeping the former members section.  Either way, I've thought about it, and it sort of "immortalizes the final lineup" as a friend of mine says.  It makes sense.Jkdeadite (talk) 22:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to say that I was under the impression that Efrim's comments were more final than they actually appear to be now that I've read them carefully. I'm beginning to think that maybe we've been a bit premature in announcing them finished. “I think that bands do have a short shelf life… they should be able to ply their trade ‘til they no longer want to.” seems to be closest he gets to saying they've split. I mean, I'm pretty certain that this means they're finished but officially I don't think they've split up just yet. If they have split up then I'm all for the inclusion of a final line-up heading. Vicissitudo (talk) 13:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hasn't anyone noticed that the members aren't correct, who is james chau, and james drayton? they weren't members of this band  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.11.111 (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former Members 

message: I'm removing Tiny Silver Hammers from the list of releases.  It most certainly was never released, even if it is in common circulation on the web.  It shouldn't be on the list of releases.Jkdeadite (talk) 22:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind.  I see it has been changed since I wrote that comment!  :) Jkdeadite (talk) 22:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tiny Silver Hammers EP 

message: The article states that Efrim says the band is "hugely unlikely to ever return to record-releasing or touring ways", however there is no direct confirmation of disbandment. This should be clearly noted in the Wikipedia article and the "years active" entry should be changed back to including "currently on indefinite hiatus" until further confirmation is given.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.102.84.28 (talk) 02:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just about to post this, makes all the changes made to the page since the 8th void IMHO. Vicissitudo (talk) 16:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  February 9th, 2008 Drowned In Sound Article

message: Should Efrim be credited in the band member section with doing vocals? He sings a section of the guitar melody in East Hastings (just after 8:30 on the CD version) and I think that is worthy of a mention in the band member section. What are peoples thoughts on this? If no-one has any objections I will add "Vocals" to Efrims name in the band member section. Vicissitudo (talk) 13:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not dead set on adding it but just because there's more than one of them singing that doesn't mean that you shouldn't credit Efrim with singing when he clearly is doing so, does it? I think it should be added but since some people object then I won't add it. Vicissitudo (talk) 00:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't think the suggestion was that Efrim is considered the 'main' vocalist, but only that he contributes vocals. Ringo Starr was hardly the vocalist for the Beatles, but you still might say he is a vocalist because he sang in some songs. If Moya also contributed vocals, then we should put 'vocals' next to his name as well. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 23:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, you're right. I don't see any reason why just because we don't know EVERYONE that did vocals in the band we shouldn't include the ones that are fairly clear-cut. For example, Efrim and Moya. Vicissitudo (talk) 11:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocals 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Nme1.jpg

message: To hopefully generate some discussion about the possible renaming of the current ASMZ article, there are a couple of sections on it's talk page to try to generate a consensus. Lugnuts (talk) 18:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related discussion - ASMZ page move 

message: It seems this was a topic of conversation a year ago, but I want to bring it up again. It's silly to call some of them former members, especially Roger, who according to the article, left the band after they "went on hiatus" (broke up). What does it mean to leave a band that doesn't exist? They all "left the band" when they stopped playing music together, touring, and recording. I think it's silly for a major member to not be included in the template just because he doesn't speak in the same vague language as Efrim. Efrim and Roger both left the band to be in other bands. We shouldn't let this article be run by the band's goofy ephemeral interview-speak. Conical Johnson (talk) 02:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former Members revisited 

message: I question the purpose of this section entirely.  From my experience these sort of sections become crammed with tons of trivial items that just pile up and become un-purposeful.  Honestly, how useful is Contributed music to Jem Cohen's Chain.?  This becomes even more apparent over time, and the original submissions lose necessity entirely.  I propose removal of this section completely.----–m.f (t • c) 20:22, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I think it should stay. Similar sections can be see on other pages, so if you want to argue having this one taken out I expect any other should to be taken out also. Rocketsfall (talk) 02:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The sites you refer to are always less mature wiki pages though.  If you look at a well-established band pages like Nine Inch Nails (which is a featured article by the way) there is no such section.  It would be overwhelming.  They are trivia at best and not appropriate for a legitimate encyclopedia.  Would you see these little bullet point current events in Britannica or something published with reputability?  I think not. ----–m.f (t • c) 19:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just saying that if this resource is lost, than this information has nowhere to go. It will simply disappear and will most likely never resurface. Also, even if NIN doesn't have a section like that, other bands still do. I see what you're saying, though. Rocketsfall (talk) 00:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not believe the information that will be 'lost' is relevant in the whole scheme of things.  In twenty years, will anybody really care (or know the meaning) about such trivial minutiae?  For example, in 10/20 years will anybody really find value in knowing that music from the band was in The Cleveland show, or similarly any of the other items? I don't think so.  Wouldn't you agree? ----–m.f (t • c) 20:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I don't agree. Maybe we could work the information into the main article? I just don't think we should throw it out like that, you know? It has to fit somewhere. Rocketsfall (talk) 20:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

text: Well, no. See WP:TRIVIA. So I've moved it here. Maybe someone could turn it into prose, reference each claim and rework it back into the main article? Good luck! Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 14:38, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music in film and television 

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message: Should it be noted somewhere that the record "'Allelujah!  Don't Bend  Ascend" is credited to "God's Pee"?
In fact, on the cd version I own there is no mention of "Godspeed You!Black Emperor" (or wherever you want to place the exclamation mark)
217.103.1.27 (talk) 14:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band name 

message: I see an error on the timeline graphic, where all releases are attached to lines coming from the bottom left corner. Is this visible to others? If so I don't have enough experience to fix this in the code.
Thanks,
Friendlyguy420 (talk) 15:25, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I see it too, although if I click through to edit that section, it looks fine in preview even without any changes! So I'm not sure what's going on, hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in. Thanks, Amkilpatrick (talk) 15:50, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline Rendering Error