Talk:X-Ray Spex

message: The band's record was available in America when it was released, but only in hard to find places, and in places like Manhattan.  I worry that Spex fans might despair of anyone in US ever having known the material the way that particular sentence is presented.  I listened to it quite a bit at school in the early 80s.  It is actually was quite popular in New England, New York and Los Angeles  at the time as a non-radio play new-wave band.  To give a reference point, Nervus Rex Joy Division and Pigbag were about equally as popular in America at the time.  It was the very early days of new wave.  Any exposure all of the less well known bands here would owe a lot to Elvis Costello who was very well promoted from the time of his first tour in 1977. McDogm--McDogm 08:07, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Released In America

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message: If any editors are going to the show in Camden in September could you take a freely licenced photo of the band for the article? It would be a great help since they don't play often and most of the press kit photos available online are trash or unsourced. Thanks a bunch. Zytsef (talk) 18:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request

message: I'm afraid that the MySpace link reverters are playing fast and loose with the guidelines. Quoting from WP:EL: "Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject... one should avoid" and it goes on to list MySpace. Since the link that has been removed does, in fact, point to an official myspace page specificly for X-Ray Spex it meets the criteria for inclusion. This is probably the only case where a link to myspace is acceptable. Thanks. Zytsef (talk) 23:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. There has never been a restriction on linking to an artist's *official* MySpace page, as far as I am aware. In fact, these are useful links. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 23:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MySpace link 

message: Until the recent editing work, this article was only rated as a stub. It is now much improved and awaiting re-assessment. However, there are still improvement to be made. Further contributions welcomed!
Can I ask if anyone can find a credible cite relating to the band's 'Top of the Pops' appearances? I KNOW they performed in the TOTP studio but I can't remember what single it was or the approx. date. More importantly, I can't find a proper citation. Yozzer66 (talk) 19:13, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Top of the Pops

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message: The lead singer's name is spelled differently by different media outlets.  Marion Elliott-Said in USA Today, Marian in The Independent and Marianne in the BBC.  Not sure which is the right one.  The book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die says it's Marion.  Googling isn't much help.Timtempleton (talk) 22:09, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
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