Hadn't heard this before:
After auditions (during which the identity of the band remained a secret), the Clash selected two guitarists, Nick Sheppard and Greg White, with the latter taking the name Vince White due to Simonon's refusal to play in a band with someone named "Greg".
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 8 July 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
sic it isn't clear to me that RAG understands what a "record company" is or what it does, so I wasn't being too strict about distinguishing between various kinds of external pressures being brought to bear on artists ie producer vs. management vs. actual label representative (roles which are sometimes interrelated/conflated, as was the case with Ice Cube)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
Ice Cube didn't own Elektra iirc but it's been a while
― glandular lansbury (sic), Saturday, 9 July 2016 08:29 (seven years ago) link
(which is to concur with everyone that the thread would be more fun if you actually narrated the anecdotes behind the examples you're shouting at cumulo-gilmour)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Saturday, 9 July 2016 08:32 (seven years ago) link
yes well RAG wants specific examples dontchaknow, doesn't seem to care that the vast majority of bands are an example
This seems a very odd thing to be getting so angry about
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Sunday, 10 July 2016 04:27 (seven years ago) link
Jesus, guys. Thanks a lot for completey ruining A Tribe Called Quest forever for me.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah georgie porgie is one of the worst things
http://genius.com/A-tribe-called-quest-georgie-porgie-lyrics
― nomar, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
They should've at least mentioned it somewhere in the Michael Rapaport doc.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 22:58 (seven years ago) link