Talk:Timbuk 3

T3's Notability

I noticed that the page for T3's "Big Shot in the Dark" album calls into question its notability. From what I read about musical notability, if an artist is "notable", then a page for a regular studio album by that artist would be pretty much automatically notable. (Note: I'm not thrilled by the content of that album's page by other criteria - the opening paragraph's overfocus on the two new band members is a problem, for example, and it could use some meat on its bones - but that's a different matter.)

As far as Timbuk3's notability goes, I can't see how they aren't qualified. They were Grammy-nominated, had an iconic Top 20 song, and released several albums, including several under I.R.S., a clearly significant (if not major) record label. Two of their albums charted in America. They have toured extensively, including internationally, and have an (official, not bootleg) live album to show for it. Plus a greatest hits album. Untold numbers of articles have been written about them over the past 20+ years.

Noting the "notability" page's insistence that the band's article must insist the notable items (and feeling like the initial band intro could use some improvement anyway), I've added an intro paragraph which (I feel) establishes T3's notability, hopefully once and for all. Freelance08 (talk) 09:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps too long after the fact: the comment about albums being notable if the artist is doesn't work out here at Wikipedia. A few years back I wrote an article for David Lindley's/El Rayo X's 'Win This Record' album. I was told in no uncertain terms that 'not every album by a notable artist is notable' and the article was rejected. No worries as I, like you, would have thought they all should be. Such is life, eh?THX1136 (talk) 23:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Stockholm Training Grounds

T3 spent several years honing their skills and talent on the streets of Stockholm where they were already performing 'Future'. Somehow this would be good if it were worked into the article.90.5.142.102 23:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Silly Article, You Make Me Laugh

The claim that Timbuk 3 were responsible for taped backing tracks and sampling is not found in any of the references, as well as being the silliest, most historically impossible piece of non-NPOV conjecture I think I've ever seen in a WP article. Everybody knows taped backing tracks and sampling were first invented by The Human League in 1983. Removing. SteubenGlass (talk) 04:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I would posit the Who beat Human League by a few years with Quadrophenia back when they toured that album. 1973/4?THX1136 (talk) 23:48, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Post Punk? I Think Not. I THINK...Not! =

Removing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.221.162 (talk) 04:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

new wave

https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=Timbuk3+new+wave&source=bl&ots=u7Pub8j7Js&sig=ACfU3U2OUYVzyBcZbQ8UoHFUw0169h3UUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBtpyy7pXpAhUIHzQIHXFcATwQ6AEwBnoECBIQAQ#v=onepage&q=Timbuk3%20new%20wave&f=false

This source classifies them as new wave. The Mo-Ja'al (talk) 19:02, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

This was a duo

They started off, or maybe they became, a duo of the MacDonald couple. They made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and brought down the house with Pat's humorous reference to the machine that played their drum tracks "which we record in our bedroom." This article omits a lot of information. Wastrel Way (talk) 22:16, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Courtney Audain into Timbuk 3

Almost no info outside that she was in Timbuk 3. Article has been a two sentence stub since creation in 2006. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:34, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

There's nothing there to merge. Should just be redirected. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:42, 23 November 2024 (UTC)