Talk:Andrew VanWyngarden

Where was VanWyngarden born?

According to WikiAnswers, "Actually [Andrew VanWyngarden] lived in Memphis, Tennessee for most of his life. He was born in Columbia, MO." If anyone has a solid reference, please update the article accordingly.—GraemeMcRae^talk 05:01, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Childhood

I think it's worth noting that he spent eight years of his childhood in Pittsburgh, PA, before moving to Memphis, TN. He's mentioned it in several interviews; there's no reason why it shouldn't at least be mentioned. Jrk394 (talk) 19:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)jrk394

Missing information: Multi-instrumentalist

This article covers his background and influences quite well, but nowhere in the article does it mention that he's a multi-instrumentalist or that he plays drums and bass.

This info is taken from the insert for the CD release of Congratulations:

Drums: he's credited with drums on tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 of Congratulations, with track 4 being the only song of those where he shares drumming credits with Will Berman. The drumming in those songs is often fast-paced and fairly complex. I think it's safe to infer that VanWyngarden is a skilled drummer.

Bass: he's the only bassist on 1, 2, 3, and 9 of Congratgulations, and he shares bass credits with Matt Asti and/or Will Berman on tracks 4 and 6 as well.

So... in light of that information it seems a little misleading for the article to open with "Andrew VanWyngarden (born February 1, 1983) is the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter for the band MGMT." The sentence isn't exactly false, and it's spot on for the live shows, I'm sure, but I think it would be more informative and consistent with other wikipedia articles on multi-instrumentalists to reword the beginning of the article to something like "Andrew VanWyngarden (born February 1, 1983) is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the band MGMT."

Then a new section could be added called "Instruments" which would point out the different instruments that he's credited with on all MGMT albums, which include guitar, piano, bass, drums, synths, electric sitar, and harmonica on Congratulations alone (I don't have physical copies of the other albums yet)

Anyone have any advice on how to smoothly integrate that information into the article? I'm also not quite sure of the proper way of citing an album insert in a Wikipedia article.

Kemery720 (talk) 02:11, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

This Person NEEDS his own Wikipedia Article

• Comment - This person is more than notable, he's one of the two members of one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. Songs he's written and performed have been in many Hollywood movies as you can see on his IMDb link. He's been nominated for a Grammy award. He's been written about many times in huge papers like the New York Times and Spin Magazine, huge articles so he IS notable.12.196.37.227 (talk) 21:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. This musical artist is more than notable to warrant their own Wikipedia page.98.151.53.27 (talk) 04:03, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

730 gnews in 2010+2011 establishes notability. Sandman888 (talk) 00:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

At least some details + infobox might be retrieved from this version which Active Banana disrupted and (probably disgusted with his own deed) deleted. -- Evermore2 (talk) 07:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Rhodes?

At the instrument section, it says "Rhodes", and when you click on it, it says that it's a city. Why is there then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.81.4 (talk) 05:46, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request on 22 November 2012

Mmccastlain (talk) 21:15, 22 November 2012 (UTC) Andrew van Wyngarden is Margeaux Mccastlains cousin. He is related to her grandfather!!! Some of his family live in louisianna!!!!!!!!! I Know HIM!!!!!!!!!!1111

Not done: - no source and no consensus this is notable. Begoon ^talk 02:21, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Personal Life

VanWyngarden currently resides in Rockaway Beach in Queens,NY.He has been dating French model Camille Rowe since 2011.In the music video for "Alien Days", Rowe stars with VanWyngarden as an Amish couple . In the past, he has been rumored to have dated actress Kirsten Dunst,which he strictly denied in an interview with NME. He is also fond of animals and has many cats.

Personal Life

VanWyngarden currently resides in Rockaway Beach in Queens,NY.He has been dating French model Camille Rowe since 2011.In the music video for "Alien Days", Rowe stars with VanWyngarden as an Amish couple . In the past, he has been rumored to have dated actress Kirsten Dunst,which he strictly denied in an interview with NME. He is also fond of animals and has many cats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatianaguiar (talk • contribs) 08:48, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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