Talk:Fuel (hardcore band)

proposed deletion template removed

The following, in no particular order, are some reasons for the removal of the proposed deletion template. A template (tag) that was applied to this article by User:Call me Bubba approximately 10 minutes after the article was first created. Others are encouraged to either add to this list and/or help improve the article.

• The band detailed in this article is associated with the musical styling of at least two well known bands, Fugazi and Hot Water Music. In the former's case, Fuel was a contemporary, though short-lived in comparison, and in the latter's case, influence was most likely drawn from.
• There is another band named Fuel (see Fuel (band) that has had mainstream "notability," but whose musical styling is most different and, as such, should not be confused in a musical history and/or exploration). This article is notable in that the subject detailed in it is a musical act that had the name Fuel before the more "well known" radio-played band.
• Little is easily available on the subject of the article. It is desired (and appropriate) that Wikipedia can be a place on the Internet that this will change and information can and will be centralized by contributors familiar with the subject and references and citations will support a more comprehensive entry than the "stub" it currently is (again, the article was just created, so yeah, it is a stub).
• The band (the subject of the article) have had its music released (and re-released) on multiple record labels Cargo Records, Ebullition Records, Lookout Records, Rough Trade Records, Allied Recordings, Broken Rekids.
• Singer/guitarist Mike Kirsch went on after his involvement in Fuel (the subject of the article) to continue to play in other bands. In fact, Kirsch was one of the founding members of Pinhead Gunpowder, a largely studio band, that also included Aaron Cometbus of Crimpshrine fame and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day fame. Kirsh's continued involvement in the San Fransisco punk community since the mid-1980s is notable in its tenure and dedication. That one of his earlier bands is the subject of this article is relevant.

--Restecp 06:26, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

• I'll add to this that the band was named by Alternative Press as one of their "23 Bands Who Shaped Punk" in June 2008, alongside e.g. Fugazi, Earth Crisis, Bikini Kill, and Cro-Mags. For a group that is so influential, in virtually any other genre, to go undocumented in this encyclopedia for so long, would be considered an embarrassment. Chubbles (talk) 05:58, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Chubbles! I just put this reference into the article. Cannot find an online version of the article, so I couldn't pull a quote (or otherwise) as someone had in the Heroin (band) article. --Restecp 05:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)