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If this list - http://beatlemaniaalumni.com/TRIBUTE_BANDS.htm is accurate, the number of beatle tribute bands is going to get out of hand very quickly. We either need to come up with some criteria for inclusion, or split them off into their own page (by extension any other band with a large number of tributes will require this also) Djbrianuk 22:10, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
Another article on this subject exist (apparently accidentally due to someone not following naming conventions). I'm not up to do the merging at the moment myself, but there is definitely some good content and prose there to be integrated into this article. If no one else works on it, I'll do the merger work as soon as I can. Autiger 04:56, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
On 09:59, 16 February 2006, anon 86.133.213.151 replaced the entry for thejamm.com with his competition soundsofthejam.co.uk (diff) -- watch out for more vandalism. 62.147.36.227 15:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
On 15:32, 20 February 2006, deletionist User:Weyes destroyed this information (diff):
Since I believe it useful at least for research and list consolidation/expansion, I'm saving it here for the benefit of more wikipedian editors. -- 62.147.113.190 15:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
The tribute band to ABBA and The Ramones, Gabba (band) (which is BTW prominently featured in the article's lead), has been marked for deletion. You may want to vote at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gabba_(band) -- 62.147.112.67 00:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
The tribute band to AC/DC HIGHWAY TO HELL keeps getting deleted by this user and we feel it's a personal thing and this bands relevance to the history of AC/DC and Iron Maiden was noted in their shared stage performance with real AC/DC members, and in support of the rarely touring "McBrain Damage" which is famed Iron Maiden's drummer Nicko McBrain's side band.
We implore you to please not delete this simple addition to the list of other AC/DC tribute bands —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rich1199 (talk • contribs) 17:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I've made the (potentially unpopular) move of removing from the list of bands any group which did not have at least one of the following:
The idea here is that "the best Queen tribute band in all of London!", etc., should not qualify for inclusion, lest the list become a huge, unwieldy list of cruft. However a group that has generated international recognition through any kind of reliable media is worth noting, with a link to the source which supports notability. Feedback? --PeruvianLlama(spit) 13:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I am disappointed by the lack of reference to many top TRIBUTE artistes, which is what I thought the article was about. Worse still is the exclusion of major ORIGINAL artistes eg. Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Neil Diamond who have EACH recorded more albums than ten of those listed added together (Rod Stewart alone appears on over 50 albums with record sales in excess of 250 million in a career now in its fifth decade).
At this point I wish to declare the possibility of a conflict of interest, but have undertaken to use my knowledge and experience to benefit Wiki rather than myself. I am the performer of a Rod Stewart Tribute show in the UK, and my research over two years of preparation and performances means that I have seen many artistes perform tribute shows in the UK and a great many more on website links and recorded performances.
The glaring omissions on the list of tribute acts are
This list could be expanded to include a dozen other TOP acts in the UK alone, so the list of worldwide talent would be pretty large. On this point, I accept that not all acts can be listed, but better editing is certainly called for, given the omissions above and some of the names included on the page itself... Oasis a Kinks tribute band... I don't think so.Bobinscotland (talk) 19:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC) Bold text
The article would benefit from the addition of a section discussing legal considerations. For example are tribute bands considered copyright violation, or do they pay royalties to legitimize their performance?
Also is it known how the original band (when it still exists) receives these imitation attempts? It might be that if you are a huge international success, you don't care for the "tribute" of some small town copycats. Indeed you may accuse them of exploiting your fame. Or perhaps you like the attention as a recognition of how influential your work has become.
Court cases or noteworthy media coverage would be informative.
I am not asking for a discussion here on the talk page. I am asking anyone who has encyclopedic quality information on these topics to add it to the article. Thanks. 72.208.150.248 (talk) 16:25, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
it seems really bizarre to me that the main picture in this article is of a kiss tribute band with a giant logo that says "piss"
Andy York was one of the earliest Right Said Fred tribute acts, he was well known on the club scene in the West Midlands in the early to mid nineties. 157.203.254.3 (talk) 14:01, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
This article was largely an WP:EXAMPLEFARM, full of non-notable examples, original research, and general "music trivia." It had been tagged for the OR problem since 2013 w/ no movement. I've hacked it down to the essentials. If you wish to add something, consider whether your proposed addition is truly significant to the history of tribute bands and make sure it is properly sourced from an independent third party.
Suggested reading: WP:NAMEDROP & WP:VNOT. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 01:19, 22 May 2024 (UTC)