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September 30

Adding bands to Wikipedia: where's the line?

What qualifies a band or musical artist being included on Wikipedia? Certainly not just any guy who strums away can put himself on here. 72.219.147.187 (talk) 01:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He could, but his article would be deleted if it couldn't satisfy WP:Notability (music), not to mention WP:Conflict of interest. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thank you. I was curious, having come across some totally random artists with blunt, almost trivial pages, using the Random page link. lol 72.219.147.187 (talk) 01:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you are concerned, you could tag the articles with {{db-band}} if there are absolutely no claims that the band is important in any way, or for borderline cases, you could file an Articles for Deletion discussion. --Jayron32 04:56, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BAND pretty well spells out what constitutes Wikipedia-notability. 99.166.95.142 (talk) 15:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Artists similiar to Type O Negative

I really like the album October Rust by the band Type O Negative.I find it great for the fall and Halloween season. However, I have been looking for similar artists for quite some time with no success. I am looking for some dark, moody mysterious metal music that is not overly fast paced and without excessive growling or screaming vocals. slow and spooky but heavy. Can anyone offer any suggestions? thanks! 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:09, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try The Pixies or Hüsker Dü - strictly neither is "metal" (but it's not like there's an appellation contrôlée to determine what is or isn't), both are heavy and noisy and dark, and both have a weirdo vibe that makes them sound like the the house band at Arkham Asylum, and there's genuinely beautiful melody buried down in that noise. 87.115.106.169 (talk) 15:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am actually somewhat familiar with both of those bands and know they are quite legendary in the alt rock world. I am also open to additional suggestions for some artists who lean a little more to the darker side in overall theme and tone of their music. cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:50, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last FM is very good for this type of question. Have a look at their Type O Negative page for a bunch of similar artists. Also there is this fun site where you can type an artist's name in and get a bunch of similar artists floating around the screen. The nearer they are to the centre, the more similar they're likely to be. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 18:13, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A similar service to Richardrj's suggestions is Pandora. - Akamad (talk) 03:04, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Although Pandora is not available outside the USA (I don't know where the OP lives). The OP might also like to check out Porcupine Tree, who are prog metal. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 08:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestions.10draftsdeep (talk) 17:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]