Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grand Rapids (band)

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 09:49, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Rapids (band)

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Does not meet WP:NBAND. The only articles I could find are this promotional article and this article more about bands named Grand Rapids. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:53, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and New York. Shellwood (talk) 13:59, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The first link used in the article tells you to download their song and uses the same photo as here, perhaps a copyvio (to be confirmed in a minute). The second website is no longer active, the 3rd and 4th links are basically a blurb about them before certain performances they gave. They appear to have done nothing since 2012ish and likely weren't notable then either. Oaktree b (talk) 15:04, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Photo is a copyvio from Spin magazine, tagged as such. This is the 5th photo from an AfD article that's had iffy sourcing or is a clear copyvio this week. argh. Oaktree b (talk) 01:50, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This one is actually a close call because they got some media coverage, but it is largely second-hand. Group member Clara Balzary got some press because she has a famous father (e.g. [1]), but this band is only ever mentioned briefly as one of her short-lived endeavors. Meanwhile, the other three members later formed the more notable QTY (band), and Grand Rapids comes up a lot in coverage of that band, but once again only as a brief historical tidbit. In addition to the Grand Rapids-specific sources in the article, I found this: [2], but after some initial promotional buzz they accomplished nothing that is relevant for an article here. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 19:57, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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