Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R.O.C. (band)

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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

R.O.C. (band)[edit]

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Deprodded because it is apparently notable, non of their albums or singles have even charted. Fails WP:NMUSIC JayJay^{Talk to me} 23:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep per Allmusic biography, plus listing in this book. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:36, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. We have no rule that only chart-friendly musicians should have articles here. The band released three albums, two of which were on labels that clearly satisfy WP:BAND criterion 5, and would certainly have received significant print coverage. Also covered in The Wire (partially visible on Google Books), they recorded a radio session for John Peel and made the end of year Festive 50 chart in 1995. --Michig (talk) 07:17, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep just about notable.--UserWOLfan112 Talk 15:34, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:35, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This band was very widely reviewed in their 90s heyday by major music publications (NME, Melody Maker, Q Magazine, Select) - the band themselves keep an online archive of coverage at [1] with scans of a number of the articles, but presumably this in itself isn't a reliable source (there's difficulty finding reliable sources for any of this pre-Internet stuff - are there online archives to be able to build citations?) They released albums for one major label (Virgin Records, then part of EMI) and one highly-regarded indie (Setanta Records); one of their singles (Cheryl) was playlisted by BBC Radio One in 1997. (COI declaration: I'm a fan of this band and tried to sign them to my own tiny indie label ten years after their heyday.) Fosse8 (talk) 10:24, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.