Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Affections (band)

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The result was delete per consensus and per copyright issues. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:45, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Affections (band)[edit]

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I cannot find substantial RS coverage of this band, and they are not listed on AllMusic. Zero refs. Tagged for notability, and zero refs, a year ago. Created by a 1-article-ever-only SPA. Epeefleche (talk) 22:50, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:51, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:51, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm not coming up with any coverage in reliable sources for this group; does not appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:BAND. Gongshow ^Talk 07:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This band is almost certainly notable on the strength of their one single and gigs in Sydney. No-one here will have the resources to demonstrate it, however. A forum post references a feature in the notable Australian magazine Countdown, July '81. The single goes for $40 US these days. Their label released the first two INXS albums. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Without commenting on notability, I'm going to suggest this article ought to be a delete as a copyright violation, given that early versions of the page are a copy of text from the band's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/theaffections . Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I would recommend reading the linked record company bio. It paints a picture of an Aussie pub band from the early 80s that failed to become notable. No albums, one single released, with no evidence of sales or airplay. Other than the record company bio, no sources provided, and seemingly nothing substantial from a WP:RS source from web search. Fails WP:GNG. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 01:16, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This should not be deleted. Although this band had a rather short life span they had a significant following at the time. They supported some of the biggest Aussie bands of the era including Cold Chisel and The Angels at venues such as Sydneys iconic Hordern Pavillion. There is info on the band here http://theaffections.tripod.com/online/. The band members have gone on to achieve significant success since then - Bass player George Ellis is now the conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conducted the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games to an audience of over 3 billion people ref- http://www.georgeellis.com.au/bio.php . Brad Hayward wrote, directed and produced the Australian film Occasional Course Language and the Emy award winning tv series Scorched http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177061/ . Greg Tolhurst writes books that are sold and studied worldwide and described on Amazon.com as 'It is not only the best book ever written on its subject, but among the best monographs dealing with legal doctrine published in recent years'. Rob Smith has written and produced six albums and there is reference to these as well as The Affections on his website http://www.robsmith.com.au/biog.htm

The Affections have apparently reunited and produced an album to be released in early 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheKeeper14 (talk • contribs) 12:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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