Talk:The Academy Is...

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Contents 1 Requested move to The Academy Is... 1.1 Voting 1.2 Discussion 2 To the person above 3 They Are Mostly Indie, You're Mistaken 4 Band Picture 5 William Beckett merger 6 Links? 7 Songwriting credit? 8 Reply to songwriting credit 9 Thomas Conrad's name 10 Vandilism 11 First headlining tour 12 New album

[edit] Requested move to The Academy Is...

[edit] To the person above

Indie Rock does not exist Indie = Independent Record Label

...you should know this, if not, stop posting

As for what they are....WTF cares!? Just listen to them and ask yourself "Do I like this band or not?" rather than "OMG what kind of music is this? Im afraid to like it!"

What's funny is that "Emo" is not a genre, it's just a derogatory term, and people are too stupid to talk about music without screaming "I hate Emos". As far as I'm concerned, I had heard that MCR were the most "Emo" band ever, and TAI are too far from that to be "Emo". Genres suck anyway. I'd call them "Power Pop", if I had to..

indie rock does exist. think about it, modest mouse isnt on an indie record label and theyre what most consider indie rock. so "STFU, GTFO, FOAD & DIAF. 70.125.40.113 22:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] They Are Mostly Indie, You're Mistaken

The Acadmey Is technically Rock / Indie / Alternative, though some people classify it as emo music as well. They are not really emo though. If you actually listen to the lyrics of most of their songs, the perspective of the writier is not depressed, angry, or especially 'emoish'. So technically you can't say The Academy Is... is emo.

If I had to label them I'd agree with All Music Guide. Pop-punk more then anthing. FinalWish 21:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Band Picture

Someone recently has been changing the band pics to unrelated subjects, such as this picture and the picture of the Used. I only speak, I cannot do, so someone please fix the picture.

Done. --HarryCane 20:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William Beckett merger

Why is the article "William Beckett" tagged and suggested to be merged into this one? Most band articles feature separate articles for the individual members... - Sestet 01:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree whole-heartedly -EowynMorgan 13:23, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links?

Why are there so many links? The only links there should be are the official website, purevolume, myspace, and camptai. There should be no lyrics link, no UK interview link (wtf?), and no William Beckett link. That belongs on his own Wiki page. --Junesong 00:51, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Songwriting credit?

Quoted from this page: "Contrary to popular belief and what has been said in the press, a good portion of the music written on [Almost Here] has actually been done by LaTrace ..." (Needing source)

Quoted from the William Beckett page: "William along with bandmate Mike Carden wrote all of the songs in their new album, 'Almost Here'."

Clearly a conflict. The information on this page, going "contrary to popular belief and press" definitely needs a source. Then the information on these two pages should be consolidated. --S.Reemas, August 11th

[edit] Reply to songwriting credit

That's a tough one, I can't find any official sources on that, but I made that change on the basis that I actually am from Barrington, Illinois and I actually went to high school with Adam, AJ, and Bill and yeah I actually knew the guys.. I don't really wanna say who I am exactly because I don't want to start some sort of lame controversy.. but believe me when I say that I've actually as far as heard a lot of the material when it was only on a little digital recording device, if you really have to have some further inquiry try emailing Brian Zieske at the gallery of carpet recording studio where The Academy recorded their first EP at info@galleryofcarpet.com but I can't promise you'll get a good answer... if you really feel up to it you can also ask Johnny Minardi at his myspace http://www.myspace.com/johnnyminardi he used to work at a local record store around here called record breakers http://www.recordbreakers.net he also owned the first record company the academy was on which was called little leauge records, then LLR, but is now defunct and Minardi works for Fueled By Ramen so I pretty much doubt that he will back up what I say... oh yeah if you look through the pictures at www.recordbreakers.net interact section you'll see a few pictures of a younger Bill Beckett with short hair. It is up to you whether you want to believe me or not but the truth remains that AJ LaTres did write most of the guitar parts on almost here and I'm a firm believer that credit should be given where it is due.

[edit] Thomas Conrad's name

I don't understand why people continuously change his name to Tom Conrad when it's Thomas Conrad. You can leave it, you know? His name is Thomas Conrad, and that's what he sometimes goes by. It makes no difference. Exposedmemories 19:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandilism

Horrid Vandalism that i can't seem to edit out??

Why?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.142.42.149 (talk • contribs).

No idea what you are talking about, but if you cannot edit a page, it is most likely semi-protected, which you can avoid by signing up and becoming a registered editor. --HarryCane 12:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First headlining tour

Why does this article say that they embarked on their first ever headlining tour in spring 2006 with hellogoodbye and Panic! at the Disco? What about their summer 2005 headlining tour, with supporting bands Plain White T's, Days Away, and June.

Sorry, forgot to sign this edit. chowski 05:36, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New album

The new album is called "Chop Chop," not "Santi." Senita Fetibegovic 08:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Some have suggested that the new album is indeed called "Santi" as posted on AbsolutePunk.net[1] and hinted by the band's close friend, Johnny Minardi, on the official LiveJournal community.[2] Some believe that the first single will be called "Santi" as opposed to that being the title of the album. Exposedmemories 16:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I moved the article from Chop Chop (album) to Santi, possibly a little too prematurely. Normally I'd say we should go with the most recent "official" statement (being the in-studio interview the band did), but in this instance, I think we should lay off any further article moving until the title is verified by either the band or the label (along with maybe a supplied album cover). It would be stupid to move it now, only to move it back to Santi, once the album is titled. --HarryCane 22:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)