Talk:Synth rock
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I removed some bands, because unless you find a source that calls them synth-rock, that reeks of original research AND the bands themselves were of other genres. Some bands here still bother me. The Bravery, The Faint, the Killers. Yes they have synths. Yes they are rock, but I think they are in a different genre-world-scene altogether. I personally believe only orgy/deadsy/anix like bands qualify as synth rock, but I'm not exactly a citable source. This articles needs some of those. --Clementduval 06:04, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
The "traditional setup" for a synth rock band section needs to be fixed, maybe as a "traditional synth rock instruments" section or something, detailing traditional elements, eg. electronic drums, drum triggers, et cetera.
[edit] Cleanup
- Took a shot at it; reluctant to go further w/out any references bsides my own (questionable) memory. . . . Soundguy99 05:13, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
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- there is no such genre as "Synth rock", the article itself admits that. how about moving it to "History of the synthesizer in rock" or something? Jdcooper 18:38, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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- Well, that was me adding that part as an attempt to cleanup; OTOH, while it's not a specifically-definable genre, I think enough bands have been described as "Synth rock" for it to be reasonable title for an article. Soundguy99 20:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
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- there are a few bands such as deadsy, orgy, the anix, vanity beach, etc, who have said themselves they are of the synthrock genre, and are usually classed as synthrock, as there's not really a better descriptor Groundfloor 06:19, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
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- I second that. I've seen synthrock referenced in several music textbooks as a real genre, and some bands do refer to themselves as being synthrock. And as for the nomination to be merged? Why? Synthrock and synthpop are two distinctly different but related genres, therefore they should have individual articles. Beno1000 17:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
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I consider myself very musically literate and i can't say i've ever head of synth-rock. I mean you've got synth-pop, the real issue is whether there really is a difference between rock and pop in the cases of 'syth-rock' bands, like Duran Duran, Devo, New Order ect. i think if anything they would be more dance than rock anyhow.
I've done a bit of cleanup, and think the following things still need some work:
- 1990s: There should be some description of what "intricate guitar processing" means.
- Overall, this needs citations. I tagged a few statements that particularly struck me as needing them.
--Pastafarian Nights 06:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Removed Interpol from the list, because although some of their songs do feature background synthesizers, it's certainly not a defining aspect of their music.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.208.245.67 07:48, June 4, 2006 (talk • contribs).
