Talk:Tesla (band)/Archive 1

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I placed this tag because of the following paragraph:

Tesla's remake of Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" (1990) is the best-known of Tesla's hits, which also include "Comin' Atcha Live," "Gettin' Better," "Modern Day Cowboy," the Ph.D. cover "Little Suzi," "Edison's Medicine," and "Love Song." To this day, "Love Song" is probably the most remembered of the band's songs, and still receives much airplay on rock stations.

So what's the most known, "Signs" or "Love Song"? (And isn't that full of weasel words anyway? Anthony Rupert 23:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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"the ... album was damaged" -- that's an opinion -- Ff1959 00:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

The article states that a citation is needed for: "In 1991 the band released their third studio album Psychotic Supper. The band themselves consider this to be their best album according to their official web site.[citation needed]." In literature, this is called ibid, meaning that it is self citing. It would not need a further citation.

The word acoustical is misspelled under the heading "Tours" 66.178.135.186 (talk) 16:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

band still active

Vocalist Jeff Keith fronted a band that included guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, bassist Brian Wheat and drummer Troy Luccketta.

He still fronts the band.

Tesla's music was akin to heavy metal, but was more bluesy

"was" should be "is".

Glam metal

I don't disagree with Tesla being labeled glam metal, but it is listed in the info box twice. lol 68.102.235.239 (talk) 04:11, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

ethnicity/nationality of namesake Nikola Tesla

The discussions of Nikola Tesla's ethnicity and nationality are infamous (Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars#Nikola Tesla):

Born of Serbian parents in a part of the Austrian Empire, which a short time later became a part of the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary and is now in Croatia; so was he Serbian? Croatian? Austrian? Austro-Hungarian? You decide! But don't forget to leave an edit summary saying how pathetic it is to choose any other version...

As such, I have simply chosen to delete any reference to his ethnicity on this page, as it is only tangentially relevant to the band. -- Sertrel (talk | contribs) 21:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Synths were used.

One has only to listen to the song "Changes" off of "Mechanical Resonance" to know that synths were used. The synth drone begins directly at the end of the keyboard intro at about 00:20, -solos- from 0:33-00:39, and underlays the entire guitar motif in the similar sections of the song, alternating root notes while the guitar stays the same. There are additional synth parts later throughout the song, starting as early as 00:47, and recurring through the verses. I can only assume that the person that wrote they didn't use synths never even listened to the first album in its entirety. That claim is incorrect. In addition, "No Machines" was not necessarily taken to mean no synths or other such things. In fact, on "Mechanical Resonance", it appears on the packaging/art/liner notes, but there was never any explanation at all as to its meaning; that claim is an assumption with (AFAIK) no substantiation, especially with no source cited. --Fairlight2cx 21:02, 10, April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairlight2cx (talk • contribs)

ADDITIONAL EDIT: You know, one could easily cite the picture of the band onstage as of 06/29/09 in this entry as a contrary source. Look at stage left (reader's right), and you'll find a synth on a stand. That's all the proof I need. That section about no synths being used needs to be altered. I'm not hauling off and doing it because I'm not a regular editor. I'd rather one of this page's maintainers fixed the erroneous material. Fairlight 09:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairlight2cx (talk • contribs)

EDIT 2: On the Replugged Live CD, disc 1, track 3 ("Hang Tough"), it opens blatantly with a synth. There is absolutely no question about it. I'm about ready to remove the offending section myself, since my comments priot to this edit have met with no action for several months. Fairlight 15:30, 12 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairlight2cx (talk • contribs)

PLATINUM?

When and where did their last few albums go gold & platinum? It wasn't in the USA by the RIAA. =D Those albums didn't place in the Billboard 100 that high either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.20.165.106 (talk) 21:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Guitars

I have the first three albums on CD. Tommy and Frank share lead guitar duties on all three albums. Therefore I've changed both their roles to "lead & rhythm guitars."

The original lead singer

Was in fact named Jeff Harper, Who left the band shortly before they made the tranformation from city kid to tesla. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.20.0.125 (talk) 18:20, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Charity Work

I don't think playing at a Sacramento Kings rally qualifies for charity. I'm not sure in the annals of time it is even notable. Anybody else have an opinion?--MattyMetalFan (talk) 19:02, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Psychotic Supper Bonus Tracks

In the UK CD single releases:

Love Song 1989

Track 2 was "I Ain't Superstitious".

Edison's Medicine 1991

Track 3 "Rock the Nation".

Track 4 "Run Run Run".

Signs.... under emphasized in the article?

Seems to me that their Signs cover is their biggest hit and therefore most notable claim to fame. Yet it's only mentioned 3 times in the whole article and without any focus on it. In particular, the lead doesn't mention it. From my perspective, the band is "most notable for the video of their 1990 cover of the song Signs" and this is important enough to be in the lead. But this is just my point of view. Is Signs the unpinning of their notability and therefore under covered here? Jason Quinn (talk) 04:54, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

I agree, I'll find a way to work it into the article tomorrow when I have more time.Category adder :D (talk) 05:43, 14 June 2021 (UTC)