Talk:Music of New Jersey

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[edit] Introduction

The biggest superstar from New Jersey is probably Bruce Springsteen, who became a 1980s icon with complex lyrical stories about teens growing up in Freehold and other economically depressed areas of New Jersey.

This is a horrible introduction sentence into this article. Since the article is not specifically about Bruce Springsteen, the opening sentence should be changed to be more general. In addition, the music underneath the culture section of New Jersey have to be reorganized, and some has to be moved into this page. AndyZ 00:10, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I removed the POV reference to Springsteen, but I'm sure it could be improved upon. Spartacusprime 21:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Jersey Hardcore

Shouldn't we mention the rather large hardcore scene that exists in New Jersey? I know that New Jersey has spawned a large amount of groups in that genre, but I don't know if Wikipedia will allow it. Spartacusprime 21:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RyKe

I removed that artist from the list because

  • A Google search turned up one mention on the second page,
  • There is no article about the artist,
  • The username of the person who added RyKe is "RyKenation". I sensed promotion, thus I removed it. Spartacusprime 20:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] p-funk

I didn't notice anything about George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. I believe they started out in Plainfield.

[edit] George Antheil

The classical composer George Antheil who was known as the infamous 'Bad Boy of Music' was born in Trenton. His music was very percussive and important, I think he deserves a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.255.176 (talk) 19:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Free Yon

"Free Yon is from Central NJ."

Does this band really deserve to be on a list of prominent New Jersey musicians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.89.180.65 (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)