User talk:Alternative Idiot

"We are the best band in the world....modestly the best band in the world." - Darren Middleton

Project news

• List of Nine Inch Nails live-band members, List of The Killers awards, and the discographies of Kaiser Chiefs, Soundgarden, Garbage, and Mark Lanegan reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Underneath-it-All, Drewcifer3000, -5-, WilliamH, and Be Black Hole Sun.
• R.E.M. was featured on the Main Page on July 10.
• We collaborated on With Teeth, American Idiot, Weezer, and "Creep" (Radiohead song) during the past month.
• During the month of July, The Black Parade, Arcade Fire, and "Live Forever" were promoted to good article status.
• We are currently discussing various alternative rock albums as possible candidates for a project-wide Featured Topic collaboration. Please join the discussion here.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996).

New members

Arbocalaviv, Samushi101, Carbonrodney, Red157, and dmodlin71 joined the alternative music fold during July.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"Oh, we've been called an alternative band before. But we eat meat, so I think we're disqualified: chili dogs, corn dogs, Jimmy Dean Sausage Breakfast."- Kurt Cobain

Project news

• "My Happiness" (song) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Giggy.
• Isobel Campbell discography, List of Nine Inch Nails awards, List of Soundgarden awards, and List of Pearl Jam awards reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Red157, Drewcifer3000, -5-, and Be Black Hole Sun.
• Flea (musician) was featured on the Main Page on August 19.
• We collaborated on "Interstate Love Song", The Smiths, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Sub Pop, and Bleach (album) during the past month.
• During the month of August, Superunknown, Vs. (Pearl Jam album), Black Holes & Revelations, "Clocks" (song), and Disintegration were promoted to good article status.
• We are currently discussing various alternative rock albums as possible candidates for a project-wide Featured Topic collaboration. Please join the discussion here.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Velocity Girl - Copacetic (1993).

New members

Corythepaperboy, Hiram111, Yozzer66, and Lugnuts joined the alternative music fold during August.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"And suddenly the plane dropped to the right, then to the left, and the ground was right there. And all I could think was, Fuck, I didn’t finish "Fix You." That would have been my last thought: I didn’t get that chorus right."- Chris Martin

Project news

• Disintegration reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to NSR77 and WesleyDodds.
• List of Björk awards, List of Rage Against the Machine awards, and List of awards and nominations received by Muse reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King, who wrote all three featured lists.
• David Lovering was featured on the Main Page on September 17.
• We collaborated on Parklife, Tragic Kingdom, Bauhaus (band), and OK Computer during the past month.
• During the month of September, The White Stripes, "Yellow" (song), No Depression (album), "Speed of Sound" (song), "The Scientist" (song), "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", "In My Place", Demolition Plot J-7, No Age, and "All the Way" (Eddie Vedder song) were promoted to good article status.
• Help us select good versions of WP:ALM articles for inclusion on the Wikipedia 0.7 release! Find out more about Wikipedia 0.7 selection on the project talk page and add your thoughts to the discussion. If you are personally responsible for a Featured or Good Article listed here, please the select a version to include in Wikipedia 0.7 on that page if you haven't already. Page versions must be selected by October 20.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home (2006).

New members

ThinkBlue joined the alternative music fold during September.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"When we were trying to sell 'This Corrosion' to Steinman, we said it was like the high point of a Borgia disco evening and he went for it. Nobody makes gloriously stupid records anymore."- Andrew Eldritch

Project news

• "Paranoid Android" reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn and Giggy.
• List of awards and nominations received by The White Stripes, List of awards and nominations received by The Strokes, List of awards and nominations received by Nirvana, List of awards and nominations received by Beck, List of awards and nominations received by Gorillaz, List of awards and nominations received by Barenaked Ladies, and the discographies of The White Stripes and Supergrass reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King, Red157, and TwentiethApril1986.
• A Rush of Blood to the Head reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to ThinkBlue.
• We collaborated on Modest Mouse, "Paranoid Android", "Alright" (Supergrass song), and "Karma Police" during the past month.
• During the month of October, Parachutes, X&Y, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Singles 1992–2003, I Should Coco, The Beacon Street Collection, Tragic Kingdom, and "No One Knows" were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju (1981).

New members

SanePsychotic joined the alternative music fold during October.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"I had access to the most quality fanny available." - Jarvis Cocker

Project news

• No Depression (album) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Teemu08.
• List of awards and nominations received by Bloc Party and List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King and WilliamH.
• We collaborated on Blessid Union of Souls, Britpop, Morrissey, Yield (album), and "No Surprises" during the past month.
• During the month of November, No Doubt (No Doubt album), "The Hardest Part" (Coldplay song), "Talk" (song), "Violet Hill" (song), "Don't Panic" (song), and "Fix You" were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995).

New members

A Stop at Willoughby and Trap The Drum Wonder joined the alternative music fold during November.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"Anthony's a sex symbol. You see the thing is for the girls they're like 'oh Anthony he's so beautiful! And his muscles and his hair and oh golly he's so sexy!' but with me its like [with men] 'DUDE YOU'RE SO AWESOME...WOW DUDE. WOW!" - Flea

Project news

• The Cure discography and Audioslave discography reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to JD554 and Cannibaloki.
• Parachutes and Hey Venus! reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to ThinkBlue and Cavie78.
• We collaborated on Thom Yorke, Dirt (album), Suede (band), and Nothing's Shocking during the past month.
• During the month of December, In Utero and White Lies (band) were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish? (2002).

New members

Papa November and S. Dean Jameson joined the alternative music fold during December.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"I want to find the guy that invented compression and tear his liver out. I hate it. It makes everything sound like a beer commercial." - Steve Albini

Project news

• In Utero reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds.
• The discographies of Bauhaus and Sigur Rós reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to JD554 and Matthewedwards.
• Year Zero (album) was featured on the Main Page on February 2.
• We collaborated on "All Apologies", Shoegazing, The Stone Roses, and The Jesus and Mary Chain during the past month.
• During the month of February, Augie March, Modern Life Is Rubbish, "Give It Away" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song), and The Get Up Kids were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988).

New members

MikeGruz and Blackadam2 joined the alternative music fold during February.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"I got a lot of shit for the Rolling Stone review of Reckoning because the guy really likes my guitar style and he wrote, 'on this record, Pete Buck does everything.' We'd stop for gas and it would be, 'Pete Buck does everything. Why don't you go pump the gas, Pete?'" - Peter Buck

Project news

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs discography reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000.
• We collaborated on Liam Gallagher, Riot Act (album), Automatic for the People, Jane's Addiction, and "Give It Away" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) during the past month.
• During the month of March, "Lovers in Japan", "Hello Sunshine", Evergreen, Reckoning (R.E.M. album), Love Kraft, "Golden Retriever" (song), and Delorentos were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (1985).

New members

LizParker and Cavie78 joined the alternative music fold during March.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"The other day I had these Jehovah's Witnesses come round to my house, and they tried to convince me that the Pope was the Devil's representative on Earth. So I told them that Jesus was the world's first communist. So they left. They were genuinely enraged.'" - Ian Brown

Project news

• We collaborated on The Stone Roses (album), "Don't Speak", Indie rock, and Eddie Vedder during the past month.
• During the month of April, Slow Life, "Lost!", and Phantom Phorce were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Stereolab - Chemical Chords (2008).

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"Well, I remember hearing girls behind me in English class talking about turning 18 and being old enough to strip. It wasn't that weird at the time.'" - Brandon Flowers

Project news

• John Frusciante and U2 were featured on the Main Page on May 2 and 26.
• We collaborated on The Bends, Interpol (band), "How Soon Is Now?", "Hand in Glove", and "I Wanna Be Adored" during the past month.
• During the month of May, Fantasy Black Channel was promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country (2006).

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"The only confusion was, I think we all thought they were women. Kim was obviously a woman, but they all had this shaved-headed, pretty, soft look. And there were lots of lesbian bands at the time, and we always got booked with them, so we just thought the Pixies were another, like maybe they were like angry divorcees or somthing that formed a band.'" - Kristin Hersh

Project news

• Fantasy Black Channel reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Rafablu88.
• List of awards and nominations received by Snow Patrol reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Suede67.
• Phantom Power reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to Cavie78.
• In Utero was featured on the Main Page on June 20.
• We collaborated on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Silent Alarm, Pornography (album), and Bossanova during the past month.
• During the month of June, Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album) was promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986).

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"I rip off more fuckin' people than anyone in the world. I rip off my own rip-offs." - Jared Followill

Project news

• Silent Alarm reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Rafablu88.
• We collaborated on Trompe le Monde, Bush (band), Debut (album), and Hot Fuss during the past month.
• During the month of July, Intimacy (Bloc Party album) and "Hand in Glove" were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Ride - Going Blank Again (1992).

New members

Guitarherochristopher and Andrzejbanas joined the alternative music fold during July.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds

"We've been having lots of sex, and we're pregnant with the new baby already. It's vicious! It will have claws, like Freddy Kruger's lovechild.'" - Tom Meighan

Project news

• Alice in Chains was featured on the Main Page on August 27.
• We collaborated on "Panic" (song), Daydream Nation, Kings of Leon, Goo (album), and Suede (album) during the past month.
• During the month of August, Nevermind and "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" were promoted to good article status.
• This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989).

New members

Dylan620, SteelersFan UK06, Guitarherochristopher and Thatguykalem joined the alternative music fold during August.

Editors

User:WesleyDodds