Talk:East Hastings (song)

Dubious writer's credits

The article's infobox currently lists a number of writers all sourced from ASCAP. The list is verifiable in the source but it is rather suspect. While "East Hastings" was nominally first released in 1998 with the CD release of F♯ A♯ ∞, all three movements were present in the initial 1997 vinyl release. This makes it rather unlikely that Sophie Trudeau and Roger Tellier-Craig had a significant hand in the writing for this song since they were not a part of the band until after the vinyl release of F♯ A♯ ∞.

I don't know ASCAP or their standards, but my guess is that ASCAP looked at when the song was released and simply listed all band members present around that time. The odd exception is Mike Moya who was a member of the band for both releases, only leaving shortly before the release of Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada, and is not listed. I think that the ASCAP is likely extrapolating beyond the bounds of what is reasonable and these discrepancies are a result of that. I would suggest that the information be stricken completely, but I don't have any source to show it is incorrect, just this WP:OR.

AquitaneHungerForce (talk) 15:03, 9 November 2021 (UTC)