Talk:Epoxies

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Put the image up. I remember reading a discussion about putting an image on wikipedia on The Epoxies' forum. So, I put one up. --Simsimius 15:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought punk and new wave were the same. Watching the clips on YT they look and sound more like a mix of Flock of Seagulls and The Revillos. 81.86.144.210 18:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Wave is quite different from Punk, but The Epoxies are new wave with a "bit" of punk thrown in. --Simsimius 20:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kay, so The Epoxies have, pretty much, broken up. Oddly enough, Wikipedia bans any links to blog.myspace.com where Roxy confirms this in an interview, but see http:// blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70029561&blogID=367657942 for the interview and http://epoxies.mediarebellion.com/viewtopic.php?t=1444 for the semi-official announcement on the Epoxies message boards from Roxy's partner. Palnu (talk) 22:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

is there any reason the first sentence refers to the band in the past tense?Friendofwashoe (talk) 01:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You'll notice that the whole article is in the past tense because they split in late 2007. That's also why the 'years active' field in the infobox says '2000–2007'. It's not likely that they will get back together, at least not in the near future. It's pretty awful, I know. Zytsef (talk) 01:48, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrical themes[edit]

"The group's music is a novel synthesis of punk rock and new wave but[1] their lyrics are strictly focused[2] on science fiction themes, Atomic Age futurism, alienation and consumerism[3]." - I disagree with three things:

But? Why punk rock/new wave BUT consumerism and alienation?
That sounds like they had very narrow frames which isn't true, because
This list is somehow odd. One of the first songs they recorded is "Beat my guest" which is about abuse - a popular theme in their music (including Crystal Clear from the last EP) and relationships making about half of songs(including abusive relations) - like erotic Bathroom Stall, This day, It's you. I checked all songs to be sure and science fiction themes are really rare - and I even included songs like "Molded plastic" which is a metaphor or "Synthesized" which refers to simulacra and lack of reality/naturality, I'm not sure if that really qualifies as sci-fi. I'm not saying we should add all these topics, but really, does "strictly" fits here? We can put any band in such box.

"The Clash played mostly punk rock but their lyrics were strictly focused on social problems and futuristic, dream-alike visions (Armagideon Time, Remote Control). Their lyrics, sang mostly in Spanish, prominently used cute puppies like Rin Tin Tin" - take one song, read single verse, extrapolate it and viola.

My proposal is: "The group's music is a novel synthesis of punk rock and new wave. Their lyrical themes include relationships, abuse, alienation and consumerism, sometimes using science fiction themes and Atomic Age futurism as a medium.". What do you think?

The next sentence is "Robots{1? 2?}, androids {0? Eventually 1.}, clones{1} and nuclear weapons{1?} all figure prominently in the Epoxies' lyrics". In brackets I gave my estimates for songs containing given themes. They had futuristic image, but besides that there's no much sci-fi. 89.69.127.250 (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]