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Wouldn't it be appropriate to mention his late '70s band Bruford ?
-- Vanieter, 18:35, December 26th.
Go for it. I'm more of a King Crimson fan rather than a Bill Brofurd fan. I only worked on this page because it was sad to see such a fine drummer without an article in the Wikipedia.
-- Robertoalencar 12:04, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)
Well, time to read up on him I guess, although I'm no music historian.
And yay for King Crimson.
-- Vanieter 12:13, Dec 30, 2003 (-500)
I'm not sure if I should try to get this across here or write a new article about it, but I was trying to somewhat emphasize his melodic and electronic drumming by referencing the song Waiting Man. I think I'll probably just write a new article about melodic drumming.
-- Robertoalencar 18:02, Dec 31, 2003 (UTC)
This page used to refer to Bruford's birthdate as being in 1948. Currently it says 1949, although I've found other sources which cite 1950 as the date. Any final word?
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In my lengthy experience, official websites, autobiographies, etc., are the least reliable source for a correct birth date. See the following as supporting 1948 - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8].
Derek R Bullamore 11:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
I put in the interview quotes, and some headers, but now the page looks incredibly short. It really needs a lot more about King Crimson, as he played with them for longer than with Yes. Earthworks needs more, more, more... andreasegde 11:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I seem to have a problem in understanding which photos can be borrowed for Wiki. Can anyone help with photos for the Bill Bruford page? It´s beginning to look a little too black and white.
andreasegde 16:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The section on King Crimson Again is ambiguous and a little confusing. The "double trio" only refers to the 1995-1996 Thrak-era Crimson; the era comprising Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair was a quartet consisting of Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.
Bruford specifically left Yes to join King Crimson. The quote that he "spent a lot of time waiting for the phone to ring, and wondering if it ever would" (immediately preceding the King Crimson section) appears to refer to what happened after Crimson disbanded in 1974. Bondegezou 17:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I am re-writing it (after being so advised) to paraphrase Bruford´s words, so as not to be accused of plagiarism. andreasegde 13:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
HisSpaceResearch, I can forsee some problems (and comments) coming about the lack of citations. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me. --andreasegde 21:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking at the article right now to help with the GA review. (Also, I'm listening to One of a Kind right now, but that's a little less relevant.) A couple comments:
Other than these issues, I think the article could be promoted to GA status. I'll keep an eye on the article and re-review it later. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 17:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
--Ling.Nut 06:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Image:Bill Bruford - One of a Kind.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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Image:Bruford.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
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Image:Yes - Yes.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot 12:03, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I've recently done an interview with contemporary composer Colin Riley, who is currently collaborating with Bruford, which may provide some useful material for this article. I didn't want to add it myself given my COI. Bondegezou (talk) 13:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Bruford recorded a vinyl album called In search of ancients gods with the band Absolute elsewhere (look on prog archives)but at as been erease from is wikipage can somebody tell me why ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.82.205.122 (talk) 05:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Yes that what i meant to write, by wikipage i'm talking about the page Bill Bruford on wikipedia wich use to display his work with Absolute Elswhere, an unknow but wonderfull band. I lack the skills on wikipedia to rewrite it myself so if a good soul can do it it would be nice — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.82.205.122 (talk) 20:40, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
he's credited on the AE album as 'william bruford'. I understand (OR, of course) that the whole thing was a vanity project for the young paul fishman, paid for by his dad, & designed to capitalise on the success of the books by erich von daniken, which were on many coffee tables & the talk of many dinner parties. despite all that, it's a decent enough album. the bassist on it is one jon astrop, later an associate of mark shreeve, & co-writer with him of the samantha fox hit 'touch me'. didn't see that coming, did you? duncanrmi (talk) 02:33, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
The band "Bruford:" technically, isn't that a band that a band that happens to be named after him and not really a solo project? If that section theoretically were expanded, and no, I did not just volunteer :), shouldn't it be more appropriate as a standalone page? Dementia13 (talk) 14:41, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
I think the coherence of the biography here is the separation of all the various groups in which Bruford participated. Often, I have the same feeling about making sections for every album in other articles. There must be some way to more easily, yet chronologically develop a musician's article. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 21:17, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Bill Bruford/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
This is a good, comprehensive article. If the references were converted to a cited format and listed in a References section, instead of just appearing as external links, this article would be very close to GA status. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 16:21, 19 October 2006 (UTC) I've just done that.--HisSpaceResearch 00:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC) |
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in violation of wp talk page guidelines, but how else to preserve this information? here's an anecdote about the video release of the show: I saw bruford's son's band, 'infadels', at the monarch in camden, 2003-ish, maybe earlier. I'd gone there on spec, not knowing who was playing, & the first person I saw was alex's dad, bill bruford, on his own. I struck up conversation with him & watched the band with him, both of us clutching pints & cigs. those were different times. fallout from this meeting, btw, was the video release of bruford senior's "rock goes to college" appearance, which I told him I'd got a copy of via a mate at the bbc; we exchanged details (bb gave me his business card) so I could get a vhs to him & when he'd recovered from his "embarrassment", it was licensed to voiceprint. someone will be along in a minute to tidy this up & tell me (again) that this is not what talk pages are for. do us a favour- wind your neck in, go do some tidying where it's really needed.