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The result was delete. Sandstein 13:03, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Raw Deluxe[edit]

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This article would appear to fail our notability guidelines for music. TheDragonFire (talk) 13:12, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 13:20, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 13:20, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 17:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Richard3120 (talk) 17:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: fails WP:GNG and WP:BAND. There don't appear to be any major sources about this band apart from local press in San Francisco (XLR8R is a San Francisco-based publication). The Billboard reference is a red herring, added by another editor to prove (unnecessarily) that the band have never charted. The article creator was a SPA back in 2006 by the name of "Kungfuchris", which according to Discogs is also the nickname of the band's bass player Chris Arenas [1] – it seems likely that Arenas created both articles as self-promotion. The other references are nothing to do with Raw Deluxe, but promotion for Arenas' side project New Libation Orchestra. There's a blog post which seems to indicate that Arenas moved back to New Orleans in 2012 [2] to focus on the Orchestra full-time. I can't find any indication that Raw Deluxe has played live at all in the last few years, and they may well have split up some time ago – Mic Blake (Michael M Blake)'s recent social media posts focus entirely on his singing with Alphabet Soup, Vinyl and Marcus Cohen & the Congress, no mention of Raw Deluxe for years. Even if the group is still active, it's clear they've never achieved any major recognition outside of their home town. Richard3120 (talk) 17:31, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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