Talk:The Maine (band)

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This band is not Emo, do you even know anything about the music history and genres , whoever edited that?? !!!

Even on THEIR own personal Buzznet profile, they put on Alternative, believe it or not.

As you should all know, before releasing can't stop won't stop, this band had indie pop influence in the beginning, their guitar chords, and the usage of capo on an 'electric guitar', that is because Ryan and Alex originally wrote the songs on guitar for The Way We Talk, that is why it sounds more different than CSWS, the latest record. Emo is never a word to describe The Maine, Emo is a genre which is dead already, it does not mean emotional, if it does mean that, y isn't every artist labeled emo on this planet, every song needs emotions. Nobody plays it anymore, Emo genre stands for Emotive Hardcore, which is fast punk, with screaming, and crying on stage, it is not present anymore, The Maine is far from that. Their biggest influence is indeed Third Eye Blind, and of course Ivory, and if you know The Maine very well, you should know that from their Q and A's from Youtube, or interviews. they are up-beat Pop Rock, with an Alternative twist, and a bit of Pop Punk i admit. Everything I Ask For as an example. It has a tempo beat in the beginning, and the singer is influenced from a lot of Hip Hop music, he doesn't sound like an 'Emo' singer, he sings to the beat of the drums in that song, for example,'she's wearin red and she's feelin Hot !', that is why he decided that the band covers Akon. Another example of The Maine not being that genre is the song We'll All Be, it has a very typical southwest American, guitar intro to it.

Yes, i agree though, they are more on the Pop Punk side, way more, than that 'Emo' genre that was put in. Just put Emo away please, it would make them happy, in case they visit this page.

FYI:

Emo bands are: Rites of spring, Minor Threat, Early Dashboard Confessional material, Jawbreaker, Fugazi. Believe me editor of The Maine, if you truly like music, and love this band, don't mistaken them with a genre completely different, something that's hardcore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.132.231.153 (talk) 22:06, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

huh?

Not sure why there was an attempt to remove this from the Alternative rock WikiProject, punk falls into it's perview. That's a picture of Sonic Youth in the template, by the way, so if it was because of fear of being mislabeled, I wouldn't worry about it. Beeblbrox (talk) 17:59, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They may have even appeared on the cover of Alternative Press, though I can't remember for sure. I know that magazine has covered them more than once. Chubbles (talk) 18:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, punk doesn't fall under the WikiProject's scope. WesleyDodds (talk) 03:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Akon cover

The part about the Akon cover is incorrect.

The song was already recorded for their EP that was released on Fearless Records. Deadxsouls (talk) 02:51, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Written in pink?

Why is this article written in pink? I've never seen an article like this before, it's really obnoxious.. --24.1.205.187 (talk) 23:47, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever put this:
"The band's name is from when they all went on a trip and saw a road called Maine ave and they thought it sounded good so the called themselfes the maine".
you are WRONG!.
What was originally put on their was correct. If you don't believe me, it's on here : "http://the-maine.com/?page_id=20" —Preceding unsigned comment added by StocktonTheMaine (talk • contribs) 21:28, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

INDIE?? really???

So I was briefly scanning this article after I ran into this band on Youtube, and I was wondering: What exactly qualifies this band as "Indie Rock"? Seriously. There is nothing at all indie about this band; their sound and lyrics are COMPLETELY mainstream pop-punk, and they are signed to a Warner Music Group label. So they do not have an independent sound or label, why are they listed as "indie" on wikipedia? 128.120.172.77 (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]