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Space Cowboy

Space Cowboy should be added to Associated Acts cause he toured with her and produced for her.

Red and Blue EP?

She released an EP as Stefani Germanotta... Not too many reliable sources that I found to back this up, but it's been leaked (including cover art) and the songs are on YouTube. Perhaps worth a mention in the article? Some say it was a 2006 release... One article claims a 2005 release. Seems they only pressed about 100 copies though, so notability may be sketchy. Tehae (talk) 04:43, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This has been discussed time and again that its not-notable. Please check the archives for the discussions on this. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 04:47, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Musical styles and influences

Most of the opening passage of this section is pure drivel, and almost all of it either unquantifiable posturing or bafflingly sycophantic comparisons. Add to this the fact that a couple of sentences appear run together and do not make a bit of sense:

"She has often been likened to Blondie singer Debbie Harry, and artist Andy Warhol, poet Rainer Maria Rilke, fashion icon/actress/singer Grace Jones, and fashion as a whole, have all been cited as inspirations as well."

Aside from not making grammatical sense the sentence is technically false as well. She has not been "often" likened to Rilke (a baffling suggestion). Similarly, comparisons to Warhol only persist because she is the one making them. It does not behoove this site to applaud someone like Lady Gaga for leeching off the image of a long-dead artist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DinnerAtTheApollo (talk • contribs) 09:12, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

early life

Roman Catholic should be linked. After all, the school she went to was Catholic, hence formative influence - wikilinking is the least that could be done. Same goes for Madonna fyi. 193.188.47.23 (talk) 22:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

typo

Can someone with access change "deamier side of fame" to something that makes sense? Think it's meant to be "seamier"

Per The Fame Monster ¶2, it was supposed to be "darker". Fixed. Jbarrett (talk) 22:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]