Talk:Stabbing Westward

You're close but not quite there regarding the origin of the band's name. It's from when Chris and Walter were bandmates at Western Illinois University, in Macomb. They had already gone through several iterations of band names that they apparently were not happy with. After a mutual rant about how crappy it is to live in Macomb Illinois, the two of them decided upon "Stabbing Westward," as a sign of aggression toward the area. Kind of rude, kind of funny, and as far as I know, true. I obtained that info from old issues of a great magazine called Illinois Entertainer. [User: stabwest | 4 AUG 2006]

How was the self-titled CD industrial? I'm changing it to reflect their shift towards alternative rock.

I've changed the bit about them being named after a Wesley Willis song, since he didn't start performing until about 1989, while they formed in 1985. It was common for Willis to write a song about a band and name it after them. how come chris hall is now 2010-present, where is the source, why is years active still 1985-2002, this page needs fix, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.185.45 (talk) 21:09, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

the bands name

i have been told that the bands name came from the anger they felt towards thier classmates, at westward high school... the person who toldme this also told me that they had the potential to become a predesessor to the columbine massacre, but they channelled thier anger differently. can anyone confirm this?Karaveks voice 17:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC) --Hall went to a highschool in Peoria while Walter went to a different highschool in Schumburg IL StabbingWestward37

• I've heard this as well, but it was on a SW fansite that claimed they got the name from a school they both attended and hated. Tigermave 22:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

--The School was Western Illinois University and they did not hate the school they hated the town of Macomb sorce-Stabbing Westward's press kit from kosh records 2000 StabbingWestward37

any way we can find that site and proove it enough to add to the article?Karaveks voice 22:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

• I tried looking around a bit but I can't find it. The site was one of those AngelFire or Tripod hosted sites way back in early 2000 or 2001, so it's doubtful that it's still there.. Tigermave 22:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

well, i appreicaite the effort... maybe i aught to try thier old offical site if its still there...Karaveks voice 23:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

1992 Demo/EP

I have a copy of this demo that says "Iwo Jesus" on it, not "Iwo Jima." Is that the right name? Should the article be updated? Rnb (talk) 17:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Genre

I have removed "industrial metal" from the band's genre as their music is quite far from being considered as such. Industrial/alternative rock are much more suitable labels; industrial metal would never get mainstream airplay the way this band did back in 1998. Additionally, their music lacks metal elements apart from distorted guitars and to call them "industrial metal" would be inaccurate. I am not going to start a genre war here, but if you believe they should be represented as "industrial metal", please discuss reasons why. 99.242.12.83 (talk) 12:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced info

The following material is unsourced:

• Stabbing Westward was one of many bands to be the subject of a Wesley Willis song.

--If you listen to the lyrics of the willis song they are "I went to the metro and saw a show the band was Stabbing Westward Stabbing Westward." The song was named for them not them named for the song.StabbingWestward37

• The band's lyrics were written by Christopher Hall, Stuart Zechman and Andy Kubiszewski.
• Walter Flakus is currently an on-air host for XM Satellite Radio (as "StabWalt").

--you can see this on his myspace page he does his playlist every week.www.myspace.com/stabwaltStabbingWestward37

• The songs "Lies," "Lost" and "Can't Happen Here," from the Ungod album, were featured in the movie Mortal Kombat. However, because the band did not think the movie would do well in theaters, they opted not to allow the songs on the official soundtrack. A marketing mistake, as the album and movie went on to become quite popular.
• An acoustic set was recorded on April 3, 1999 at the radio station KNDD 107.7 The End in Seattle, Washington entitled The End Sessions. The set list is as follows (in order):

Waking Up Beside You

Shame
Drowning
Haunting Me

What Do I Have To Do?

• "So Far Away," "Happy," "Perfect," "I Remember" and a cover of The Carpenters song "Top of the World" were all performed live acoustically on Australian radio station Triple M, during "The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show."

The last fact is interesting to me, as I don't recall this and I was an avid listener to Andrew Denton's show at the time. Anyway, if sources can be provided, please incorporate this into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 02:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Specificity

WTF is that paragraph supposed to be? BLAH 206.182.134.93 (talk) 13:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)