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Barry Adamson

I've noticed on my copies of Visage and The Anvil that Barry Adamson is never ever credited alongside the rest of Visage as a band member, rather as a guest musician who contributes bass to certain tracks. He also has no writing credits on any Visage compositions (except the b-side Frequency 7). Was Adamson ever a true member of Visage and should he still remain on the "members" listing on the Visage wiki page? 58.7.158.191 (talk) 10:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you're right, Adamson was only a session musician and not a member of the band. I've removed him from the members list.79.66.27.155 (talk) 01:29, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although I agree with these observations, there's too much official literature out there (including album liner notes and even the band's official MySpace page) that claims Adamson as a member of the band. I've re-included him as a member, but only for the first album, as he definitely was just a session musician by the time The Anvil was recorded. Outrune (talk) 15:33, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i cant distinguish midge ure on any videos from visage .. was he ever in one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.227.165 (talk) 18:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No but he directed a couple of them (Visage and Damned Don't Cry). The band was a part-time project for most of its members, who were happy to let Steve Strange be the frontman who did all the press, covers, and media appearances. Midge Ure was much busier with Ultravox at the time. 90.214.152.38 (talk) 21:35, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Visage: band or ensemble?

The Visage project, as far as I know can't be considered a band mainly because its musicians never had any intention of perform the songs they wrote with Steve Strange live, which means they never had intentions or do any kind of touring. I tried to reflect that fact as I write about them as an ensemble and not a band. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Enigmaticland (talk • contribs) 01:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The term band used to mean a group of musicians who play primarily for marching or open-air performances, but I dont think the definition is restricted to that anymore. If that were the case, there are lots of groups that wouldn't technically be classified as a "band". These days the term "band" would just generally refer to a group of musicians, regardless of style, size, or the purpose for which they play. Visage were essentially a "studio band" although they did actually tour a little for Beat Boy didn't they? Personally I've always refered to them as a "pop group" but it all means the same thing really. 79.66.115.119 (talk) 22:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Why to This Article?

Isn't this a misuse of Wikipedia to have this be the common link for this word? Absolutely absurd... This is living proof that any primate can drive a car... Stevenmitchell (talk) 15:24, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this flaky article

There are so few sources of information cited throughout this article on Visage (only 12 footnote refs in total) that it does not deserve to be published. How can we trust its claims when relations between members of this band in all its incarnations were so evidently tense? 217.155.200.241 (talk) 01:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: move the pages, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 02:30, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Visage → Visage (band)
Visage (disambiguation) → Visage

– No matter whether it meets usage criterion of WP:primary topic, the French definition of face has more significant value than the band itself. The band named itself Visage after the French word visage. George Ho (talk) 01:21, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ - this isn't French Wikipedia. There is no reason to have an English Wikipedia article on a French word that has not been adopted into English and that has no meaning in English. Casa, to take one example, does not indicate the word's meaning in Spanish. It only serves as a disambiguation page for English uses of the word. Ground Zero | t 01:39, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying the French word should have its own article. To be frank, there is a dabpage named "Visage (disambiguation)". ~~Um, casa redirects to CASA, a dabpage also.~~ (I didn't notice your comments.) --George Ho (talk) 03:02, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

change to Support - I see from the dab page that there are several other English uses for the word, so having "Visage" as the dab page makes sense. Ground Zero | t 12:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – obviously no primarytopic for this multiply-ambiguous term. Dicklyon (talk) 02:51, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support "visage" is also an English word , see wikt:en:visage#English , and this band is certainly not the primary topic in English. -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 06:08, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Steve Strange is not more notable than all other uses of Visage combined. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:26, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support: This is an English word (e.g., Shakespeare used it in several works, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, and Sonnet #33), various notable usages are found on the dab page, the band doesn't seem that dominant a topic (although 18k views in 90 days is more than I expected to see), and the band name is derived from the word. —BarrelProof (talk) 21:19, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support – ...What they said. "Visage" is a relatively common English word, far more relevant than the band, so the disambiguation page should be the "default" as per the proposal. --V2Blast (talk) 08:53, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. No primary topic here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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