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Proposed deletion of Mad rad

The article Mad rad has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails the notability of WP:BAND

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Mad Rad

Mad Rad is a Seattle based Hip Hop/ Electronic music group that consists of five members; three vocalists, a DJ, and a drummer. Four members of Mad Rad have stage names which are as follows; Nathan Quiroga (Buffalo Madonna), Peter Robinson (P Smoov), Gregory Smith (Terry Radjaw ), Ty Finnan (DJ Darwin), and their drummer's name is Trent Moorman. Mad Rad formed in 2007 and have released two full length albums, their most recent in 2010 (The Youth Die Young).

ABOUT

Mad Rad has been classified in several different music genres and are widely popular in Seattle for their similarities to a genre called Hipster Hop, also known as “Third-Wave” HipHop. Mad Rad member P Smoov is the main producer of all of Mad Rad's music. P Smoov attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. P Smoov is also one part of the Seattle based Hip Hop duo Fresh Espresso.

NOTERIETY

On July 6th , 2010 Spin Magazine named Mad Rad the Best-Kept Seattle Secret. In November 2010, Mad Rad was featured on Seattle independent radio station KEXP's Song of the Day blog for their song “The Youth Die Young”. Mad Rad has preformed at multiple music festivals in the Pacific Northwest including Bumbershoot, Capital Hill Block Party, and Sasquatch.

CONTROVERSIES

Mad Rad was involved in an incident at local Seattle club, Neumos. The incident sent three of the five members of Mad Rad to jail for two nights. They were banned from Neumos in early 2009 but the ban has sense been lifted as of early 2010. Their return show to the Neumos, which was a free show, took place on Thursday January 21st, 2010. The group was also reportedly banned from five other clubs in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood; King Cobra, Havana, The Saint, The War Room and Chop Suey.

DISCOGRAPHY

-White Gold (2008) Label: Out For Stardom -The Youth Die Young (2010) Label: Out For Stardom

References

{{1.http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author?oid=45200&year=2011 2.http://www.madradmusic.com/discography/ 3.http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-best-of-2009/Content?oid=3041693 4.http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-17/music/mad-rad-s-trouble-making-hipster-hop/2/ 5.http://www.spin.com/gallery/10-best-bands-seattles-block-party?page=11#main 6.http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2010/11/26/song-of-the-day-mad-rad-–-the-youth-die-young/ 7.http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/01/15/three_members_of_mad_rad_charg 8.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2010775562_mad_rad_un-banned_from_neumos.html 9.http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/01/22/mad-rads-triumphant-return-to-neumos 10.http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/01/16/mad_rad_banned_from_six_capito}}

Nomination of Mad Rad for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mad Rad is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Inks.LWC (talk) 01:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)