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The "Politics" section is nothing more than some old hippy's personal feelings on the subject. How do i mark this article as questioned?
Is it just me or is the part about the british band similar to the USA, not only slightly off topic but a touch disjointed as written. Actually all the other band references should probally either be ommitted or moved to a seperate totally different section of the article. -- 69.58.167.121 20:28, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
I agree - Curved Air may have been influenced by the USA, but their only real similarities were in having a female singer and electric violin. Ghmyrtle 08:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Personally, I think Curved Air has absolutely nothing in common with The USA except that they used a violin and had a female vocalist. If those are the only criteria for being "inspired by the USA" then Fairport bleedin' Convention was influenced by the USA as well as most of the neo-bluegrass "Americana" groups hanging around cluttering up things. -- Happydog
Can anyone confirm the claim made in the latest edit, that Rand Forbes has worked as an "Oracle DBA"? It appears to be vandalism, but the IP's track record looks pretty clean. - Theaterfreak64 05:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to see a reference to this in there - in many ways the USA were a West Coast parallel to the VU. Similar range of subject matter, similar musical backgrounds (links with LaMonte Young etc), female singer, exploration of new sounds in rock context, etc etc. I'd also read (in one of Richie Unterberger's books) that Nico wanted to join the USA after Dorothy Moskowitz left. Can this be confirmed further or should I just put it in ? Ghmyrtle 08:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I've now found the reference to Nico online at http://www.richieunterberger.com/united.html and included a link to the excellent Unterberger article on the USA. Ghmyrtle 10:49, 11 August 2006 (UTC)