Talk:The Mission (British band)

This article is overly long, bloated with trivia, and has a lot of grammar / spelling / tense errors. I'm half-tempted to revert it back about 6 months to a much more readable though less comphrehensive version. I might try and edit it all up, but I could do with help, especially from someone expert on the band's history. Djbrianuk 02:36, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Though not particularly too long, there is some non-encyclopedic content. I'm very familiar with the group and will lend a hand wherever possible. violet/riga (t) 08:53, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a cleanup tag to this article. Mission fans with writing skills should make attempts to edit this down to a reasonable length.HorsePants 20:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

01:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC) - Categorized the History and made a ton of formatting changes. Although a bit more readable, this article still needs to be shortened. I'll continue to play with it periodically. - Ms.X

criticisms

i think someone should include how unpopular they are with the critics and what they say about them since this is done with a lot of bands

addition

Added segment about forthcoming Anthology release. Also added some segments about video's to reflect that they will be released on DVD.

Article name

The title of the article ("Mission UK") seems odd to me. "The Mission (UK band)", or something, would make more sense. /skagedal^... 13:17, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I moved it. Actually it could have been The Mission (band), since the US act doesn't even have an article, but I guess it might come some day. /skagedal^... 13:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You probably aren't aware, if you're not in the US, that British acts with names that conflict with American bands tend to be marketed as "<name> UK" here. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 16:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On releases in the US the band is known as The Mission (UK). It also the URL for the official band website. So it does make a lot more sense IMHO. --Karst 12:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hinkler's departure

I'm not 100% sure, so I won't make the change, but Simon left the band before the Toronto show. He left after the Montreal show, over a rumoured dispute involving bringing girlfriends on tour. I was at the Toronto show and Wolfie was on stage to start the gig. IIRC he was playing backup guitar on that tour as Huss wanted to focus on being the front man. Huss made a plea for Simon to come back before starting Butterfly On A Wheel, but at no point was Simon on the stage that night.

discography

I started making individual pages for the band's albums, the first two are done. I'd appreciate some help though. I figure when the pages are finished we can get rid of that section in the article. That should help clean up the page nicely. Naufana 23:59, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]