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Fuck California was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 March 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into The Presidents of the United States of America (band). The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Improvements

I was thinking that articles for Basitar and Guitbass would be good - I don't know enough about such instrumentation to write the articles myself but i'll create links for someone else to make an article for. MagicBez 18:18, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I, too, would like to know more about them. But, I don't. Whatever shall I do?Atinoda 05:44, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Chris B. created the Guitbass, or perhaps both, with the late Mark Sandman. Kidney Stone 12:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Sandman was switching guitar and bass strings back and forth since at least the mid to early 1980's w/ Treat Her Right. Ballew learned the technique from MS. Youspeakmylanguage 22:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of creating just such an article, thought it would be my first and would probably be doomed to stub status for a while. Still, worth it, I think. Harmarsh16 (talk) 02:57, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of the basitar, this photo strongly suggests that its two strings are in the D and B positions, not A and D. Joamiq (talk) 07:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, if that was a regular guitar strung with two strings the way his is it would be D and G. Look at the tuning pegs present. Top peg furthest away on any guitar is the D string and bottom peg furthest away is for the G string. This is the way it is strung in that photo.--109.150.133.61 (talk) 21:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moved here from article, dunno if of any value:

PUSA IS NOT AN EMO BAND. Alternative would suffice. They don't want to nor whine about how they are in love with their best friend whose dog died when they were 6.

Stan 14:48, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Seems like there's no reason for random bashing to exist.Atinoda 05:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Albums

In 2004, PUSA I and Freaked Out & Small were re-released, with significant extra material. They have been added. -- Broken Arms Gordon 02:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Link broken

The rareties wiki link is broken..it leads to an album by Roxette Flyerhell 22:30, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What happened in 1992?

The first section of the Biography section is title "Early years and rise to fame (1992-1998)" however it states that the band was only formed in late 1992. No other reference to 1992 appears. Did anything relating to the band happen in 1992 or should section read "Early years and rise to fame (1993-1998)"? Canderra 04:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath? Of what?

"Aftermath (2000-present)" doesn't really seem to be an adequate way to describe this era of the band's history. "Reformation" would probably do a better job. I'm changing it, unless anyone has any particular qualms about it. Artiste-extraordinaire 11:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC) I see no problem with it, i actually agree. "aftermath" is something id use to describe kurt cobain or jimi hendrix people with untimley deaths that completly ended the bands.[reply]

Naming inconsistency

Why is it that this article is named "The" Presidents when other articles, such as Bloodhound Gang omit the "The"? See the issue explained in the manual of style, specifically Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name). GilliamJF 15:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That page also has naming conventions for bands which officially use "The," PUSA included. S.O. E-L-I-Z-A (YB3) ^T@lk/_contribs 02:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to "Naming inconsistency"

I think the band would prefer "the" because they were a strange band and they werent just Presidents, they were THE Presidents! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giraffe luver-2024 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gump

Should Weird Al's parody "Gump" be mentioned? It does show how popular they were.

I think so, I recall Chamillionaire, who did "Ridin' Dirty", said that was his first sort of realization that he was big was when Weird Al did a parody of his song recently. But was it an indication of their overall popularity or the popularity of that one song? They did disappear for a bit after that album, no? Chewbacca1010 02:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This should definitely be added to the article. Harmarsh16 (talk) 02:58, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How they currently play

I don't think they play with Basitars or guitbasses anymore, I watched a video of them on youtube and they had a bassist. Here is the video (Uploaded by the band):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XFdErzVgHlY&feature=PlayList&p=19640FCC5552DFBD&index=1&fmt=18 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.21.64.23 (talk) 00:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This was a one off show with Duff McKagan on Bass Guitar. He occassionally jammed with them, during this time period. This video is from the Freaked Out and Small tour back in the early 2000's. Dave Dederer was on guitar, and he's not in the band anymore. When I saw them play in 2004 (for the Love Everybody tour), they still played Guitbass and Basitar. Phefner (talk) 16:08, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apolitical?

I understand that the band's lyrics are generally silly and uninterested in current events, but it seems odd to describe them as "apolitical" right before discussing the fact that they've in some way supported three of the last four Democratic presidential nominees. What do you think? 68.183.195.100 (talk) 07:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TremorMilo[reply]

which is better peaches or lump

I have to say they are both good songs. Lump and peaches are both a little funny (and random). Which do you think is better? I personally like peaches but what do you think? please commentScreendoortotheextreme (talk) 14:31, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to "which is better peaches or lump"

I seriosly prefer lump because im am scarred for life and cannot listen to peaches. A few yrs ago in my class all of the boys would always sing it and they sounded so horrible that I couldent stand it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giraffe luver-2024 (talk • contribs) 03:38, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free Image?

Current version of the page says regarding band image appearing in the infobox, "The image above is believed to be a replaceable non-free image. It will be deleted on 2010-04-06 if not determined to be irreplaceable. If you believe this image is not replaceable, follow the instructions on the image page to dispute this assertion." I see nothing on the image page regarding this assertion, so I assume the image is no longer considered non-free, and the warning can be removed from the article. Any comments whether it is safe to do so? I'll do so if there are no objections. Oswald Glinkmeyer (talk) 19:02, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dablink

"the presidents of the usa" in google goes to this page where as "presidents of the usa" goes to the list of us presidents. I create a dablink at the top of this page to reflect. --96.49.226.123 (talk) 05:44, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy nominations and any other awards

I think it should be mentioned that the band were nominated twice for Grammys. This would prove how successful they were and were at the pinnacle of their career in the 90s.

The first was for: The Presidents of the United States of America in the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.

The second was for: "Peaches" in the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal.

Source: CD Universe

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesterc27 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Early names

They were referred to on local radio as 'All the dead presidents of the united states' early on, but I can't find a reference to that now. Has anyone seen that version of their name? 174.62.69.11 (talk) 08:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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