Talk:Steelheart

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This page is erroneously linked to the William C. Dietz page. Due to some sort of error the band "Steelheart" is linked to a book of the same name by Dietz. I suggest that the link be removed. Bdietz2 (talk) 17:15, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This entire article reads more like a fan magazine piece then an encyclopedia entry. "Steelheart ended that night, after a very impressive career." At this point they had two albums as their entire genre of music was coming to an end. There are also references to their "greedy" manager, and a night that "forever will be remembered by Steelheart fans". Whether or not any of that's true, it's not encyclopedic. The article also fails to site any sources (MTV's second most requested video for example... second most requested when? One particular day? One month?) This article needs a cleanup, possibly an entire re-write. I'm adding a NPOV tag and an Unreferenced tag to the article. BambinoPrime 18:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The greedy part is allegedly a quote. If so it needs a citation.Jkolak (talk) 12:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also searching MTV.com, there are thousands of artists listed with "Most Requested" rankings, but searching Steelheart returns no result.Jkolak (talk) 12:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted removal of the "Glam" label. If you want to pick another appropriate label then do so, but they sure as hell aren't "one of the last popular bands". Personally I think "Glam" describes them very well. BambinoPrime 15:50, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your personal opinion really isn't relevant on an encyclopedia now, is it? The term "glam metal" was actually offensive to many people, just like calling it "hair metal" or "butt rock." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.123.190.63 (talk) 19:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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A lot of artists aren't happy with the genre labels put on them, but genre classification is based on musical traits.Jkolak (talk) 12:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History: A melodic pop metal band with majestic vocals, Steelheart hit it big with their debut album and became MTV darlings before the grunge movement crushed any momentum they once had.

 Mike Matijevic (vocals), Chris Risola (guitar), Frank DiCostanzo (guitar), and Rage Of Angels members James Ward (bass) and John Fowler (drums) formed Steelheart in Norwalk, Connecticut in the early 1980's. Matijevic's multi-octave range was what set the band apart from most others in the late stages of the glam era. 
 After close to a decade of toiling in local bars, the band finally got a record deal. The debut album went platinum behind MTV's heavy rotation of the power ballad "I'll Never Let You Go" (which reached #23 on Billboard's singles chart). But the follow-up, which showed the band could really rock, didn't get the exposure it deserved and didn't have the glossy production of the original album. After the tour the original band disbanded, leaving Matijevic with the Steelheart name. 
 In 1993 Matijevic began demoing new material and created a revamped Steelheart around Kenny Kanowski (guitarist who had worked previously with Mark Slaughter and even sang backup on Slaughter's debut album), Vincent Mele Jr. (bass), Alex Makarovich (drums) and Derek Austin (drums). The album did huge business in Asia but never even got an American release, and the band was put on hold again. 
 Matijevic recorded and acted under the name of Mikey Steel before lending his vocals to the movie Rock Star (starring Mark Wahlberg) as vocalist for the fictional band Steel Dragon. Risola is pursued a solo career, Kanowski and Mele continue to record as Chillin Sun and Fowler resurfaced in The Voodoo Jets. In 2006 Matijevic started working on a new Steelheart album, DVD and tour.

I was with them from the beginning. Don't believe most of the articles or stories you read or hear in the media. Thought people were smarter than this....

I've edited the post to be unbiased, although I can't do anything about the lack of references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.207.67.66 (talk) 17:30, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This Steelheart article is filled with false statements, misspelled words / names, etc. It's written from one persons point of view and is not factual, or worthy of being an encyclopedic entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvis Pimpinella (talk • contribs) 20:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Given the earlier comments regarding the tone of the article, and the utter lack of RS from wherever the lifted material came from, I have removed the entire history section. MSJapan (talk) 23:55, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've made some attempt to clean the article up and remove blatant fan bias and NPOV. It's not perfect and still needs work, but it's better than what it was.BambinoPrime (talk) 16:44, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]