Slowdive

Article summary

Slowdive (stylized in lowercase) is an English rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Neil Halstead (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Christian Savill (guitars), Nick Chaplin (bass guitar), and Simon Scott (drums, guitars, electronics), all of whom played on the band's early records. Halstead is the band's primary songwriter. After releasing several EPs, the band released debut album Just for a Day (1991) and follow up Souvlaki (1993), making the band one of the leading figures of the UK shoegaze scene of the early 1990s. The group broke up soon after the release of their third studio album, Pygmalion, in 1995, having seen Scott, Savill and Chaplin depart the band prior. The remaining members continued under a more folk and country-influenced direction as Mojave 3. Slowdive reunited in 2014 to play the Primavera Sound festival and released a self-titled studio album in 2017, their first in 22 years. The band's fifth studio album, Everything Is Alive, was released in 2023 and became Slowdive's first top ten album in any country, doing so in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Key claims

1. date of formation: 1989 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of formation: 1989 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of formation: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. members: 2017 Members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. release date: 2023 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. release date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. release date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. release date: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. release date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
12. release date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
13. release date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
14. release date: 2023-06-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
15. release date: 2023-07-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of formation is "1989". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of formation is "1989". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of formation is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the members is "2017 Members". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the release date is "2023". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the release date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the release date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the release date is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the release date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. The record states that the release date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
14. The record states that the release date is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
15. The record states that the release date is "2023-06-20". What evidence would count against this claim?
16. The record states that the release date is "2023-07-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
17. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
18. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375617417