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This page has been tagged for speedy deletion. I understand your concern with the page. The band was successful in France in the 90s. However, very little got ported online since the alternative rock scene that the band was part of was based on Fanzines and printed press The band got articles in Best (a major French Rock publication), but the article never got onto the web since the paper folded (pun intended)
We (I was the double bassist) released 4 albums, all of which were distributed by recognised independent distributors (WMD that was part of the FNAC group, XXXbis) It is difficult to point to anything more substantial than the albums on Deezer, Spotify, Google Play et al, and on MusicBrainz and Discogs. Each album sold around 6000 copies.
Here, however, is a reference from the Transmusicales de Rennes (a major music festival in Rennes, Brittany) that shows we played there at the festival in 1992 http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/artiste/barking-dogs/ You'll notice that the description of the band on the right is absolutely their own, not ours (in French, sorry) Here is the programme listing http://www.memoires-de-trans.com/annee/1992/?tx_icsconcerts_pi1%5Bprogrammation%5D=1
Here is a video recorded by the local (public) TV channel FR3 in Angers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kHR1XdCSkc And this (amateur footage) at Cafe de la Danse in Paris (famous venue that is still going) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3rugV-JzY Here is an article about the manager on the site of the Independent Record Producers Association website https://www.upfi.fr/wtpl-music/ and speakers academy https://www.speakersacademy.com/fr/speaker/xavier-collin/ And the record label that acquired the rights to the records http://www.booster-label.com/Booster/Liens.html
Here is the French BNF listing https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13945930/the_barking_dogs/
Given that the group was underground, and Europe based and pre-Internet, finding the elements to prove notability is difficult.
Adding the above references would already make the article more 'solid'.... It could also be shortened.
Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) suggested I tag you :@Carrite:
Happy to discuss :) Jasonbarnard (talk) 10:15, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Carrite and Ceoil are both pop-punk enthusiasts, who know more about this than I do. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, Ritchie333
Ambiguity The group name is terribly ambiguous (which created multiple problems on multiple platforms that I have sorted out over the last months - Deezer being the one who mixed up most :)
Four groups Anglo-French: (this one) https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/97771542/radio?autoplay=true Italian DJs https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/74491 German Skinheads: https://g.co/kgs/vc9gnD Real dogs 'singing' Xmas songs: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/98066102 American MoR: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/98065692 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonbarnard (talk • contribs) 10:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)