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[[File:Chrome_Plover_early_publicity_photo.jpg|250px|thumb|Chrome Plover, with their latest controller units. (Early publicity photo, possibly taken by [[Edward Lear]].]]'''Chrome Plover''' is a [[musical electroplating ensemble (nonfiction)|musical electroplating ensemble]].
[[File:Chrome_Plover_early_publicity_photo.jpg|250px|thumb|Chrome Plover, with their latest controller units. (Early publicity photo, possibly taken by [[Edward Lear]].)]]'''Chrome Plover''' is a [[musical electroplating ensemble (nonfiction)|musical electroplating ensemble]].


Their first album, [[Shiny Dull]], won praise from music critics and punk metallurgists alike, but failed to generate sufficient revenue to cover hazardous waste disposal costs.
Their first album, [[Shiny Dull]], won praise from music critics and punk metallurgists alike, but failed to generate sufficient revenue to cover hazardous waste disposal costs.
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[[Edward Lear]] occasionally sits in on sessions.
[[Edward Lear]] occasionally sits in on sessions.


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


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File:Electroplating.jpg|link=Electroplating (nonfiction)|Musicians in the process of covering Chrome Plover's greatest hits.
File:Electroplating.jpg|link=Electroplating (nonfiction)|Musicians in the process of covering Chrome Plover's greatest hits.
File:Ringed_Plover_(Charadrius_hiaticula).jpg|link=Plover (nonfiction)|[[Plover (nonfiction)|Ringed Plover]] inspires electroplater to name their group Chrome Plover.
File:Alistair Treadgold 1916.jpg|link=Alistair Treadgold|[[Alistair Treadgold]]'s research into electrolysis influenced a generation of [[Musical electroplating ensemble (nonfiction)|musical electroplating ensembles]], including Chrome Plover.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Edward Lear]]
* [[Edward Lear]]
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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File:Ringed_Plover_(Charadrius_hiaticula).jpg|link=Plover (nonfiction)|[[Plover (nonfiction)|Ringed Plover]] was one inspiration for the name Chrome Plover.
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* [[Electroplating (nonfiction)]]
* [[Electroplating (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Plover (nonfiction)]]
* [[Plover (nonfiction)]]


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[[Category:Musical electroplating ensembles]]
[[Category:Musical electroplating ensembles]]

Latest revision as of 19:06, 21 December 2016

Chrome Plover, with their latest controller units. (Early publicity photo, possibly taken by Edward Lear.)

Chrome Plover is a musical electroplating ensemble.

Their first album, Shiny Dull, won praise from music critics and punk metallurgists alike, but failed to generate sufficient revenue to cover hazardous waste disposal costs.

Edward Lear occasionally sits in on sessions.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference