No need to delete all the posts, there was plenty of non-contentious chat, I thought...
[with my moderator hat on]
I didnt really see how relevant the posts were based on the original subject and I am too lazy to make the judgment call on each and every one as to how contentious or not they were and leaving some but not others would lack context. Everyone read them and said their piece and IMHO its better to just expunge them. I removed a previous thread on the relationship between band members that was based on a wild rumour (ultimately untrue) and this had gone in a similar direction.
PS - I should delete the last two posts as they arent relevant either.