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Second Album Means It's Too Late To Change Your Band Name Lyrics
Remember your first email address?
A memory that you might try to repress
'Cause in 2001 at Juno.com
You were still known as gothicfairyprincess
And I betcha somewhere you'd wish that you'd changed
But to switch your email is a hell of a pain
Recognition of the name goes down the drain
And the whole thing holds true for band names, too
Second time around means that your shit's solidified
'Cause by the second time around the sound's by name identified
And if you ever sought to alter that, you'd find yourself denied
'Cause by the second time around you've wound the ropes by which you're tied
Second time around
It's constantly happening
Bands always regretting
The elected moniker
By which they monitor
The scene or register as their MySpace thing
'Cause I've heard that Tom Shear doesn't like band name
And I've read that Fat Mike has expressed much that same
But both those bands are awesome so it's like, ya know, whatever
So yo, fuck it, "Gothsicles" forever
Second time around means that your shit's solidified
'Cause by the second time around the sound's by name identified
And if you ever sought to alter that, you'd find yourself denied
'Cause by the second time around, that appellation's bound
Second time around means that it's too late to change your band name
A memory that you might try to repress
'Cause in 2001 at Juno.com
You were still known as gothicfairyprincess
And I betcha somewhere you'd wish that you'd changed
But to switch your email is a hell of a pain
Recognition of the name goes down the drain
And the whole thing holds true for band names, too
'Cause by the second time around the sound's by name identified
And if you ever sought to alter that, you'd find yourself denied
'Cause by the second time around you've wound the ropes by which you're tied
Bands always regretting
The elected moniker
By which they monitor
The scene or register as their MySpace thing
And I've read that Fat Mike has expressed much that same
But both those bands are awesome so it's like, ya know, whatever
So yo, fuck it, "Gothsicles" forever
'Cause by the second time around the sound's by name identified
And if you ever sought to alter that, you'd find yourself denied
'Cause by the second time around, that appellation's bound
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Fat Mike is the singer of NOFX. I don't know the story there.
Tom Shear is Assemblage 23, and that's a story I have heard.
Somewhere around 1992, someone wrote a program that jumbled up color words, certain numbers (7, 9, 23…), synonyms for machinery, electrical engineering terms, etc. to create the most generic industrial band names possible, then posted it, along with the first 20 names it came up with, to the rec.music.industrial newsgroup.
Tom Shear had been using the name Assemblage 23 for a few years, but hadn't shared any of his music—until that very weekend. He had just sent out the first demos he was proud of, and the next day, some smartass perl script came up with Assemblage 23 as the third most generic name possible.
He replied to the thread jokingly pretending to be angry with the program for stealing his name.
He decided to stick with the name, because no label was ever going to sign him and only a few dozen people were ever going to hear his stuff anyway, right?