{"id":31352,"date":"2013-01-22T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/this-town-needs-guns-change-name-to-ttng\/"},"modified":"2013-01-22T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:15:10","slug":"this-town-needs-guns-change-name-to-ttng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/this-town-needs-guns-change-name-to-ttng\/","title":{"rendered":"This Town Needs Guns Change Name to TTNG"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This week This Town Needs Guns<\/strong> release their latest album ‘13.0.0.0.0’<\/em> however the band have announced a name change and will now be know as TTNG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

TTNG<\/strong> made the following statement:<\/p>\n

“Over the years, many of you have asked where the band name comes from. As a band originating in Oxford, UK, \u2018This Town Needs Guns\u2019 was simply a name chosen by a group of friends wanting to make music together. At the time, this name was not\u00a0considered\u00a0particularly offensive and indeed was an ironic statement given the setting of such a historic and cultural city as Oxford.<\/em><\/p>\n

Context plays a big part in the way a band name such as \u2018This Town Needs Guns\u2019 may be perceived. In the UK, guns are not present. Ordinarily, our police force do not even carry guns. Within this context, an idea such as a town needing guns seems too absurd to be taken seriously.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, eight years on, things have changed. With our music now finding new cultures, the irony of the name is no longer implicit. Also, in light of the controversy over gun ownership in the US as well as tragic shootings there and elsewhere in the world, we want to distance ourselves from a band name which we are now uncomfortable with.<\/em><\/p>\n

We hope this change of name doesn\u2019t disappoint anyone. It is the music that is important, not the name. As Shakespeare\u2019s Juliet said \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.\u2019”<\/em><\/p>\n

Read our review of ‘13.0.0.0.0’<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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