Background
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Deep Blue Something is an American rock band best known for its hit single "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The group was founded in 1993 in Denton, Texas by students Todd and Toby Pipes, Clay Bergus and John Kirtland. Bergus left the band before Tiffany's became a hit and was replaced by guitarist Kirk Tatom, but eventually returned to that role. Originally, the group called themselves Leper Messiah, but decided to change the name after seeing this name attracted mostly heavy metal fans, due to the Metallica song of the same name.
The band's first record, 11th Song, is from 1993. In 1994 (and again, on another label in 1995) the band released their second album, Home. The accompanying single "Breakfast at Tiffany's," reached the top five in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom. The lyrics of the song were inspired by Audrey Hepburn's performance in Roman Holiday, but the author, Todd David Pipes, thought that one of Hepburn's other films would make a better song title.
Outside United States, Byzantium was released in 1998. In its home country, the band took much time off between Home and their 2001 album Deep Blue Something, in order to fight US centered copyright issues related to their initial album, 11th Song, which they believed to be of lower quality than their name deserved. The 7-year hiatus between albums is believed to be partially responsible for their failure to succeed in the US with their self-titled release.
Recently Deep Blue Something has been reactivated, and the band did a short tour in the winter 2007. The band is also planning on releasing new music through iTunes.
Other activities of band members
Todd and Toby Pipes have become successful producers in their own right. The bands for which the Pipes brothers have done production work include Drowning Pool, Flickerstick, Calhoun, the Greater Good, Coma Rally and Moonshot Radio. They have earned Best Producer honors from the Fort Worth Weekly three years in a row and have been highlighted in Mix Magazine. The Pipes brothers work primarily out of Bass Propulsion Laboratories in Dallas, a three-studio facility which they also own. The brothers' names also appear in the credits of many releases as studio musicians, known for their expertise in analog synthesis and programming as much as playing guitar and bass.
John Kirtland now runs a successful independent record label called Kirtland Records. Based in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California, Kirtland's business dealings led to his ownership of the back-catalog of Bush and royalty rights on the sales of certain albums by No Doubt. After selling off his rights to the No Doubt material, Bush remains on the Kirtland label along with indie bands such as Bril and the Burden Brothers.
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