The origin of Phoenix's name

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    Super Xero

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    Don't know if anyone has seen this or not but...according to this small interview from chartattack.com..


    Where does the name Phoenix come from?
    Phoenix: I was on tour with a band that I’d been playing with at the same time that I started with this band. I took a year and a half out of Linkin Park to tour full-time with these other guys. Long story short, we were with this girl who was just really annoying and she told me that my name was boring. My real name’s Dave. I think at that point, I named myself Phoenix from the scene in Mystery Men where Ben Stiller does it. We’d watched it a lot at the time. And somehow it just stuck. It wasn’t supposed to be a stage name or anything like that.

    BD: He started telling people jokingly, "From now on, I only answer to Phoenix." When he came back into the group and it kinda took off, people really took him for his word and started calling him Phoenix. Because you know, there’s people in entertainment that say, "I am now 'The Sky.'"

    Phoenix: I’ve tried to change it at points too, but it’s kinda stuck. I’m considering changing it for the next album.



    The entire thing can be read here

    http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2004/03/1501.cfm
     
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    TeMpEsT

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    Phoenix better not change his name as often as Sean Combs. :lol:
     
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    Tomi

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    old news....
     
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    Yeah. That's why I clearly posted "Don't know if anyone has seen this or not". Ass.
     
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    Or me... :lol:
     
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    He'd be an ass if.. hmm.. there wasn't a search button. Since there is he's not being an ass.
     
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    No need to call people names. You're warned.
     
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    lol yeh :lol:
     
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    Anya

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    He should name himself 'Phe. Diddy'


    Mm. Bad joke. :lol:
     
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    ra12

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    nice name! :)
    but what do you say about NEMESIS? :D
     
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    TeMpEsT

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    He should name himself 'Phe. Diddy'


    Mm. Bad joke. :lol: [/b][/quote]
    Got a nice ring to it...


    :shifty:
     
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    Adam

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    cool ^_^
     
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    I say that word is overly used, and one that sounds like a little preteen into Anime and loves Pikachu at that.
     
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    interesting
     
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    Glenn

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    he should stay Phoenix. :p
     
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    ra12

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    What's a 'Grey Daze'?
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    Matt

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    ... :mellow: :offtopic:
     
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    Tomi

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    He'd be an ass if.. hmm.. there wasn't a search button. Since there is he's not being an ass. [/b][/quote]
    Exactly. Something like this was posted a lil while ago and if you used the search feature you wouldnt been told that this is old news.
     
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    ra12

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    thanks to the one who liked my alternative name.
    rock on :rawk:
    LP rules :rawk:
     
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    No-one even liked it, and please stop with those LP Rulz! and thay annoying rawk smiley.. it gives me nightmares >_<
     

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