FINALLY, THE FIRST OFFICIAL EXPLANATION ABOUT THE BAND NAME
NOTE: ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR A ZINE, FINALLY IT WAS DECIDED THEIR INCLUSION ON THIS WEBSITE TOO.
EVEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THE BANDīS NAME STILL CONTINUES EXCITING THE CURIOSITY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE; SOME OF THEM LINK IT TO HISTORICAL DATES, LITERATURE, MAGIC, NUMEROLOGY... THE ORIGIN OF THE BANDīS NAME IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ANY OF THOSE SPECULATIONS AND, IN FACT, IT IS QUITE MORE TRIVIAL.
SOME MONTHS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THE BAND, THERE WERE SOME EARLY COMPOSITIONS, WHICH WERE BASICALLY A BUNCH OF RIFFS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUITAR AND DRUMS, WITH NO VOCALS. AN OLD SCULPTURE SERVED FOR AESTHETIC INSPIRATION, AS A VISUAL STIMULUS THAT INSPIRED ONE OF THESE INSTRUMENTAL SONGS. HAVING NO LYRICS, AND HAVING AN INCOMPLETE LINEUP YET, NO SONG TITLE WAS CONSIDERED BETTER THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER ONE. AS THAT SCULPTURE WAS DATED ON 1917, THE SONG WAS ENTITLED "1917".
LATER ON, WHEN WE STARTED TO REHEARSE AS A BAND, "1917" WAS RE-ARRANGED IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR SET LIST. THE SONG REMAINED AS AN INSTRUMENTAL, BUT WITH A MORE COMPLEX STRUCTURE. AND WHEN THE TIME TO NAME THE BAND CAME, WE THOUGHT THAT "1917" WAS QUITE SINGULAR AS A SONG TITLE, SO IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE SINGULAR AS A BAND NAME. WE ALSO LIKED THE FACT THAT THIS NAME DIDN'T HAVE AN EXPLICIT MEANING TO RELATE THE BAND TO ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT ANY OTHER REASON FOR CHOOSING THIS NAME, THOUGH IT MIGHT DISSAPOINT THOSE WHO HAVE WAITED FOR SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING. WE ALWAYS SAID THAT THIS WAS AN ANECDOTIC AND PERSONAL MATTER, WITH NO HIDDEN MEANINGS TO BE DISCOVERED.