The Muslims explain the name change
Remember when we told you how The Muslims changed their name to The Soft Pack? Well, we’re still not accepting it, but they at least explain it…
(photo by MOKB staff photographer Dave Donovan Evans)
VICE: Why did you change the name?
Matty: It had started to seem like a burden. All the shit people say, people were being dicks, saying all this shit about jihad. We all felt pretty shitty about it. It became something that we had to live with every day.
VICE: So do you think some people might think you’re pussies for changing the name once you’ve already got the attention? Like now you’re ready to be successful, you’ll get a normal one?
Matty: Yeah, I can see why people would see it like that, but it’s not like that. We’re fucked. People thought we were dicks when we had the name, now they think we’re dicks cause we don’t.
VICE: But officially you’re not pussies?
Matty: No, I don’t think the music we make is pussy.
The Muslims - Bright Side (live)
Bonus : Live on Rainydawg.org Radio Session recorded by Love Is Elusive
The Muslims — American (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
The Muslims — Beside Myself (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
The Muslims — Bright Side (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
The Muslims — Extinction (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
The Muslims — Nightlife (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
The Muslims — On My Time (Live on Rainydawg Radio)
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name change
I bet they wanted to call themselves Muslins but forgot the word. Muslin is a 'soft pack' of Muslims as Muslims wear muslin. n is near m. It's natural to swap them.
If I were the band I would change the second 'm' to an 'n' fast haha
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