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I named my band “The Zodiacs” as I felt it followed the common indie-rock name format of having the word “the” at the start of the name of an indie rock band, for example, The Smiths, The Strokes, The Killers etc. This directly links the artists name to the indie rock genre, inspiring those interested in the genre to listen and stream the music of The Zodiacs.

Alongside this, the name “Zodiacs” does three things - it directly links to my artists ´symbol’ of stars, twilight, and dusk - allowing me to follow a coherent form of symbolism in my music video - one of which fans ´who like to be entertained’ usually follow in the twenty first century (eg, Taylor Swift and snakes, etc.) The name “Zodiacs” also directly link intertextually to the Zodiac Club in London, which in the UK was a centrepiece in the growth of rock music in the 1970s and 1980s, as it helped up and coming rock artists. The name “The Zodiacs” also pursue the ongoing link that those in the Indie-Rock genre have constantly had towards space and stars. Legacy Artists such as David Bowie with Ziggy Stardust, and Modern Artists such as Tame Impala in the Indie-Rock genre have consistently had an ongoing form of symbolism with the stars and space - so therefore my band relating to this symbolism in the Indie Rock genre will help it relate deeply to the roots of the genre.