Hello world, my name is iOTA. No my parents didn't take alot of acid in the sixties. I changed my name by deed poll about nine years ago. Why did I change my name? Well firstly, I was ALWAYS going to. Everyone I ever admired as a kid changed their names. Like, rock stars and movie stars. It's just what they did. It's all part of it. And being the young aspiring Star that I was, it was the natural thing to do. Secondly because when I "came out" of my rock 'n' roll closet I felt like a new man. No pun intended. I just left behind my old life and lifestyle and felt that I'd moved on and far beyond anything I'd ever been or done before. A new life, a new identity, a new name(yes I'm gay but if I ever have a picture of my "abs" for a profile photo, someone SHOOT ME!!!)(preferably in the abs). And lastly, I changed my name to iOTA because I thought it was a rad name for a band. One night while playing some drunken acoustic guitar a friend asked if I'd like to do a solo support spot with his band at the Vulcan Hotel in Ultimo(Sydney, Australia). I said "yup" and he asked what name they should advertise me as. I said "iOTA". I changed it legally soon after and the rest is history. Now, since then I've released three albums and two e.p.'s, a few singles, made film clips, been nominated for awards, had backing bands, split up with backing bands, gotten loads of cool airplay, experienced the highs of an album that sold well, experienced the lows of an album that flopped, quit my day job to be a full time muso, learnt how to use Pro-tools, met lots of cool famous people, done supports with lots of cool(and not so cool) famous people, made lots and lots of great friends, had one or two die, experienced addiction first hand and second, fallen in and out of love, been stalked, lost all hope, found new inspiration and created one of my favourite albums of all time... "Beauty Queen of the Sea"....I reckon that's kind of me in a nutshell...for now anyway. I'm restless and I don't feel complete, but that's o.k. It keeps this arty wanker inspired and ladies and gentlemen I WANK HARD and EVERY day...Say no to racism, sexism, homophobia, hetrophobia and arachnophobia(spiders have feelings too). Wear more make-up, change your hair colour regularly, be creative, get a frock on every now and then and hug your mates...Peeeeeeeeeeeace.
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