Editing Deep Blue Something (section)

==History==
The group was founded in 1991 in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], [[Texas]], by brothers Todd and Toby Pipes, then students at the [[University of North Texas]]. The brothers enlisted drummer John Kirtland and guitarist Clay Bergus. Deep Blue Something originally performed as Leper Messiah, after the line from [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Ziggy Stardust (song)|Ziggy Stardust]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/515541/06251999/deep_blue_something.jhtml |title=Deep Blue Something : Deep Blue Something's Toby Pipes – Rhapsody Music Downloads |website=VH1.com |access-date=May 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207023912/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/515541/06251999/deep_blue_something.jhtml |archive-date=February 7, 2006 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Bergus left the band before the band started recording their first album, ''[[11th Song]]''. The band independently released the album in 1993. Kirk Tatom joined the band after the album's release. In 1994, the band released their second album, ''[[Home (Deep Blue Something album)|Home]]'', via an independent label named RainMaker Records. ''Home'' was re-released a year later by major label [[Interscope Records]]. The accompanying single "[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (song)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]" peaked at number five on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and topped the charts in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Billboard"/><ref name="OCC"/> According to Todd Pipes, the lyrics of the song were inspired by [[Audrey Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn's]] performance in the feature film ''[[Roman Holiday]]'', but he thought that the Hepburn film ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' would make a better song title.<ref>''British Hit Singles & Albums'' (Edition 18), Guinness World Records Limited</ref>

The huge success of the single and lack of follow-up activity led to their classification as a [[One-hit wonder|one-hit-wonder]] band within music circles.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBQEAAAAMBAJ&q=pop+deep+blue+something&pg=PA21|title=Reviews & Previews|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|date=May 5, 2001|access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref> 
In late 1995, Tatom left the band and Bergus returned to his role as guitarist. The band worked on their third album, titled ''[[Byzantium (album)|Byzantium]]'', with a planned release in 1996. However, Deep Blue Something came into legal troubles over the copyright of ''11th Song'' and "Breakfast at Tiffany's".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/copywrong-6398157 |title=Copywrong? |newspaper=Dallas Observer |date=January 25, 1996 |access-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref> Although the lawsuits were finally settled, Interscope put the album on hold, focusing on other label artists such as [[Limp Bizkit]].<ref name="Back and Blue">{{cite news |last=Sutlief |first=Shannon |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/back-and-blue-6388416 |title=Back and Blue |work=[[Dallas Observer]] |date=May 22, 2003 |access-date=October 11, 2015 }}</ref> Interscope eventually released the album in 1998, but only in Japan.<ref name="Back and Blue" />

The band then sued Interscope and won a release from their contract.<ref name="Back and Blue" /> They later signed with Aezra Records, an independent label based in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref name="Back and Blue" /> Their [[Deep Blue Something (album)|self-titled album]], which contains five tracks from ''Byzantium'', was released by Aezra in 2001.<ref name="Back and Blue" /><ref name="Kirtland Band Bio" /> Shortly after the album's release, the band "drifted apart," and its members worked on separate projects for over a decade.<ref name="Kirtland Band Bio" />

In 2014, Todd Pipes posted an Instagram photo teasing that the band was back together and working on a new project, eventually revealed to be an EP titled ''Locust House''.<ref name="Kirtland Band Bio" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230404034321/https://www.instagram.com/p/vMIrYHLd4X/] </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9J4Iq52gk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Lv9J4Iq52gk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Deep Blue Something : All Make Believe Off|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=December 4, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The EP was released as a digital download on June 29, 2015.<ref name="Kirtland Band Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.kirtlandrecords.com/DeepBlueSomething.htm |title=Deep Blue Something |publisher=[[Kirtland Records]] |access-date=October 11, 2015 }}</ref>