Editing Tree63 (section)

===1996 - 2000: Formation and initial years===
The band was formed in 1996 and originally, it was unnamed. In 1997, the band had to come up with a name before performing at North Beach, [[Durban]], and came up with "Tree". They added the "63" part of their name in 2000 due to a naming conflict with an American band.<ref name="CMD">[http://www.christianmusicdaily.com/content/view/37/64/ Christian Music Daily] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20080624124719/http://www.christianmusicdaily.com/content/view/37/64/ |date=24 June 2008 }}. Interview with John Ellis of Tree63, 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-25.</ref> ''63'' had been the name of their second album, which was named in reference to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 63.<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]], [[Massachusetts]] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/959 959–960] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/959 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|'We were originally just "Tree", after the numerous references in the Bible to trees: the garden of Eden, the cross Jesus hung on etc. "63" was the title of our second record, and it came from Psalm 63. When we got to the States in 2000, we discovered a band in Boston called "Tree" already, and they were unwilling to give up their band name, so we had to either alter or change ours. The compromise was "Tree63".'|John Ellis|Interview with Christian Music Daily}}<ref name="CMD" />