
Slocum came up with the band name, that – as confirmed by John J. Thompson's Story of Christian Rock & Roll (Raised by Wolves) - summarizes an extract from a book by C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
In one of the stories in Mere Christianity the author describes how a little boy asks his father for a penny (sixpence) to buy a present with for the same father. Pa gratefully accepts his son's gift, but later he realizes that it did not make things any better for him: he received something worth a sixpence, but as a lender it made him none the richer.
A Christian background explains why pa is pleased after all: he is not interested in getting richer - he is just happy that his son made the effort to give him something.
Matt Slocum saw a parallel with making music: if a talent is given to you, then you do well to pass that on to the audience, or give it back to them.
Active: 1992-2004; 2008-present, USA
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