| Deep Blue Something | |
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| Origin | Denton, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock Post-grunge Acoustic rock |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | Official MySpace |
| Members | |
| Todd Pipes Toby Pipes John Kirtland Clay Bergus Kirk Tatom |
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Deep Blue Something is an American rock band best known for its hit single "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The group was founded in 1992 in Denton, Texas by University of North Texas students Todd and Toby Pipes, Clay Bergus and John Kirtland. Originally, the group called themselves Leper Messiah, but decided to change the name after seeing this name attracted mostly heavy metal fans, due to the Metallica song of the same name. Bergus left the band before "Tiffany's" became a hit and was replaced by guitarist Kirk Tatom, but eventually returned to that role.
The band first released their album, 11th Song, which they sold at shows during 1993. In 1994 (and again, on another label in 1995) the band released their second album, Home. The accompanying single "Breakfast at Tiffany's" reached the top five in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom. The lyrics of the song were inspired by Audrey Hepburn's performance in the feature film Roman Holiday, but the author, Todd David Pipes, thought that one of Hepburn's other films would make a better song title.[1]
The band also had two minor hits from Home, "Halo" which bubbled under the Hot 100 for many weeks in 1996 and "Josey" which peaked at #27 in the UK.
Outside the U.S., Byzantium was released in 1998. Three years later, in 2001, the band released their self-titled album on Aezra Records.
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Todd and Toby Pipes have become producers for Flickerstick, Demp, Calhoun, the Greater Good, Coma Rally, Moonshot Radio, Porter Block, and The Nadas. They have earned Best Producer honors from the Fort Worth Weekly three years in a row and have been highlighted in Mix Magazine. The Pipes brothers work primarily out of Bass Propulsion Laboratories in Dallas, a three-studio facility which they also own.
Todd Pipes (born 9 November, 1967)[2] , has released a solo album, Taurus Petals, on Authentic Records. It was released on November 25, 2008.[3] On March 16, 2010 Todd Pipes announced he was working on a second solo album.[4]
Toby Pipes (born 28 June 1971)[5], formed the band The Hundred Inevitables, with Jeff Whittington and released an album, Studder, in early 2000. In 2005, he formed a new band Little Black Dress with Nolan Thies. In 2009 they were the first band signed onto Exploding Plastic Records, a new Idol Records sub-label. Their debut album Snow in June was released June 2009.
John Kirtland runs an independent record label, Kirtland Records.[6] Based in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California, Kirtland's business dealings led to his ownership of the back-catalog of the band Bush and royalty rights on the sales of certain albums by the band No Doubt. After selling off his rights to the No Doubt material, Bush remains on the Kirtland label along with indie bands such as Bril and the Burden Brothers.
Clay Bergus has been a manager at Eddie V's Prime Seafood in Dallas since its opening in spring 2010.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [9] |
GER [10] |
NL [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] |
UK [14] |
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| 11th Song | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Home |
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46 | 31 | 32 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 20 | 24 | |||||
| Byzantium |
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| Deep Blue Something |
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| US [16] |
AUS [17] |
AUT [18] |
GER [19] |
NL [20] |
NZ [21] |
SWE [22] |
SWI [23] |
UK [14] |
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| 1995 | "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 1 | Home |
| 1996 | "Josey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |
| "Halo" | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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