Planning: The reason behind our name - Leanne

We decided to name our artist 'Twenty Two'.
We originally had many names in mind eg 'Iolo', 'Franceo' however we decided against using a 'normal' name as we are an alternative band and decided to go for an alternative name. We wanted to call ourselves '22' however it has been pointed to us that people may get confused and call us 'twotwo' instead of twentytwo. However, we will be using both the number and the word twenty two.

We were inspired by other alternative bands such as 'Red Hot Chilli Peppers' who do not use a name or any of their real names for the band.

Nirvana

U2

Evanescence

And there are many, many more alternative artists that do not make their name their performance name. I have included some of their work to show you that it is similar to the type of genre that we wish to do.

Alternative artists currently in the charts. None of them have their own name. It seems that it is a convention of the alternative genre to almost have 'an alter ego' or name yourself something else.

Alternative artist music that is considered as highlights.