Blog No.25: Band name

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Today, we've found a suitable and classic name for our band: Otraz. "Otras" is Spanish for "other" which links to the idea of our narrative, where the main character is visualised as the other or the odd-one-out. The name came from Luke's research into vandalised walls in Newcastle, most of them depicted the word "Otras". Here is an example (right). Although there's no information about where they are found specifically, We thought we might replace the letter s with the letter z in order to symbolise the theme and genre of our music: Pop.

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