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I feel like if you truly like them, you kinda have to just go with he fact that they're full of themselves to an incredible degree. I mean, any band the names themselves Titus Andronicus and uses the American Civil War as a metaphor for painful, personal toil has to sorta be full of themselves, right? To me, the amazing thing is that more often then not they pull it off. 

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I mean, any band the names themselves Titus Andronicus and uses the American Civil War as a metaphor for painful, personal toil has to sorta be full of themselves, right? 

Full of themselves for naming their band after a literary reference? There's about 5 other bands I can think off the top of my head, plus many more I'm sure, that have done this as well. 

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I don't really see where that's coming from either. Titus Andronicus is basically just Patrick Stickles, who's a major geek for RocknRoll and history paired with a lot of self hatred and an eating disorder. They've never been taking themselves too seriously on any of their albums, most significantly Local Business. Sure, Monitor is a big scope record, but so down to earth that I totally get the feeling that it's from some dudes from somewhere who just give a fuck. I mean there's still bands like muse out there..

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I don't really see where that's coming from either. Titus Andronicus is basically just Patrick Stickles, who's a major geek for RocknRoll and history paired with a lot of self hatred and an eating disorder. They've never been taking themselves too seriously on any of their albums, most significantly Local Business. Sure, Monitor is a big scope record, but so down to earth that I totally get the feeling that it's from some dudes from somewhere who just give a fuck. I mean there's still bands like muse out there..

hahaha. I love the hell out of Muse, but yeah I've always kinda felt like they think their shit don't stink...but man, Matt Bellamy can think he's as badass as he wants to, bc imo he IS. Anywho, yeah they seem down to earth enough to me, and their first album was named after a Seinfeld reference....can't take themselves TOO seriously if they're willing to do that with their debut into the world. 

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Full of themselves for naming their band after a literary reference? There's about 5 other bands I can think off the top of my head, plus many more I'm sure, that have done this as well. 

 

It's that particular literary reference, that particular Shakespeare play, the hugeness and self-importance implied in the name itself. It's actually kind of perfect for them because the play is an over the top, bloody mess, huge in scope and ambition that doesn't always work. 

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