Sixpence None The Richer's odd name comes from a line in a C.S. Lewis book
called Mere Christianity which featured the ideals of the band's two central
figures Leigh Nash and Matt Slocum as a Christian rock band. They originally met
in the early 1990s while attending the same church in New Braunfels, Texas and
Slocum - who was playing with another Christian rock band Love Coma - suggested
they work on some demos together. Slocum then quit Love Coma to form Sixpence
None The Richer with Nash plus Tess Wiley (guitar), Joel Bailey (bass) and Dale
Baker (drums), releasing their first...