.thechicks called in to colbertlateshow to chat about dropping the 'Dixie' from their name, perform 'March March' and more
on Thursday to chat about dropping the"Dixie" from their name, reflect on the Iraq War and more., Natalie Maines told host Stephen Colbert,"It was about time. We had wanted to change it for a long time actually, and we started using DCX a lot and The Chicks a lot when we could. We hoped it would catch on but it didn't, so in the moment now, we just felt that it was right and we didn't even have to have much discussion about it.
Other personas they considered before settling on The Chicks?"One of the ones that came up was our initials, but spelled out as M.E.N., so we'd go from Chicks to M.E.N.," Emily Strayer revealed with a laugh, while Martie Maguire added,"We had some names in the past that we would call ourselves kind of as our alter egos...One was Puss in Boots, but I think there's already a band called that.
The Chicks also reflected on their headline-making criticisms of George W. Bush and the Iraq War way back in 2003. While the band faced unprecedented backlash from the controversy -- including boycotts, mass burnings of their records and death threats against them -- at the time, Colbert pointed out that"obviously history has proven you right about being dragged into a boondoggle in Iraq under false pretenses, and all the chaos and the tragedy that caused.
"It was kind of liberating to know that our audience knew who we were and what we thought," Maguire replied."We've always been very liberal and spoken our minds, but that was just the one moment where Natalie said that and a firestorm erupted. But yeah, it kind of felt like, 'OK the cat's out of the bag and that's who we are.
"It was just kind of ironic that people were saying not what she said, but that she didn't support the troops," she added."I think if you ask people, I don't even know if they know what she said. It was so innocuous." (One day later, the band
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