Deep Blue Something was founded in 1992 in Denton, Texas by brothers Todd and Toby Pipes, while at university. They originally performed as Leper Messiah, named after a line from David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust. While “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” was on the charts, Todd was fired from his job as an English teacher at a private Christian School after parents complained that their children were being taught by a rock star.