The Chicks explain their decision to remove 'Dixie' from their old 'stupid' band name
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foxnews.comThe Chicks spoke out about their recent decision to change their name from “The Dixie Chicks,” after decades of using the moniker.
The band announced last month that they’d made the decision to rebrand themselves as The Chicks in light of the recent protests against police brutality and racial inequality, as well as the ongoing national conversation about Confederate symbols.The word “Dixie” is often related to the Confederacy.
Speaking to The New York Times about their latest album, “Gaslighter,” band members Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Strayer explained their decision to drop “Dixie” from their name. “We were literally teenagers when we picked that stupid name,” Maguire said.
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