Meet Omicron. Not the coronavirus variant but the Belgian death metal band, who say that the only thing contagious about them is their music.
When Philippe Delhaute and Ignace Casier were working out the guitar parts for some new songs last week, they didn’t expect their band’s name to raise quite so many eyebrows.
But first they have to figure out how to handle the unexpected flurry of publicity that came when the World Health Organization decided to name the new virus strain after the sameGetting the balance right has been difficult. At first the band appeared apologetic. “It’s like, OK guys, let’s be careful. We don’t want to profit from anyone suffering, you know,” said Mr. Delhaute, who ties his long hair back in a ponytail. “But if people are going to our sites because they’re looking up Omicron and they think, ‘Hey, the music is cool, we subscribe,’ then that’s cool.”Some larger enterprises have been similarly caught out by the pandemic, at least at first.
Owner Mark Fawcett-Jones and director Dave Loveridge ordered a pair of bright yellow hazmat suits off“They were supposed to be for a networking event, but we thought we might as well take a photo of ourselves wearing them at the shop and it took off,” Mr. Fawcett-Jones said. Omicron is wary of being treated as a novelty, though. Mr. Casier says members are focused on ensuring their new album is as good as it can be.
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