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An article from a student newspaper at the University of Arizona identifies Psoma as having been founded sometime in mid [[2000]]<ref name="Arizona Daily Wildcat">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220902034805/https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/94/131/04_1_m.html Archive] of an article in the ''Arizona Daily Wildcat'' from April 6, 2001, written by Adam Pugh. Titled "Double Duty."</ref> They took their name from the {{Wiki2|Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley}} novel ''{{Wiki2|Brave_New_World|Brave New World}}'', wherein it is normalized for doctors to prescribe a drug called Soma to keep their patients happy. The band played live shows opening for [[Nerf Herder]] while Fisher was still a full-time member of both bands. Fisher was replaced in Nerf Herder by [[Ben Pringle]] in 2002, making way for Psoma's first proper release, {{PN|2002}} ''[[Fear the Penguin]]''. The band self-released the album on a label named for the west [[Amherst House|Los Angles-area home]] Fisher once shared with several members of Weezer: Amherst House Records. | An article from a student newspaper at the University of Arizona identifies Psoma as having been founded sometime in mid [[2000]]<ref name="Arizona Daily Wildcat">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220902034805/https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/94/131/04_1_m.html Archive] of an article in the ''Arizona Daily Wildcat'' from April 6, 2001, written by Adam Pugh. Titled "Double Duty."</ref>. They took their name from the {{Wiki2|Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley}} novel ''{{Wiki2|Brave_New_World|Brave New World}}'', wherein it is normalized for doctors to prescribe a drug called Soma to keep their patients happy. The band played live shows opening for [[Nerf Herder]] while Fisher was still a full-time member of both bands. Fisher was replaced in Nerf Herder by [[Ben Pringle]] in 2002, making way for Psoma's first proper release, {{PN|2002}} ''[[Fear the Penguin]]''. The band self-released the album on a label named for the west [[Amherst House|Los Angles-area home]] Fisher once shared with several members of Weezer: Amherst House Records. | ||
The band played a live gig on the campus of the University of California at San Diego in April of 2003, according to the school's student newspaper<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220902035935/https://ucsdguardian.org/2003/04/24/muirstock-is-a-sure-thing-for-hot-bands/ Archive] of an article in the ''Guardian'' from April 24, 2003, written by "edward." Entitled "Muirstock is a sure thing for hot bands".</ref>. | The band played a live gig on the campus of the University of California at San Diego in April of 2003, according to the school's student newspaper<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220902035935/https://ucsdguardian.org/2003/04/24/muirstock-is-a-sure-thing-for-hot-bands/ Archive] of an article in the ''Guardian'' from April 24, 2003, written by "edward." Entitled "Muirstock is a sure thing for hot bands".</ref>. | ||