Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus formed the band Stabbing Westward when they were in college. They came up with the name while working at the college radio station WIUS-FM . It was allegedly from a 1950s speech regarding political fears of Communism “stabbing westward”. During an interview in 1996, Hall stated, “Since we went to Western Illinois University , [the name] Stabbing Westward had a certain ‘kill everybody in the school’ vibe to it! The school’s way out in farm country and the country is really close minded. I was walking around like Robert Smith with real big hair, big baggy black clothes, black fingernail polish and eye makeup. They just didn’t get it. We hated the town.”
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