How did Squint find Sixpence None The Richer?
Stephen Prendergast had seen Sixpence and had been aware of them. He knew they really weren’t a “Christian” band, but that they could sell records in that market and that they had the capability to sell much more in the mainstream. They had two previous records out on a small label, which got bought by Platinum Entertainment. But they were not a successful Christian band. They sold like 40 or 50,000 records previously. Both records were very critically acclaimed. Leigh Nash (Sixpence lead singer – ed.) was 16 or 17 years old when they did those records. [Steve and Stephen] knew that Leigh had the potential not only to be the star, but that Matt Slocum was just a great songwriter for any audience out there. He just wrote great songs, period. Squint ended up buying them out of their deal. We signed them and got things started.
