Dome Dwellers is named for a very special place. Starting in 1959, my grandfather E. Rex Slack began building a very unusual house in his hometown of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Every summer, my family would visit my grandparents there. The house consisted of three geodesic domes set on a triangle. It was full of old books, records, beautiful artwork, and other assorted treasures from around the world.

Dome Dwellers was named for that magical space, and by extension for my grandparents who lived there. Around the time the band started, I found an old architectural drawing of the house viewed from above. The band quickly adopted the design as our emblem, and the Slack family took it on as an unofficial family seal.

Since then, geodesic domes have been featured heavily across our album artwork, and even made their way into our stage props over the years. When my grandparents passed away, the same design was engraved on their tombstone, and my sister and I have both had it tattooed on our arms in their memory. - Michael