Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]Another band in my school used that name. It wasn't all that long ago.

1984 was written in 1948, or thereabouts, wasn't it? I recall Orwell saying the only significance to the date was that he transposed 48 to get 84...[/font]

That is correct. Orwell was possibly one of the most prophetic social commentators I have ever read. Although Aldous Huxley does well also.
Maybe I should start a band and call it Orwellian Hypothesis. I kinda like it.