TheGreek Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 Adam Ant, Boy George, Jay K, Stevie Wonder - all household names - most people don't know their real names... Quote
zero9 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) It would be great to have been born with a 'cool' name already. If I had to choose, 'Pino Palladino' would be high on the list. Great name (and it rhymes, what could be more memorable than that?). Pity I can't play like him Edited August 29, 2012 by zero9 Quote
KingBollock Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 [quote name='zero9' timestamp='1346263605' post='1787223'] It would be great to have been born with a 'cool' name already. If I had to choose, 'Pino Palladino' would be high on the list. Great name (and it rhymes, what could be more memorable than that?). Pity I can't play like him [/quote] When I was a kid I desperately wished I had been named John. My real name isn't funny or offensive in any way, it's actually really boring, but I hate it. I think I caught that from my Dad, he hates his name and no one has called him it in well over 40 years, his name is Peter. My parents had a friend whose baby had died just before I was born, so they named me after that baby. I think they were hoping I'd got he same way... Quote
GT40Graham Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 An old friend of mine had a club band called... Hugh Jarse and the Rockin' Bellies. The stage name of one of the guys was Don Kiddick Quote
merlin Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='GT40Graham' timestamp='1346266877' post='1787275'] An old friend of mine had a club band called... Hugh Jarse and the Rockin' Bellies. The stage name of one of the guys was Don Kiddick [/quote] Haha just got it.. Quote
BILL POSTERS Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='merlin' timestamp='1346312645' post='1787682'] Haha just got it.. [/quote] Hee Haw, Haw, Haw... Quote
skankdelvar Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1346243031' post='1786879'] Didnt Derek Bollox present New Faces? [/quote] Omigawd, you're about as old as I am Quote
Oopsdabassist Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1346232809' post='1786692'] Is it the Beckhams? [/quote]That should be in the 'famous quotes' thread lol! Brilliant Quote
Mr Fretbuzz Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 LMFAO you guys crack me up :-) I'm going to use, in ten years time when I can play something, Mr Fretbuzz but I guess I won't get many gigs with a name like that :-) Quote
Norris Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 I've been "Norris" since 1985 - and look at the success it's brought me! In a previous band we took the names of local villages. I can't remember what name I was given, but the guitarist was called [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Burton+Lazars&hl=en&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=9.602149,18.896484&oq=burton+la&t=h&hnear=Burton+Lazars,+Leicestershire,+United+Kingdom&z=15"]Burton Lazars[/url] Quote
zero9 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='Norris' timestamp='1346326650' post='1787862'] I've been "Norris" since 1985 - and look at the success it's brought me! In a previous band we took the names of local villages. I can't remember what name I was given, but the guitarist was called [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Burton+Lazars&hl=en&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=9.602149,18.896484&oq=burton+la&t=h&hnear=Burton+Lazars,+Leicestershire,+United+Kingdom&z=15"]Burton Lazars[/url] [/quote] Burton Lazars, not far from me. Suppose I could go under the name Peter Borough. Not madly keen on 'Peter' though . Quote
KingBollock Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='zero9' timestamp='1346329273' post='1787903'] Burton Lazars, not far from me. Suppose I could go under the name Peter Borough. Not madly keen on 'Peter' though . [/quote] Dad?! Quote
lurksalot Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 The last gig we did we were asked to call out a request for a guy called Irwin , his crowd loved us but he wanted to move on , they reckoned he would stay (thus they could) if we 'involved ' him , so we duly played some queen for him , and yep they all stayed. Now, this guy came up and asked a request , and the warbler asked who he was , and he replied .. Son of Irwin We all fell apart and were totally sold that it would be a great band name , Is there a Band name thread? I searched and got this one, so posted my search skills may have let me down though Quote
Twigman Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 I have been in bands with Tristan Garel-Funk and a chap called simply Garce...I dunno if it's done us any favours to be honest Quote
Skol303 Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 [i]Skol[/i] is a stage name from my first ever band, and it's followed me thru life since my teens (some people I've known for years still only know me as Skol... only wish I could say the same for HMRC ). Nothing to do with cheap lager or 'cheers' in Swedish (which is actually 'Skål') . It's an abbreviation of 'skollob', there reverse of which I allegedly speak a lot of. Our singer was called 'Radion' after the washing powder of the same name (he wrote off to them and got a t-shirt); drummer was 'BOSS' (an acronym for 'bag of sh1t', as he was exceptionally clumsy); our banjo player - yes we had a banjo player - was Lord Cthulhu (big guy, lots of tentacle-like dreadlocks); and our guitarist was 'The Milkman' (he wasn't actually a milkman, but he liked milk). We were young, listening to metal but also stuff like Half Man Half Biscuit and Mercury Rev. And we truly sucked as a band, but we built up quite a cult following in our local 'hood and ended up playing a few gigs we really shouldn't have gotten away with to far more people that we deserved. Fun times. But yeah, the nickname stuck and will no doubt follow me to the grave. So choose wisely! Quote
Jus Lukin Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) - Edited February 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
Dr.Dave Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1346182668' post='1786269'] We announce our drummer as "[i]the beast from the north east"... [/i] [/quote] What if he moved to Cheshunt ? Quote
Jus Lukin Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) - Edited February 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
LiamPodmore Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) It's WaterWench or GuitarWench when working with Jess' acoustic stuff, or it was Pod and/or BassMonkey when i was with ALBO. I also want to join some sort of Vampire themed band so i could call myself Count Podula. Liam Edited December 13, 2012 by LiamPodmore Quote
crez5150 Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 Our keys player always gets introduced as Dave 'Brokeback Mountain' Caton........ always makes me smile Quote
Cat Burrito Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 I was in a band 18yrs ago where they all had stage names (I reluctantly changed my surname for the duration I was in). It's fine if you can remember to call people by them - we invariably couldn't. Fast forward to around 1997 and this pretentious young band showed up to support us. The singer was going around introducing himself as Zak in a pretentious American accent. Seemed to be going well until his very middle class mother walked in chiming in a very clipped voice "Clinton, you've forgotten your Luzocade!" Sadly for that young man I was in a band with the biggest bunch of mickey takers at the time and the poor guy had to keep a very low profile afterwards. Quote
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