Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 A lot of musicians use different names or 'characters' when they play, similar in a way that actors/actresses might use a 'stage' name. Some examples -(stage name vs real name) Bruno Mars – Peter Gene Hernandez. ... Eminem – Marshall Mathers 3. ... Lady Gaga - Stefani Joanne Germanotta. ... Drake — Aubrey Drake Graham. ... Snoop Dogg — Calvin Broadus Jr. ... Frank Ocean - Christopher Edwin Breaux. ... Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz. ... Shania Twain – Eileen Regina Edwards Is this something you do or have considered? I've thought about it, if only because the non musician me is boring/nerdy and not very interesting lol! Is you had to pick a stage name, what would it be? 1 Quote
NickD Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Now I know it's not taken anymore, I'm considering Eileen Regina Edwards. 3 Quote
MacDaddy Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 MacDaddy is my stage name because of my boring real name, Brett Startwinkle. 5 Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 If I ever get famous I'm totally ditching my full name in favour of a stage name. Mainly because I don't want my now ex husband, who's surname I still have, to get any credit 🤣 5 Quote
Fingul Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) I'd have Reginald Kenneth Dwight as my stage name, 'cos my real name (Elton Hercules John CH CBE) is so dull Edited May 25, 2021 by Fingul 3 Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 HEre's some more, these are great... Alice Cooper/Vincent Damon Furnier Bob Dylan/Robert Allen Zimmerman Courtney Love/Courtney Michelle Harrison David Bowie/David Robert Hayward-Jones Eddie Vedder/ Edward Louis Severson III Elton John/Reginald Kenneth Dwight Elvis Costello/Declan Patrick McManus Freddie Mercury/Farookh Bulsara Huey Lewis/Hugh Anthony Cregg III Iggy Pop/James Newell Osterburg Jr John Kay (Steppenwolf)/Joachim Fritz Krauledat and possibly my favourite.. Nikki Sixx/Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr Quote
Dad3353 Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 What's in a name..? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet... Quote
Doctor J Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 26 minutes ago, Sarah5string said: Is you had to pick a stage name, what would it be? I once auditioned for a band and, during a break, the singer took me aside, said he really liked my playing and explained his vision for the band - which included masks/make-up and stage names. I get the feeling the guy had become aware of Slipknot and wanted to copy the idea. I was 28 at the time and found the whole thing quite embarrassing, even though I would be allowed to choose my own name and mask, etc. If I was 16, fine. I grew up listening to Tom Warrior, Ron Royce, Tommy T. Baron, Cronos, Mantas, Abbadon and the likes and anything goes when you're a kid. At the age of 28, though, the thought of going to my Ma saying I'm going to be known as Blacksmith Demonslayer or some such nonsense (it was a Metal band after all) just did not work for me at all 😄 1 Quote
fretmeister Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Equity and the Screen Actors Guild have a requirement that nobody else is using the same name - does the MU have a requirement like that at all? I'm guessing not, but curious. Quote
cetera Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 I've always thought the vegetable 'Curly Kale' would be a great stage name..... I can hear it now.... "Ladies and Gentlemen..... please put your hands together for.....on the bass guitar..... CURLY... KALE!!!! 😉😁😆 3 3 Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 1 minute ago, cetera said: I've always thought the vegetable 'Curly Kale' would be a great stage name..... I can hear it now.... "Ladies and Gentlemen..... please put your hands together for.....on the bass guitar..... CURLY... KALE!!!! 😉😁😆 Kohl Rabi would be another great band vegetable 2 1 Quote
cetera Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Just now, Sarah5string said: Kohl Rabi would be another great band vegetable He's the drummer .... 1 1 Quote
FinnDave Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) I used to play in a band in which the main singer/guitarist had (still has) the same name as I do, so I started using the Finnish version of my surname to avoid confusion. Unfortunately, it confused him and he never managed to pronounce it correctly. Being in that band overlapped with one or two others, so I kept my Finnish stage name and still use it. I feel vaguely entitled to it after living and working in Finland for 16 years. Edited May 25, 2021 by FinnDave 2 Quote
FinnDave Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Considering that as bass players, we hold down the beat and are often required to play root notes, some variation on Beetroot should have possibilities as a stage name. Maybe someone should start a band in which everyone is named after a vegetable. They could call the band 'The Vegetables'. . . . . Or maybe not. 3 Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 1 minute ago, FinnDave said: Considering that as bass players, we hold down the beat and are often required to play root notes, some variation on Beetroot should have possibilities as a stage name. Maybe someone should start a band in which everyone is named after a vegetable. They could call the band 'The Vegetables'. . . . . Or maybe not. The legumes... featuring Runner, Sugarsnap, Mangetout and 'Pod' 1 Quote
Doctor J Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 There needs to be a drummer called Tom Thomson 3 1 1 Quote
FinnDave Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Slightly off-topic, but having just mentioned Finnish and vegetables - some years ago, Marks & Spencers had (may still have, for all I know) a range of women's clothing branded as Per Una. When I visited the UK with my Finnish partner, we had to leave the shop as we were laughing so much we could hardly breath. The name brought a slightly less chic image to our minds. Peruna is the Finnish for potato. 1 2 Quote
Guest Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 It's only recently dawned on me that Gary Marx (founding guitarist of the Sisters of Mercy and born Mark Pearman) picked his stage name in pseudo-homage to Gary Glitter Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Ricky Rioli said: It's only recently dawned on me that Gary Marx (founding guitarist of the Sisters of Mercy and born Mark Pearman) picked his stage name in pseudo-homage to Gary Glitter oh.... oh no... Quote
upside downer Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Captain Beefheart's Magic Band had some superb nom de plumes. John French - Drumbo Jeff Cotton - Antennae Jimmy Semens Bill Harkleroad - Zoot Horn Rollo Mark Boston - Rockette Morton Victor Hayden - The Mascara Snake Art Tripp - Ed Marimba Elliot Ingber - Winged Eel Fingerling And the good Captain started life as Don Van Vliet. 2 Quote
TheGreek Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Already got mine ready - Fairfax Aikman... The Geordies will appreciate this... 1 8 Quote
Guest Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Sarah5string said: oh.... oh no... 💬 As well as the draw of the bands, there was the lure of the DJ, Claire Shearsby. The unprepossessing youth found himself “going out with the glamorous DJ and we lived together for years.” Shearsby and Taylor were sketched by The Mekons: "In the flat above the chemists Andy and Claire are dressing to kill But they don't come out till after dark In Charlie Cake Park." “He’d be down at every gig with Claire,” recalls Keenan. “When Claire was DJing and wanted to go to the bar or to toilet or whatever, Andy would take over for a bit and all he ever played was Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Gary Glitter.” “You could always tell when I’d taken over,” Eldritch confirms “because on came the Glitter.” 💬 Quote
Sarah5string Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 I always wanted to call a band 'Resting Beech Face' while I was in horticulture college. Songs would include 'I've got wood' and 'eye level sticks'. Not sure what our stage names would be though to continue the pun. Although there is a plant called 'Rubus cockburnianus' so that's one covered.. 2 1 Quote
BigRedX Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 We all had stage names in D!ck Venom & The Terrortones. We even did the PRS registrations for our songs with those pseudonyms. 1 Quote
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