Musician names/alter egos

[MacDaddy]

Gary Glitter

[Paul S]

'Snowboy' is a local jazz percussionist whose name is Mark Cotgrove.  When he plays here his mum usually attends and can be heard shouting 'Come on, Mark!'   

[pete.young]

On 26/05/2021 at 18:26, Sarah5string said:

I'm claiming cunning stunts, even though I'm sure it's probably already taken

 

A Caravan album from the '70s, probably why you've never heard of it!

The excellent Dreadnoughts are currently made up by:

• The Fang, Guitar and Vocals
• Wormley Wangersnitch, Violin
• Leroy "Slow Ride" McBride, Accordion and Vocals
• Drew Sexsmith, Mandolin, Banjo and Vocals (sometimes known as the Dread Pirate Druzil)
• Squid Vicious, Bass
• The Stupid Swedish Bastard, Drums

[BigRedX]

11 hours ago, Andy_L said:

Shocked to discover that Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle would have been known as Neil Megson by his mum.

There was a parody of him in one of the NME cartoons called Exodus C-Ornflakes

[Andy_L]

48 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

There was a parody of him in one of the NME cartoons called Exodus C-Ornflakes

😆

Now that's just silly

Edited May 28, 2021 by Andy_L

[cetera]

My faves from the early days of tributes in the UK were:

 

The Six Pastilles - Sex Pistols tribute

The Small Fa(e)ces - Small Faces tribute who were often described as "a little bit *profanity filter*")

 

Edited May 28, 2021 by cetera
Won't let me post 'stinky poo'

[pete.young]

52 minutes ago, cetera said:

My faves from the early days of tributes in the UK were:

 

The Six Pastilles - Sex Pistols tribute

The Small Fa(e)ces - Small Faces tribute who were often described as "a little bit *profanity filter*")

 

Annoying isnt it.

Edited May 28, 2021 by pete.young

[Crusoe]

Erick Lee Purkhiser and Kirsty Wallace, better known as Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of the Cramps

[TheRev]

3 hours ago, pete.young said:

A Caravan album from the '70s, probably why you've never heard of it!

The excellent Dreadnoughts are currently made up by:

• The Fang, Guitar and Vocals
• Wormley Wangersnitch, Violin
• Leroy "Slow Ride" McBride, Accordion and Vocals
• Drew Sexsmith, Mandolin, Banjo and Vocals (sometimes known as the Dread Pirate Druzil)
• Squid Vicious, Bass
• The Stupid Swedish Bastard, Drums

Except that Wormley and The Dread Pirate Druzil (his real name is actually Drew Sexsmith) have left and been replaced by Aled Jenkins (ex Smokey Bastard) on mandolin with Leroy (aka Seamus O'Flanaghan in previous incarnations of the band) covering fiddle and acccordian duties.

Fang (AKA Uncle Touchy) occasionally plays with my band as Vinnie Blue (on accordian or mandolin or whatever he's into on that particular day) and stepped in on guitar for a small USA tour when our guitarist flounced off in a huff 10 days berore the tour started.   

[paul_5]

These guys get my vote for best stage names:

Ladies and germs, I give you 

GWAR

 

 Ben Eubanks -Johnny Slutman), 

Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus),

Russ Bahorsky (Mr. Magico)

Steve Douglas (Jaws of Death),

Chris Bopst (Balsac)

Sean Sumner (Hans Sphincter).

As of Brockie's death in 2014, Gwar currently features no original members, with a lineup of rhythm guitarist Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death)

drummer Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha, since 1989)

lead guitarist Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus, since 2012)

lead vocalist Mike Bishop (Blöthar the Berserker, since 2014)

bassist Casey Orr (Beefcake the Mighty, most recently since 2019).

There have been a few others in between these incarnations of the band...

[Vin Venal]

Vin Venal is not my real name. Thinking of changing it though.

[casapete]

Hank Wangford's band The Lost Cowboys has had lots of great players over the years who were given pseudonyms - these include Brad Breath, Jett Atkins, Manly Footwear, (the great pedal steel player BJ Cole) George Hamilton VI, and female vocalist Irma Cetas. 

[Quatschmacher]

On 25/05/2021 at 13:44, Sarah5string said:

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 🤣

Couldn’t you change it back via deed poll?

EDIT - just read the start of the thread where you mentioned why not. 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Quatschmacher

[Quatschmacher]

On 25/05/2021 at 14:17, 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'.

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Or maybe not.

 

 

Not sure the idea would take root. 

[Quatschmacher]

On 25/05/2021 at 14:34, Sarah5string said:

Although there is a plant called 'Rubus cockburnianus' so that's one covered..

Amazing!

[pete.young]

22 hours ago, TheRev said:

Except that Wormley and The Dread Pirate Druzil (his real name is actually Drew Sexsmith) have left and been replaced by Aled Jenkins (ex Smokey Bastard) on mandolin with Leroy (aka Seamus O'Flanaghan in previous incarnations of the band) covering fiddle and acccordian duties.

Fang (AKA Uncle Touchy) occasionally plays with my band as Vinnie Blue (on accordian or mandolin or whatever he's into on that particular day) and stepped in on guitar for a small USA tour when our guitarist flounced off in a huff 10 days berore the tour started.   

Excellent, thanks for the update - they need to sort thier Wikipedia entry out.

The guy's real name is Drew Sexsmith? Bizarre.

[Quatschmacher]

On 26/05/2021 at 12:37, Sarah5string said:

Mike Hunt 😏

Or Yorick Hunt. 

[FinnDave]

14 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Or Yorick Hunt. 

Alas...

[TheGreek]

Sid Vicious was apparently the name of John Lydon's hamster...

[tegs07]

3 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Sid Vicious was apparently the name of John Lydon's hamster...

True dat. Think I read it in Lydon’s book “Anger is an Energy”

[Rich]

Jack Kilcoyne, one-time bassist with Mushroomhead, was a.k.a. "Pig Benis".