Nickname Only Bands

[JKL2000]

Not sure if this thread has legs or not. You can start making up funny nicknames if you have to.:

Jester : Vocals (Deyss)
Seaweed : Keyboards (Ozric Tentacles)
Ox : Bass (The Who)
The Professor : Drums (Rush)

[Joe F.]

The Edge
Bono

The Hook (Sailor Free)
Slash
Buffin (Mott the Hoople)

[paythesnuka]

Fish (Vocals)
Seal (Vocals)
The Fish (Bass)
Seaweed (keyboards)

That's all I got for this band. Maybe someone else can come up with an aquatic-nicknamed drummer at least.

[davis]

Reverend Horton Heat aka The Rev (guitar/vocals: Reverend Horton Heat) Jim Heath
Flea (bass; RHCP) Michael Balzary
Buzz (guitar, vocals; Melvins/Fantomas) Roger Osborne
Little Richard (piano, vocals) Richard Penniman
Fats (piano, vocals) Antoine Domino Jr.
Satchmo (cornet, vocals) Louis Armstrong
Dr. John (piano, vocals) Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack, Jr
Lemmy (bass, vocals) Ian Kilmister
Howlin' Wolf (guitar; vocals) Chester Burnette
Muddy Waters (guitar, vocals) McKinley Morganfield
Bo Diddley (guitar, vocal) Ellas Bates

[Calabasas_Trafalgar]

Mist(keyboards-Grobschnitt)

[Dave (in MA)]

Captain Beefheart - vocals, harmonica, sax
Drumbo - drums
Zoot Horn Rollo - guitar
Antennae Jimmy Semens - guitar
Rockette Morton - bass
The Mascara Snake - bass clarinet

[Dave (in MA)]

The Beak - guitar
Bartley Butsford - drums
Wilton Carpet - bass, vocals
Daniel Dust - violin, mellotron

[Rufus]

The Caped Crusador
Poisoned dwarf
Chicken
Spandeux pants
Billy goat

Guess which band?

[Geoff O'Donoghue]

Sting - Vocals, Bass
Buckethead - Guitar
Rabbit (Bundrick) - Keyboards
Doktor Avalanche - Drums (OK - I know that's not an actual person)

[WytchCrypt]

Jaxon - sax & flute
Mozart - bass
Brain - drums
Fury - guitar
K - vox

[polmico]

Wilton Carpet
Bartley Butsford
Daniel Dust
Fripp--well, er . . . I guess that's not a nickname.

And probably the others aren't either.

[ronmac]

Bingo
Bango
Bongo
Irving

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsW/tve75723-19651209-136.jpg

(Almost made it.)

[mozo-pg]

Sara Lee (sp) - Fripp and the League
Jello Biarfro (sp) Dead Kenndys
Lux Interior - The Cramps

Good thread.

[Digital_Man]

Mist(keyboards-Grobschnitt)

The rest of the band went by nicknames too(Eroc, Lupo etc).

Fish from Marillion was probably the first one to pop into my mind.



Sara Lee (sp) - Fripp and the League
Jello Biarfro (sp) Dead Kenndys
Lux Interior - The Cramps

Good thread.

Sara Lee is indeed her real name though.

[ThomasKDye]

The Ramones… kinda?

[JKL2000]

Snakefinger (guitar)
Mr. Owl (keyboards; Masters of Reality)
Sternenmädchen (spoken vocals; Gille Lettman of Cosmic Couriers)
Fame (bass; Michael "Fame" Günther of Agitation Free)

[Obscured]

And the winner is -

Prof. Sharpstrings P.A. (Steffy) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
Keith da Missile Bass – bass guitar and tree trunk
Kif Kif Le Batteur – drummery and asides besides
Gavin Da Blitz – synthesizah and pinball flip
Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
Dingbat Alien – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordply

Bloomdido Glad de Brasse – Wind instruments and Vocals
Hi T Moonweed – Moog and EMS systhesisers and Mellowdrone
Dingo Virgin – vocal locust and Glissandoz guitar
Shakti Yoni – poems and space whisper
Bambaloni Yoni – wee voices and Chourousings

Bloomdido Bad De Grass – ten/sop sax, floot, bi-focal vocal
Shakti Yoni – space whisper, loin cackle
T. Being esq. – basso profundo
Sub. Capt. Hillage – lewd guitar
Hi T. Moonweed (the favorite) – Cynthia "size a", lady voce
Pierre de Strasbourg – bread & batteur drums, vibes, marimba
Mireille de Strasbourg – glockenspiel
Dingo Virgin - local vocals, aluminium croon, glissando guitar

http://www.planetgong.co.uk/images/mandalas/mandala.l.png

[Joe F.]

Thunderstick (Drummer for Samson)
Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (Howard Kaylan & Mark Volman)

[JKL2000]

Prince (vocals)
John Wesley (guitar - real name is Wes Dearth)
Dr. Heathen Scum (bass - from The Mentors)
Mr. Smile (drums - Ingo Schwichtenberg from Helloween)

[iguana]

anadale? (JOLLY)
gambler / syndrome (OCEANSiZE)
dirk / lerxst / pratt (you-know-who)

[spacefreak]

99.9% of black metal bands.

[Dave (in MA)]

Wilton Carpet
Bartley Butsford
Daniel Dust
Fripp--well, er . . . I guess that's not a nickname.

And probably the others aren't either.

Dude. (http://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/7969-Nickname-Only-Bands?p=222118&viewfull=1#post222118)

[polmico]

Whoops. I graciously resign frm playing and leave in shame.

[Dave (in MA)]

:ipa

[mogrooves]

Chappo - vox
Moulty - drums
Rhino - guitar
Buck Dharma - guitar
Duck Dunn - bass
Moogy Klingman - keys
Sugarcane Harris - violin
The Northettes - backing vocals

[PeterG]

The Prince of Darkness - vocals
The Godfather of Grunge - guitars
Bonzo - drums
Lemmy - bass

[Supersonic Scientist]

John 5
Nash the Slash

[JKL2000]

Rick Lancelot - vocals (The Banana Splits/Frank Zappa)
Vora Vor - lead guitar (Braindance)
Balsac the Jaws of Death - rhythm guitar (Gwar)
Lee Harvey Blotto - drums (Blotto)

[JKL2000]

Slick Willy - Sax (President Bill Clinton)
Shakti Yoni - space whisper (Gilli Smith)

[Dave (in MA)]

Seahag - guitar
Seaweed - keyboards
Seasick Steve - homemade guitar
Seal - vocals

[WytchCrypt]

From the Zappa universe...

Biff Debris

[Shadow]

Apt. Q258 - Drums
Leslie West - Guitar
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Geezer Butler - Bass

[Rarebird]

In Extremo
Das Letzte Einhorn - Vocals, harp, cyster
Dr. Pymonte - Bagpipe, shawn, harp
Flex der Biegsame - Bagpipe, shawn, flute, hurdy gurdy
Yellow Pfeiffer - Bagpipe, shawn, flute, nykelharpa
Thomas der Münzer - Guitar ; Van Lange - Guitar, cyster, vocals
Morgenstern - Drums, percussion ; Specki T.D. - Drums
Die Lutter - Bass, vocals

[ronmac]

Prince
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
The Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
Jamie Starr
Joey Coco
Paisley Park
Alexander Nevermind
Christopher

Okay, so the first one is his real name. But, still...

[Shadow]

Ringo Starr solo tour

[JKL2000]

The Velvet Fog - vocals
Buckethead - all instruments

[Crystal Plumage]

Veke Berg / bass
Algot Davi / accordion, flute, vibraphone
Bo Dean / Hammond organ
Redar Gitsdorf / guitar
Inge Naning / Rhodes, piano, Minimoog
Britt Marie / percussion
Hadde Wattnât / drums
Alf Willberg / Soprano saxophone

And remember Don Azzarro?

Though these aren't technically nicknames, more pseudonyms. Could be another thread: "Who recorded under a different name?"..

[Rarebird]

If we are talking about Pseudonyms, I still wonder who Henry Street, who presumably wrote all the songs on Dry by Streetmark, really is.

[Supersonic Scientist]

Bob Dylan
Charo

[Calabasas_Trafalgar]

Sam Hedd

[davis]

Nelson
Otis
Lefty
Charlie T. Jr
Lucky
Spike
Clayton
Muddy
and Boo Wilbury

[Trane]

And the winner is -

Prof. Sharpstrings P.A. (Steffy) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
Keith da Missile Bass – bass guitar and tree trunk
Kif Kif Le Batteur – drummery and asides besides
Gavin Da Blitz – synthesizah and pinball flip
Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
Dingbat Alien – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordply

Bloomdido Glad de Brasse – Wind instruments and Vocals
Hi T Moonweed – Moog and EMS systhesisers and Mellowdrone
Dingo Virgin – vocal locust and Glissandoz guitar
Shakti Yoni – poems and space whisper
Bambaloni Yoni – wee voices and Chourousings

Bloomdido Bad De Grass – ten/sop sax, floot, bi-focal vocal
Shakti Yoni – space whisper, loin cackle
T. Being esq. – basso profundo
Sub. Capt. Hillage – lewd guitar
Hi T. Moonweed (the favorite) – Cynthia "size a", lady voce
Pierre de Strasbourg – bread & batteur drums, vibes, marimba
Mireille de Strasbourg – glockenspiel
Dingo Virgin - local vocals, aluminium croon, glissando guitar

http://www.planetgong.co.uk/images/mandalas/mandala.l.png


yeah the top three seem to be GonG, Grobschnitt and The Ramones

[davis]

Man or Astro-man? is primarily

Star Crunch: guitar and vocals
Birdstuff: drums
Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard: bass and electronics

former members:

Avona Nova
Victor Vector
Dr. Deleto
Cap'n Zeno
Dexter X, the man from Planet Q
Trace Reading
Blazar the Probe Handler

[highaltitude]

Faul Mc Cartney - Paul Mc Cartney

[mogrooves]

Paul Ramon

[WytchCrypt]

Paul Ramon

...and Carl Harrison

[davis]

Joe Strummer

[mogrooves]

...and Carl Harrison

...and Winston O'Boogie.

[Progbear]

Joyce: vocals, guitar
Rabbit: keyboards
Twink: drums
Lemmy: bass/vocals
Yozox: guitar

So, I’m guessing with that lineup, we’d get bossa-nova/blues/psychedelic/speed-metal/fusion-prog! :lol


If we are talking about Pseudonyms, I still wonder who Henry Street, who presumably wrote all the songs on Dry by Streetmark, really is.

I’m pretty sure it’s a front name for the band, like Elias Grobschnitt or Emerlist Davjack.

[Trane]

Harry Georgesson

[Rarebird]

I’m pretty sure it’s a front name for the band, like Elias Grobschnitt or Emerlist Davjack.

That was my idea as well. It sounded to much as a coincidence, to be a real name.

[ronmac]

...and Winston O'Boogie.

That's Dr. Winston O'Boogie

[JKL2000]

Does anyone know how Gordon Sumner (AKA Sting) got his stage name?

[Lopez]

Randy California was Hendrix's nickname for Randy Wolfe.
Sam the Sham (Domingo Samudio)

[Rarebird]

Does anyone know how Gordon Sumner (AKA Sting) got his stage name?

I think because he wore striped shirts.

[JKL2000]

Does anyone know how Gordon Sumner (AKA Sting) got his stage name?


I think because he wore striped shirts.

LOL - not really?

[Rarebird]

LOL - not really?

I think I've read that.

[JKL2000]

Does anyone know how Gordon Sumner (AKA Sting) got his stage name?


I think because he wore striped shirts.


LOL - not really?


I think I've read that.

That is lame!

[Crystal Plumage]

According to Wikipedia, Renate is right. I always thought it was from The Lord of the Rings like so many artists over the years..

[JKL2000]

Gandalf - Keyboards

Busta "Cherry" Jones - Bass

[R. Totale III]

The Douche - John Mayer. The Douche abides.