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03-11-2005, 03:47 PM
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Nordy User... Endorser of SIT strings, Epifani Cabs & Benavente Basses Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Nashville/Lexington | | | ...and your real name is?
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I'm curious how many of the prominent bassists that perform under a pseudonym came about their names.
*What is the reason that Michael Balzary is called Flea?
*How Did Gordon Sumner come up with Sting?
*etc....
I would like to hear from TB'ers about the various bassists that are in popular (and not-so-popular) music today regarding the pseudonyms they play under and how they got their new nick-name. |
03-11-2005, 04:21 PM
| | | | Aaron Wills AKA "P-Nut"
...I'm assuming it's the shape of his noggin.
Flea?
...the size of his 'noggin'?
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03-11-2005, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by j-raj *How Did Gordon Sumner come up with Sting? | I believe that back when he was a schoolteacher, he was known for wearing a yellow and black striped jumper (looks like a bee). The nickname 'Sting' has stuck ever since. |
03-11-2005, 05:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | Flea
I believe for some reason people called him Mike B. the Flea, and I guess Flea just stuck with him. |
03-11-2005, 05:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany | | | I read he was called Flea by his friends in school because he simply couldn't sit still in class. I guess his stage antics came naturally. |
03-11-2005, 05:19 PM
| | | I heard he got the name flea because he sucks.
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03-11-2005, 05:33 PM
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Nordy User... Endorser of SIT strings, Epifani Cabs & Benavente Basses Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Nashville/Lexington | | | Ahh Ok, so not just keeping it to just those two bassists... what other cats out there using pseudonyms?
like Cachao & Donald 'Duck' Dunn...
just curious to see if someone knows how (maybe) Muzz Skillings got his first name. |
03-11-2005, 11:53 PM
|  | Mayday! Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jackson, MS | | | Rex Everything? a.k.a. Nick Oliveri
Dirk Lance? a.k.a. ex Incubus dude.
Anybody know the meaning behind either of those two nicknames? |
03-12-2005, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Dirk Lance is Alex's Porn star name.
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03-12-2005, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by abark000 Rex Everything? a.k.a. Nick Oliveri | well, wasn't he kicked out of QOTSA for being too much of a party animal? he was probably one of those rowdy drunks... |
03-13-2005, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Wrong Robot I heard he got the name flea because he sucks.
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03-13-2005, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by David Benyahia I believe that back when he was a schoolteacher, he was known for wearing a yellow and black striped jumper (looks like a bee). The nickname 'Sting' has stuck ever since. | That's correct, although the name was given to him by some bandmates. |
03-13-2005, 05:21 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | I've heard that Geddy Lee's real name is Gary. "Geddy" was the way his Grandmother or Aunt used to pronounce it. |
03-13-2005, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida | | | IIRC I think Sting got his nickname from him mom.
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03-13-2005, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Nino Valenti I've heard that Geddy Lee's real name is Gary. "Geddy" was the way his Grandmother or Aunt used to pronounce it. | Geddy Lee = Gary Weinrib. "Lee" may be his middle name. Alex Lifeson's real name is Serb for. . . . well, life-son.
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03-13-2005, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kansas City | | On page 130 of his book, Sting mentions that he was given his nickname by Gordon Solomon, the bandleader when he was playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen.
Geddy is the yiddish accented pronunciation of Gary, and it's what his mother or grandmother (I can't remember which) called him growing up. |
03-13-2005, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Folmeister Geddy Lee = Gary Weinrib. "Lee" may be his middle name. Alex Lifeson's real name is Serb for. . . . well, life-son. | Lee is his middle name and Alex's real last name is Zivojinovic.
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