Bassist and the nicknames

[trtrzenified]

I realised that bass players are always more likely to have nicknames than any other positions in the band:

Michael "Flea" Balzary-RHCP (no we don't know who he is)
Dave "Pheonix" Farrell-Linkin Park
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu-KoRn
Jason "Cone" McCaslin-Sum 41
Ryan "Ry-Know" Martinie-Mudvayne

some of them are from bands though. But then alot more bassist go with their nicknames rather than surnames than guitars, vocalist and drummers.

 

[skaliwag66]

family man barrett

 

[Dave Siff]

John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius

 

[Anesthesia]

my names rodney.

shortened to rod.

people say for example hey rod man.

rod man minus the space = rodman

so people call me dennis.

 

[sarcastro83]

Terence "Geezer" Butler, Lemmy (born: Ian Fraiser Kilmister), William "Bootsy" Collins

 

[skaliwag66]

donald "duck" dunn
charles "chaz" chandler

 

[McHaven]

John "The Ox" Entwistle- The Who

 

[Twnty1inRF]

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner = Sting (The Police)
Darryl Jones = "The Munch" (Miles Davis, Sting, Rolling Stones)
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (Hall & Oates, SNL Band)
Aaron Charles Wills = P-Nut (311)

 

[Nino Valenti]

Gary "Geddy" Lee Weinrib

 

[Johnny Crab]

"Johnny Crab" thanks to a P.O.'d roadie giving me a chewing out that was deserved in the 1980's.

More recently modified to "Starboard Johnny" at this gig:

 

[StanFan]

Jason Newkid (short-lived nickname of Metallica bassist)

 

[Jimbob Jones]

I get called "Mr Joe" a lot...no idea why though.

 

[zombywoof5050]

Foley

Tink

The Fish

 

[Lonnybass]

Lonny rhymes with Johnny = Lon Paul Jones

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

i am Trevor of Doom

 

[zombywoof5050]

Mars

Thunder Thumbs

Rocco

 

[double_stop2584]

I'm Hooters.

My last name is Huettner (pronounced Huttner), but it's always mispronounced Hyootner, or Hootner. And that's close to Hooters, so there it is.

Also Hooty-hoo! or El Hooterino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing...

 

[enigmabass]

in my ska band im Sammich, im my funk/blues band im Steve (I don't know why) my name is Chris.

 

[Petary791]

Ryan Stasik from Umphrey's McGee is nicknamed "Pony."

 

[Ian Perge]

Gary "Geddy" Lee Weinrib

To be fair, this one's legit and not nearly a "stage name" or gimmick as some others in the thread: Geddy's of Polish decent, and his Mother's accent turned "Gary" into "Geddy". Having Grandparent, Great Aunts and Uncles, and generally older family of similar Eastern European backgrounds (Hungarian, in my case) I can absolutely confirm that a heavy accent will do this.

...however, I myself I have only gotten the nickname "Pie F***er" when an artist I was backing around '99-'00 thought I looked like Jason Biggs from "American Pie". I wholeheartedly dispute this.