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worst stage names you've ever heard
- Thread starter lordziros
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In my last band they referred to me as R2 because I have two initial R's in my name, but also because I was the second Rob in the band. Plus I have crutches so jokes about me being mechanical fit too. I actually like the nickname but it's not sticking with my new band and new group of people I'm around. lol
Well, I can't think of worse ones than these. I think my favorite stage name of all time is Dick Valentine (of The Electric Six). But . . . he's not just a stage name. He's a whole persona.
Wow...I saw Buck Naked back in the day in SF at the I-Beam, singing their hit song "Bend Over Baby and Let Me Drive"
There is a military-friendly club here in Denver called G.I. Jodi's, and sometimes when we play there we use our "military" nicknames;
Corporal Punishment
Major Pain
General Mayhem
Private Parts
No, I won't say which one I am.
Corporal Punishment
Major Pain
General Mayhem
Private Parts
No, I won't say which one I am.
People used to think because my last name is actually Power that it was a stage name NO ITS REALLY MY LAST NAME!.... A friend of mine played in a band with a goth kid called himself AND introduced himself off stage as "The worlds prettiest zombie", when you are an overweight homeless lookin version of John 5 with a bowl cut IT AINT PRETTY!.
I never liked the Ramones. But at least they made it sound like an actual family name.
winstonthecat said:
Don't ever make fun of DK. One can get hurt by saying bad things about them. :0) - Come on Klaus Flouride is an awesome name.
Our old drummer was called Mikey Cornhole. It was even better when we played on the boardwalk in Asbury Park which now has a large gay community. He looked scared.
They called me Johnny Birdcage but now I am Captain Wealth.
I always wanted to start a porn rock band "Dick Hardlong and the Tadpoles" - Don't steal that! I have copyright and trademark to the name. I don't want to hunt you down. . .
in the 80s I was working tech for a band for a British TV show. On the same night was Venom. "Kronos," "Mantas," and "Abbadon" (IIRC)....
What made me laugh was them tramping around backstage in full stage gear (which was post-apocolyptic warrior leather straps etc.) and trying to get cups of tea (the thick Northern accents didn't help). All too surreal.
During their set the singer stage-dived into the crowd - which parted beautifully to reveal a nice hard concrete studio floor.
Kronos?
What made me laugh was them tramping around backstage in full stage gear (which was post-apocolyptic warrior leather straps etc.) and trying to get cups of tea (the thick Northern accents didn't help). All too surreal.
During their set the singer stage-dived into the crowd - which parted beautifully to reveal a nice hard concrete studio floor.
Kronos?
I guess it depends on your opinion of worst. I find Lord Worm, Corpsegrinder, Nergal and things of that nature to be pretty stupid, but then again, very fitting for the genres involved.
Dead may be the worst of them all in terms of originality, although it proved to be quite fitting.
Dead may be the worst of them all in terms of originality, although it proved to be quite fitting.
