Mark X for no publicity

[Dad3353]

3 hours ago, lozkerr said:

We all adopted stage names for the punk band ... Jude Struction ...

 

I'm not sure that that would pass muster, these daze. 

[lozkerr]

33 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

I'm not sure that that would pass muster, these daze. 

Hm, I see what you mean. It's a moot point now though as the band's broken up ☹️

[chris_b]

I know a drummer who has used a stage name since the70's, for tax purposes, he says.

 

I'm the shy, retiring type, but I'm happy enough to be introduced at the end of the gig. I do prefer anonymity on the internet though. 

[upside downer]

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

I know a drummer who has used a stage name since the70's, for tax purposes, he says. 

 

I think it was Captain Sensible (born Ray Burns) who said that he and some of the early punks changed their names to help avoid the DHSS from sniffing around too much as they were still claiming 'the dole'.

[Dan Dare]

12 minutes ago, upside downer said:

I think it was Captain Sensible (born Ray Burns) who said that he and some of the early punks changed their names to help avoid the DHSS from sniffing around too much as they were still claiming 'the dole'.

 

I loved Guy Pratt's story of the punk days, when everyone had adopted names like Rat Scabies, Fester Pustule and so on. People used to assume he had done similarly when he introduced himself.

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, upside downer said:

 

I think it was Captain Sensible (born Ray Burns) who said that he and some of the early punks changed their names to help avoid the DHSS from sniffing around too much as they were still claiming 'the dole'.

 

In the early 70's I was on the dole. I told them I was a bass player looking for a band, and one of the Dole Office guys called me up and offered me a gig!! I wasn't sure how that would affect my payouts. They might have kicked me off the dole, so I told him I was busy that night!

[tauzero]

6 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

I'm not sure that that would pass muster, these daze. 

 

These days, if you say you're English you get arrested and put in jail.

[Dad3353]

28 minutes ago, tauzero said:

These days, if you say you're English you get arrested and put in jail.

 

Only in Scotland.