Stage Names

[Mickeyboro]

7 hours ago, wolfninefingers said:

My favourite band member name would Big John Thomas who was in Budgie.

Probably his real name i would gather, being Welsh and all. But who wants to be a Slash or an Edge when you can be called that.

Don’t forget (John) Burke Shelley!

Edited Monday at 14:26 by Mickeyboro

[Mykesbass]

17 hours ago, super al said:

 

@Mykesbass did you know there was a soul band called Rufus Stone? 

Yes, I did Google the name and found them. Had to be really, as it is such an appropriate name.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

7 hours ago, wolfninefingers said:

My favourite band member name would Big John Thomas who was in Budgie.

Probably his real name i would gather, being Welsh and all. But who wants to be a Slash or an Edge when you can be called that.

I remember the gig they did at the Lyceum ( heaviest night of the year tour or something like that ) . We did have a chuckle when he was introduced 🙂

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Myself and guitarist/ teacher were gonna form a band , the hamsters of death . We would have been Ray Bid and Bloa Ted . Life got in the way unfortunately.

Stage names I have considered in the past ; Philip Eno , Wayne Kossoff ( free tribute band?) and Phyllis Glass . They didn’t materialise either 🙂

[Steve Browning]

I saw a poster at a gig for a chap  going under the name Rodge Adultery.

[StickyDBRmf]

We were going through an identity crisis, writing new material and throwing out, and playing the same venue every weekend we started changing the name of the band every week.

By Week 4 we were The Normal Spoons I took it upon myself to rename everyone also.

Guitarist James - Sam Fingerhead

Keyboardist Robert - Guadalupe Machino

Drummer Tom - Fidolfo Cruz

Bassist Marty - Eli Tokyo

It was a local crowd, everyone was in on the joke.

[Thor]

I used to be in a band with a guitarist called Rory Lyons & a drummer name of Luke Warmbathe - my name was dull by comparison so I was known as Willy Stroker🙄

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Thor
Sausage fingers

[King Tut]

My mate plays sax and geetar in a Madness/Specials tribute. The fabulous Grayson White - named himself after a department store!

[LeftyJ]

On 05/10/2025 at 15:37, Roger2611 said:

Chris P Trousers!

 

That reminds me of a keyboardist I once played with who, with a dead serious look on his face, suggested we use the band name "Crusty Seamen"