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 Tuesday at 22:28 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" 

[joeystrange]

Yes for two reasons:

1. My name is fairly boring

2. I decided a long time ago that it’s probably not a good idea to have your name on the internet where possible

[dudewheresmybass]

I use Rex Thunderbolt for mine, as my 'normal name' is a bit.. you know.. lol

I am listed with PRS and associated entities as Rex and Chris, to cover each identity.

It has also been handy to deal with some of my natural shyness when on stage, as I feel more able to 'perform' better as Rex, as well as being able to separate my work and personal lives.

I have numbers of people that know me as either, but few as both 

[NancyJohnson]

At our guitarist's suggestion, in an early iteration of Nancy Johnson, we decided to drop our surnames and go with our first and middle names.  From his perspective, Pete James sounded so much more rock'n'roll than Peter Williams.

[SpondonBassed]

On 05/10/2025 at 14:07, Mickeyboro said:

Alvin Stardust once bought me a coffee. Amazingly, that was what appeared on his Mastercard rather than Bernard Jewry…

 

Coo Ca Choo baby.

[SpondonBassed]

My stage name is Bob Gerroff!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by SpondonBassed

[SpondonBassed]

On 06/10/2025 at 08:11, wolfninefingers said:

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

 

Somebody please tell me the band was originally called Big John Thomas and the Budgie Smugglers but was shortened so that the name would only take up one line on the label of a 45.