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The Boss
The Glimmer Twins
The Motor City Madman (waaay better than "The Nuge")

etc.

― ClevelandPat, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

The Spooge!

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeff "Glaucoma" Williamsburg
Little Lord Pantaloon

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

The Basher
Percy
Lemmy

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Leon "Studabaker" Eversoll
James "Jim" Sharkey

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Anybody named T-Bone: Wolk, Burnett, whoever.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk"

"Bootsy"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Dr. Winston O'Boogie.

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"macca" always makes me laugh.

― rajeev (rajeev), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"macca" always makes me laugh.

You should have been reading Smash Hits when it was Fab Macca Wacky Thumbs Aloft.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

John "Rabbit" Bundrick
The Wrecking Crew
Ian "Stu" Stewart

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

'two sheds' is the greatest nickname of all time

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

knobhead out of the mondays owns this thread.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

What the heck was Lee Michael's drummer's name? Snowy? Salty?

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

'geezer' butler

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Prince II "Blanket" Jackson

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Satchmo, the Thin White Duke, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (played piano on Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats)

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

meatloaf?

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost:
That reminds me of my favorite of all:
Klook

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Killer, a nickname he allegedly lived up to

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

cheryl "pepsi" riley
evelyn "champagne" king

who should have done a duet

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

also: pigpen

i never understood what was supposed to be clever about macca. (or moz or mozzer or whatever people call morrisey. is there something funny about those in england? in america they just sound stupid.)

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

The Judge.

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

also very cool nicknamewise: RHINO (guitarist from captain beyond)

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Leadbelly
Madge

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Lee "Scratch" Perry!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

which prompts me to post

(Noel) Scully (Simms)
(Uziah) Sticky (Thompson)

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"The King Of Pop" is among the lesser ones...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 17 March 2005 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"His Royal Badness" ain't too good either.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Waw Pierogi and Thumbelina Guglielmo (both of Xex)

― Quit glaring at Ian Riese-Moraine! He's mentally fraught! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 17 March 2005 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Drumbo.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man, no contest - Barry White, 'The Walrus of Love'

― Seuss, Thursday, 17 March 2005 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Keef

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Thursday, 17 March 2005 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Any nicknames beginning "Father of," "Grandfather of," "Mother of," etc automatically suck.

Lee "Scratch" Perry, "Leadbelly" OTM

― ClevelandPat, Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Jazz and blues own this thread.

Bird, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair, Art 'Bu' Blakey, Sarah 'Sassy' Vaughn, Lady Day, Chick Webb, Willie 'The Lion' Smith , l'Sony Ra, 'Cat' Anderson, 'Bubber' Miley, Earl 'Fatha' Hines, Ornette 'Nature Boy' Coleman, Red Rodney, 'Philly' Jo Jones, Sonny 'Newk' Rollins, and on and on and on...

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 17 March 2005 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cheese" Martin

"Bleeding Gums" Murphy

Ray "Pablo" Falconer

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 17 March 2005 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Kylie Minogue, formerly "The Singing Budgie"

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 March 2005 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Screamin' Jay!

― jmeister, Thursday, 17 March 2005 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

The Artist Formally Known As

Clay Aiken

― plebian plebs (plebian), Thursday, 17 March 2005 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Dio - The Rock Elf

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Thursday, 17 March 2005 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Bags

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Little Jazz"!

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Don "Sugarcane" Harris
Harry "Sweets" Edison

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

>The Motor City Madman (waaay better than "The Nuge")<

But The Atrocious Theodocius is better than either of those!
(Maybe Deadly Tedly, too.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

(Wilson) "The Wicked" Pickett

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Skunk from the Allman Brothers

― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

>>The Motor City Madman (waaay better than "The Nuge")<

> But The Atrocious Theodocius is better than either of those!
> (Maybe Deadly Tedly, too.)

All of which are better than "Sweaty Teddy."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Donald "Duck" Dunn

― darin (darin), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Zoot Horn Rollo, The Mascara Snake, Drumbo etc.

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyone named Blind.

― Captain Crunk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:50 (twenty-one years ago)

grandmaster (i.e. 'flash', 'melly mel' etc)

or even better:

'grandwizard' theodore

― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i never understood what was supposed to be clever about macca. (or moz or mozzer or whatever people call morrisey. is there something funny about those in england? in america they just sound stupid.)

Agreed. It sounds even worse coming from American fans/radio d.j.'s who think they're being really "in the know" by using the terms. Ugh.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Aston "Family Man" Barrett

― eman (eman), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Good one, eman. I almost forgive you for posting German obscenities on my Heino thread.

Lee Michael's drummer (nick)name was in fact "Frosty."

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 18 March 2005 17:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rod" Stewart

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 18 March 2005 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost - sorry ken, didn't think anyone would translate it

― amon (eman), Friday, 18 March 2005 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Earl 'Chinna' Smith

also the Bar-Kays pwn this thread:

Knuck, Lucious LLoyd, Buckboard, D, Winnie, Capt. Disaster, Joe and Scoop!!!

― amon (eman), Friday, 18 March 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Lloyd"

― amon (eman), Friday, 18 March 2005 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

More reggae:
Lincoln "Style" Scott

James Jamerson's nicknames for himself:
Igor, Diego Diegerson.

Nickname that sounds like a real name:
(Peter) "Ollie" Halsall (supposedly Ollie = 'Ally- a corruption of his last name)

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 18 March 2005 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Budgie, from Siouxsie & the Banshees. Whether a vacuum cleaner sucked him up, I cannot speculate.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Henry 'Rump Plunger' Rollins

― DJ Mencap0))), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Honorable Foreign Language Mention:
(Albert)"Appie" Rammers
Leendert "Buzz" Busch

from the (Dutch) Outsiders

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

From Brazil:
Furacão" (Hurricane) or "Pimentinha" (Little Pepper)- Elis Regina
Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

David Thomas a.k.a. "Krokus Behemoth"

― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Back in the day, Smash Hits had many hilarious though very Anglophile nicknames for pop stars, from "Sir" William of Idol to Lord Lucan for Freddie Mercury (the late Queen singer resembled a royal who was suspected of murdering his wife).

Macca, Mozzer and Gaz for Gary etc are common English slang are they not? Never sounded any more stupid to me than US slang would to a Brit. That said, Madonna's mid-Atlantic accent is tres annoying.

Lee Michaels drummer was called Frosty. The fact that I remember this indicates deep-seated pathology or a need to get out more.

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

The Black Moses of Soul

― Chris Marx, Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Phelps "Catfish" Collins (guitarist bro of William "Bootsy")
The Female Preacher (Lyn Collins no relation)
The Ice Man (Jerry Butler)
The Philosopher of Soul (Johnnie Taylor)
Rock Action (Scott Asheton)
Ms Hips & Lips (Chaka Khan)
The First Lady of Country Music (Tammy Wynette)

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The King of Rock and Soul (Solomon Burke)
The Genius (Ray Charles)

Oran "Hot Lips" Page

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

(Ignacio) Bola de Nieve (Villa)

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson

― amon (eman), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

How about this team of Flamenco superstars?

Camaron de la Isla (Shrimp or the Island)
Tomatito (Little Tomato)

I don't think I ever knew what their real names were.

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Verlaine
Richard Hell

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

pseudonyms=nicknames? (sorry if pedantic)

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

diamond dave

― Benjamin Holland (BillMartini), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Pig Champion from Poison Idea

All Screeching Weasel members had pretty cool names as well.

― matulageci (matulageci), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Hov, Hova, Jigga, etc.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 21 March 2005 03:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Cosey Fanni Tutti

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 21 March 2005 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Lovebug Starski -

I was under the impression that Lyn IS in fact relation to Bootsy and Catfish. According to an obit I read at daveyd.com, anyway. Could be he's talking out his ass, though.

Returning to topic, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste is not only the greatest drummer of all time, but has a top contender for nickname supremacy.

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Manitas de Plata!

― Paul Eater (eater), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Professor Longhair

LOCK THREAD

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually laughed out loud when i read that drummer for the Dead Kennedys goes by / went by "Ted"......just "Ted".

"Diamond" Dave and "The Killer" seconded.

― ClevelandPat, Monday, 21 March 2005 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Seems like we've yet to mention
Fred "Sonic" Smith

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Professor Longhair
Huey "Piano" Smith

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

Jazz and blues own this thread.
Where is the love for Mr. Five By Five, Jimmy Rushing?

― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 October 2008 13:33 (seventeen years ago)

Bev "Bev" Bevan

― Doreen, Dorset (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 30 October 2008 13:37 (seventeen years ago)

The Big Figure (Dr. Feelgood's drummer)

― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 October 2008 13:39 (seventeen years ago)

thirteen years pass...

lee perry got not only 'scratch' but also 'the upsetter'

― mookieproof, Friday, 12 November 2021 04:20 (four years ago)

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