# Choose your stage name/band name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001 "2002-04-05T14:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/1 "2002-04-05T14:50:05Z")
Steve Stagename and the Pseudonyms ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/2 "2002-04-05T15:50:54Z")
The band name I made up was: **Hamsterjam** (I discovered it while trying to say Amsterdam when I was highly inebriated), and I tried to convince a friend of mine in a band to name his band that, but he wasn’t impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/3 "2002-04-05T16:34:45Z")
My band will be called “Not David Bowie”. Who’s playing tonight? Not David Bowie. Who’s that on the stage? Not David Bowie. I demand my money back! I thought David Bowie was playing. Sir, the sign clearly says that tonight’s band is Not David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Maximino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mighty\_Maximino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Maximino)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/4 "2002-04-05T17:06:19Z")
I am a member of a band called **Next Month’s Smack**. If we ever make it big, I’m thinking that Wal-Mart will not carry our CDs. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/5 "2002-04-05T17:15:14Z")
**Testiclees and the Men of Mighty Girth!** for the good ol’ hard rock. **Skullfucking your Grandmother** would be for my **Savage Garden** cover band. ---
**Author:** ![Rubicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Rubicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubicon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/6 "2002-04-05T17:24:30Z")
Matching Lamps was a band I was in in college. We did not play instruments or sing, just wrote song and album titles. Example: “Who Ate My Hoagie”, off the album Cheap Pine Panelling. Oddly we did not have stage names, but I would offer “Steve Speedvegas” as my first choice. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/7 "2002-04-05T17:31:00Z")
My best friend was in a band in the 80s called **Bruised and Stupid** , and they had a local university radio hit with, “You have Fun, I’ll sit in the Car.” More (well, slightly) to the point of the OP, said friend started a 70s cover band recently, and I suggested his stage name should be “Slade Brownsville.” I suppose I would call my fantasy band either “Obturation Pad,” or “Windage.” Our first album would be “Quadrant Elevation,” with the hit single “Barrel Droop.” ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/8 "2002-04-05T17:39:23Z")
My experiences here are the same as **Rubicon’s**. All we did was make up album and song names. Our band was **The Tapdancing Jesuses** (guess where that’s from!) Album titles were things like **A Nip in the Air** playing off of of of (of enough?) one of Floyd’s titles, and one of our faves - **A.M. Wintery Mix** ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/9 "2002-04-05T17:41:07Z")
Hmmm. Now that I think about it, A Nip in the Air _was_ the Floyd title. Huh. Our idea was **A Chink in the Armor**.:wally ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/10 "2002-04-05T17:44:45Z")
ive had a few stage names: les payne heavy v fontaine labourgeois couple more: red gravy perry stalsis good band name: cement neck ---
**Author:** ![ThePyroWeasel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@ThePyroWeasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePyroWeasel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/11 "2002-04-05T17:54:55Z")
Johnny Vomit and the Heaves. Check out our hit singles, “I Thought I Loved You (But It Was Only Indigestion)”, and “You’re My Porcelain Goddess” off of our debut album _Everytime I Puke_. ---
**Author:** ![ummm.yeahh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ummm.yeahh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ummm.yeahh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/12 "2002-04-05T17:57:16Z")
Short Yellow Bus ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/13 "2002-04-05T18:09:37Z")
My stagename at times has been **Miss Ann Thrope**. At times it has also been **Miss Ann Dree**. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/14 "2002-04-05T18:29:08Z")
I had a fantasy rock band in the high school era of my life. It was an eclectic group, representing the various musical disciplines which contribute to modern rock…and we had stage costumes and personnae to match: DICE (50s doo-wop and early rock&roll)-vocals and acoustic guitar CHIC (classical)-lead guitar BOOTS (country&western)-rhythm guitar ZOOT (big band era)-bass guitar SUAVE (jazz)-keyboards SPIKE(Heavy metal, punk)-percussions Called THE JAM SESSION. Sadly, existing only in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/15 "2002-04-05T21:25:53Z")
I was in a project once called **Byzantine Song Cycle**. Bad band, but weird name. There was a duo in Charleston back in the day called **The Urban Lumberjacks**. I’m kinda fonda that one. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/16 "2002-04-05T21:35:09Z")
I’ve always thought if I had a band it would be called **Junket to Cairo**. The first album? _Vindaloo in da loo._ Don’t ask why. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/17 "2002-04-05T21:40:06Z")
I actually named a band. They’re called “Mom’s Idea.” I’m not IN the band, I just came up with the name, and my sister told them about it and they liked it. So there ya have it; I’ve named a band. Now, MY band would be called “The Children.” My stage name would be “Oscar Material.” I always wanted to name my band “The Glorious June 15th People’s Revolution Twenty-Eight Piece Orchestra, Clog Dancing Mime Troupe and Furniture Moving Company,” but it doesn’t fit on the jewel case insert. ---
**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/18 "2002-04-05T22:02:51Z")
Storm Thundergroin and the Axis of Evil The Um Louts ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/19 "2002-04-05T23:39:12Z")
I always wanted to name a band **Third Monkey** after an expression a professor I had in college used to say, “He’s as nervous the third monkey on the gangplank of Noah’s Ark, and it’s starting to rain.” ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001/20 "2002-04-05T23:59:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tetsusaru \* > \*\*Steve Stagename and the Pseudonyms \*\* The Band: **The Plastic Jesus** The Stage Name: **MoFo** xicanorex [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-your-stage-name-band-name/102001.md?page=2)