Loretta Lynn name-checks herself in Hey Loretta.
The Big Bopper name-checks himself in Chantilly Lace.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals-“The Fun Lovin’ Criminal”
Stick ‘em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal
“The arsenals of Megadeath can’t be rid, they said…”
“You won’t hear a sound until my knife’s in your back, the Exodus attack!”
Some time ago I made a music trivia game consisting entirely of self-referential songs. Some of the ones I used have already been posted, but there are others. (Note that some of these are country songs, but since “Hey Loretta” and “Family Tradition” — also a part of my game — were mentioned here, I figured it’s OK.)
Here we go:
China Girl – Iggy Pop (“My little china girl says ‘Oh Jimmy just you shut your mouth’”) [Iggy Pop’s real name is James Osterberg, Jr.]
Lickin’ Stick, Lickin’ Stick – James Brown (“Caught himself doin’ the James Brown”) [I suspect James has other songs in which he namechecks himself]
Honey Don’t and Matchbox – Ringo namechecks himself on both of these Beatles Carl Perkins’ covers
(Speaking of whom) Boppin’ the Blues – Carl Perkins (“The doctor told me, ‘Carl, you don’t need no pills’”)
I Dreamed of Hillbilly Heaven – Tex Ritter (“Tex Ritter? Well, that’s when I woke up”)
Who Do You Love – The Woolies (“Arlene took me by the hand, she said ‘Cool me, Stormy, you’re my man’”) [Stormy was the lead singer of the band who did this Bo Diddley cover]
Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb – Ed (“Kookie”) Byrnes and Connie Stevens (title phrase) [Connie actually utters this, but since they’re both credited as artists….]
Nothin’ Ever Hurt Me Half as Bad as Losin’ You – George Jones (“I went out with a girl who told me ‘George, you have bad breath!’”)
You Ain’t Gonna Have Ol’ Buck to Kick Around No More – Buck Owens (title phrase)
The Boys in the Band – The Boys in the Band (“How about a little hand, for the boys in the band”) [A minor radio hit in the early 70s]
Okay, to make up for my fuzzy-headed misinterpretation of the OP previously (somehow I thought it was asking for shoutouts in rock as well as personal name-checking), I have a couple of examples in order to attempt to redeem myself:
Atari Teenage Riot - constantly name-checks themselves but for REALZ they do it on the song Atari Teenage Riot
Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfer from Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac
Bullet - Bite The Bullet
Lard - The Power of Lard
Talk Talk - Talk Talk from the 1982 album Talk Talk
Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away (NSFW (duh)) and AA XXX (also NSFW (double duh))
Refused - The Refused Party Program and Refused Are Fuckin Dead (although I hesitate to include the latter because the name-check is just in the title, not in the lyrics)
Stormtroopers Of Death - March of the S.O.D. (again: just the title; this is an instrumental) & Sargent “D” & The S.O.D.
Sex Bob-Omb - We Are Sex Bob-Omb (ddamn I like this song!)
Sister Double Happiness - Sister Double Happiness
Speedwolf - Speedwolf (imagine if Motörhead played fast and loud…! :D)
Suicidal Tendencies do it all the time, but right now my favorite is Shake It Out, the 1st track on their latest album. Not only do they name-call the band, but Mike calls his own name as well.
Tenacious D - The Ballad Of Hollywood Jack And The Rage Kage, which isn’t really name-checking as much as it is autobiographical-ish
Venom - Venom
Zeke - Zeke You
I know I missed a bunch of stuff; sleep deprivation does funny things to me.
Anyway, these next two I’m including because they fit the OP’s criteria albeit loosely, and because I love them both:
Ramones - R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (yes, it’s a cover, but hey, fuck it, it’s the Ramones playing Motörhead, c’mon)
Brak - I Like Hubcaps
Does the drummer of They Might Be Giants claiming to be Whitney Houston in a Marty Beller mask count?
Huh. Why did my iPad try to make it Bellerophon?
And I’ve drunk myself blind to the sound of old T.Rex
And Who’s Next.
And Billy Milano did it more obviously with his other band, M.O.D, in Theme:
“I’m Billy Milano, I’m a bold courageous man”, and “We’re M.O.D. and we’re on Megaforce”.
Also, Eminem in Without Me: 'Cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more. They want Shady, I’m chopped liver.
Yeah but, the OP was specifically asking for examples in rock, as opposed to rap/hip-hop, where they’re a dime a dozen.
Forgot one: “Ramona” by The Ramones:
Hey Johnny, hey Dee Dee
Little Tom and Joey
You know we’re comin’ over
Sweet sweet little Ramona
Barenaked Ladies’ “Grade 9” has a bit where Ed Robertson says “They called me Eddie.”
Dance to the Music mentions drummer Greg Errico, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, and saxophonist Jerry Martini.
Coe has a bit of a habit of this. He also does it in “Longhaired Redneck”:
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They tell me I look like Merle Haggard,
And sound a lot like David Allan Coe
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And “Son of the South”:
Another: “Stand by Me” by Spyder Turner.
After several very good imitations of other soul artists singing the song (“Jackie Wilson might say…,” etc.), he concludes by saying “But I’m Spyder Turner, and I’ll get down on my knees and say [singing] ‘Darlin’, don’t go’…”
It would make a good contest to see whose records are more self-referential (or, if you’re being less charitable, ego-fueled): Coe’s or Hank Williams Jr.'s.
Either drop the hits like de la or get the fuck off the commode. - Zach de la Rocha. (i’m counting Rage Against the Machine as rock and not hiphop).
Garfunkel and Oates in “This Party Took a Turn for the Douche”.
ETA: Actually, I don’t think that’s rock. The Jim Croce reference misled me.
Eh, I’m just looking for anything other than rap & hip-hop. I put “rock” in the thread subject just as a (poorly-chosen) shorthand.
Actually, the line is “drop the hits like de la O” and is a reference to Genovevo de la O. (The title of the song is “Bulls on Parade.”)
Turn for the Douche is basically hip-hop. Novelty hip-hop, but still.