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Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Johnny C on 03 Aug 2006, 00:14: -M. Shadows
-Synyster Gates
-Zacky Vengeance
-Johnny Christ
-The Rev "The Reverend Tholomew Plague"

Originally this was about why I hated Avenged Sevenfold but then I realized mostly I just hate their names and could care less about their music.

Share other dreadful stage monikers here!
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Storm Rider on 03 Aug 2006, 02:29: I think Synyster Gates is hilarious. It's like the guy was drunk off his ass, and was like 'Man, the word sinister would be way more hardcore with y's in it!'

But as Tania said over MSN, Avenged Sevenfold make Coheed and Cambria look like legitimate musicians.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TrueNeutral on 03 Aug 2006, 02:54: Grishnack, Shagrat and all other Tolkien Orc names.
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Post by: Radiowar on 03 Aug 2006, 07:56: Butterfly, Ladybug, and Doodlebug from Digable Planets.
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Post by: Joey JoJo on 03 Aug 2006, 09:15: Extreme Metal Batman.
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Post by: karl gambolputty... on 03 Aug 2006, 09:29: The Edge and Buckethead.
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Post by: Filk on 03 Aug 2006, 10:29: Quote from: TrueNeutral
Grishnack, Shagrat and all other Tolkien Orc names.

Quote from: karl gambolputty...
Buckethead

Come on people, wtf.
Those are awesome names.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TheSilverWolf on 03 Aug 2006, 10:37: Eeehhh....stage names, I got nothing. I do have a killer band name though.

My friends and I are starting a band called "We Step on Puppies!"
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TrueNeutral on 03 Aug 2006, 11:20: Quote from: Filk
Quote from: TrueNeutral
Grishnack, Shagrat and all other Tolkien Orc names.

Quote from: karl gambolputty...
Buckethead

Come on people, wtf.
Those are awesome names.

Naming yourself after a Tolkien orc was only interesting the first seven THOUSAND times it got done.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 03 Aug 2006, 11:39: man, i have a problem in that most of the stage names i can think of are actually pretty rad. like The Aquabats' new guitarist's stagename is Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk. that is an undeniably kickass combination of words.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 03 Aug 2006, 12:00: Rex Everything
Carlo Von Sextron

OOPS THESE BELONG ON THE BEST STAGE NAMES EVER LIST SORRY GUYS MY BAD
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TheSilverWolf on 03 Aug 2006, 12:40: Well, we have stage names now. And they're all QC tributes.

Me: Lead vocals: Marten Reed

Lead Gituar: Pintsize McBoobies.

Bass gituar: (Friends Girlfriend) Dora.

It goes on like that. I have no idea why he added "McBoobies" onto Pintsize. It's a really stupid idea, but we're having fun. And yes, there is a bit of symbolism behind my stage name. My love life is near identical to Martens.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Filk on 03 Aug 2006, 13:44: Quote from: TrueNeutral
Naming yourself after a Tolkien orc was only interesting the first seven THOUSAND times it got done.

It does not make the name itself bad, just somewhat unoriginal. Besides, i have suspicions that it started after a certain individual took the Grishnakh name.

Naming your game characters Lagolez, Legolass, Lego-ass etc. is a defferent story though :p
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: bucky_2300 on 03 Aug 2006, 14:04: Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Somewhere back there, Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback decided that he was going to be famous, and Lars Johann Lannerback would not cut it.

Yngwie Malmsteen?
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: ASturge on 03 Aug 2006, 14:05: Biro Pen fuck head feature twat

Sack of Nuts

Twat Cockend

Penis-face
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Gryff on 03 Aug 2006, 15:21: Englebert Humperdink.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 03 Aug 2006, 15:27: i cant think of any bad stage names so here are two awesome ones:

Lux Interior (of the cramps)

Beefcake (of Gwar)
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Post by: timehat on 03 Aug 2006, 15:36: The guys from Voivod had some goofy stage names:

Piggy
Away
Snake
Blacky
Jasonic
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Post by: TheSilverWolf on 03 Aug 2006, 17:14: How about Oderus? I've only heard one of their songs, and it was ok, but I still fucking hate GWAR!!!!!!!
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Unosuke on 03 Aug 2006, 18:25: Andy Flag
Pat Thetic
Justin Sane

Pat Smear
and when Slipknot changed their names to numbers
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Patrick on 03 Aug 2006, 18:34: Going by the use-your-initials rule, my stage name is going to be Pissing Jackass.
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Post by: TheSilverWolf on 03 Aug 2006, 18:41: Gah....... worst stage name ever? My cousins. He's "Vampire Joe"
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Post by: vegkitkat on 03 Aug 2006, 19:53: My friends' were: The Crewe (his first name is actually Crewe) and J. Legacy. They signed my boobs to show that they're real rockstars.

The band has since broken up.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Scytale on 04 Aug 2006, 00:12: Virus 666 is a pretty bad one, I love Abigor but as a pseudonym that one sucks.
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Post by: Aneurhythmia on 04 Aug 2006, 02:39: Quote from: TheSilverWolf
I've only heard one of their songs, and it was ok, but I still fucking hate GWAR!!!!!!!

This makes no sense to me.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TheSilverWolf on 04 Aug 2006, 10:51: I can't stand bands that focus so much on showmanship. Alien costumes? HELL NO! They're like clowns!
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Post by: Patrick on 04 Aug 2006, 11:50: Word. Kiss can suck it.
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Post by: TheSilverWolf on 04 Aug 2006, 11:53: A bunch of ugly jewish dudes in make up, a band does not make!
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Johnny C on 04 Aug 2006, 12:04: Guys, these are not awful stage names! Focus on the issue at hand!
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: karl gambolputty... on 04 Aug 2006, 12:06: Quote from: Gryff
Englebert Humperdink.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TheSilverWolf on 04 Aug 2006, 12:19: Stanly Giggleman.
Popcorn Fairy.
Carnage Monkey.
Fallout boy.
Weezer.

The first three are garage bands in my area.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Omnicide on 04 Aug 2006, 15:34: Why do I keep reading Englebert Humperdinck as Englebert Humpadick?

Bootsy Collins. ? i mean ?

nominate 'Captain Sensible' from The Damned for best ever though.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: youbelongtothecity on 04 Aug 2006, 16:40: Quote from: TheSilverWolf
Stanly Giggleman.
Popcorn Fairy.
Carnage Monkey.
Fallout boy.
Weezer.

The first three are garage bands in my area.

Those are band names. Stage names are for people.

and 10000 Marbles (Fucked Up) is a really dumb name.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: Patrick on 04 Aug 2006, 16:53: Dickface McCox

Actually that stage name doesn't exist I don't think but that would be awesome.
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: TheSilverWolf on 04 Aug 2006, 19:12: Heh, sorry bout that.
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Post by: MCGB on 14 Aug 2006, 13:06: Elvis Costello - Real name: Declan Patrick Aloyisius McManus

While Elvis Costello isn't that bad of a stage name Declan Patrick Aloyisius McManus is just way coooler

Also if I ever get famous I'm gonna change my name to Avichai Matuschanyasky Dondizzionielli Goldensteinmanwitz to make up for everyone else who changes their Jewish/Eastern European/Italian names to something more bland
Title: Awful Stage Names
Post by: KharBevNor on 14 Aug 2006, 16:12: Quote from: Joey JoJo
Extreme Metal Batman.

I'm trying to get on this guys label. He rocks ass.

I was once in a band called ÐEÄTH MËTHØD under the stage name 'Count Bastard'. The other band members all had stupid stage names as well, but I've forgotten them. We were kind of parodying another Island band, OverLord, whose members all had/have awesome stage names such as 'Baron Darren', 'Mike the Elephant Boy', 'Lazlo the Lacerator' and so forth.

Way better than ridiculous stage names is ridiculous band positions, which is something OverLord also did brilliantly. They're currently mainly tied up in a sort of supergroup called Syrafex, whose current roster is:

Darren The Baron- Cunt Wrenching Vocal Swarm.
Mike In Wonderland- Life Claiming Fuzz Drenched Horned Gtr.
Bex From The Fex- Funeral Wreckage Rhythms.
Lawerence of Alabia- Low-End Frequencies of the Russian Mafia.
Nick's Bleak Vision- Lung Muscle Miscarriage.

The ultimate masters of such silliness were always Cradle of Filth though. It is worth buying their discography just to read the backs of their lyrics booklets. They're full of not only brilliant camp excess as far as crediting people ("Also embroiled in this, the final victory of the ravens over the angels...") but also invariably include random phrases like "CRADLE OF FILTH PLAY METAL FORGED FROM THE HOT FRICTION OF WANKING NUNS EXCLUSIVELY".

I still can't belive so many of both their detractors and fans take them seriously.