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    Nickname Only Bands

    Not sure if this thread has legs or not. You can start making up funny nicknames if you have to.:

    Jester : Vocals (Deyss)
    Seaweed : Keyboards (Ozric Tentacles)
    Ox : Bass (The Who)
    The Professor : Drums (Rush)

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    The Edge
    Bono

    The Hook (Sailor Free)
    Slash
    Buffin (Mott the Hoople)

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    Fish (Vocals)
    Seal (Vocals)
    The Fish (Bass)
    Seaweed (keyboards)

    That's all I got for this band. Maybe someone else can come up with an aquatic-nicknamed drummer at least.
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    Reverend Horton Heat aka The Rev (guitar/vocals: Reverend Horton Heat) Jim Heath
    Flea (bass; RHCP) Michael Balzary
    Buzz (guitar, vocals; Melvins/Fantomas) Roger Osborne
    Little Richard (piano, vocals) Richard Penniman
    Fats (piano, vocals) Antoine Domino Jr.
    Satchmo (cornet, vocals) Louis Armstrong
    Dr. John (piano, vocals) Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack, Jr
    Lemmy (bass, vocals) Ian Kilmister
    Howlin' Wolf (guitar; vocals) Chester Burnette
    Muddy Waters (guitar, vocals) McKinley Morganfield
    Bo Diddley (guitar, vocal) Ellas Bates
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    Mist(keyboards-Grobschnitt)

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    Captain Beefheart - vocals, harmonica, sax
    Drumbo - drums
    Zoot Horn Rollo - guitar
    Antennae Jimmy Semens - guitar
    Rockette Morton - bass
    The Mascara Snake - bass clarinet

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    The Beak - guitar
    Bartley Butsford - drums
    Wilton Carpet - bass, vocals
    Daniel Dust - violin, mellotron

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    The Caped Crusador
    Poisoned dwarf
    Chicken
    Spandeux pants
    Billy goat

    Guess which band?

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    Sting - Vocals, Bass
    Buckethead - Guitar
    Rabbit (Bundrick) - Keyboards
    Doktor Avalanche - Drums (OK - I know that's not an actual person)
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    Jaxon - sax & flute
    Mozart - bass
    Brain - drums
    Fury - guitar
    K - vox
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    Wilton Carpet
    Bartley Butsford
    Daniel Dust
    Fripp--well, er . . . I guess that's not a nickname.

    And probably the others aren't either.
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    Sara Lee (sp) - Fripp and the League
    Jello Biarfro (sp) Dead Kenndys
    Lux Interior - The Cramps

    Good thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calabasas_Trafalgar View Post
    Mist(keyboards-Grobschnitt)
    The rest of the band went by nicknames too(Eroc, Lupo etc).

    Fish from Marillion was probably the first one to pop into my mind.


    Quote Originally Posted by mozo-pg View Post
    Sara Lee (sp) - Fripp and the League
    Jello Biarfro (sp) Dead Kenndys
    Lux Interior - The Cramps

    Good thread.
    Sara Lee is indeed her real name though.
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    Snakefinger (guitar)
    Mr. Owl (keyboards; Masters of Reality)
    Sternenmädchen (spoken vocals; Gille Lettman of Cosmic Couriers)
    Fame (bass; Michael "Fame" Günther of Agitation Free)

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    And the winner is -

    Prof. Sharpstrings P.A. (Steffy) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
    Keith da Missile Bass – bass guitar and tree trunk
    Kif Kif Le Batteur – drummery and asides besides
    Gavin Da Blitz – synthesizah and pinball flip
    Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
    Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
    Dingbat Alien – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordply

    Bloomdido Glad de Brasse – Wind instruments and Vocals
    Hi T Moonweed – Moog and EMS systhesisers and Mellowdrone
    Dingo Virgin – vocal locust and Glissandoz guitar
    Shakti Yoni – poems and space whisper
    Bambaloni Yoni – wee voices and Chourousings

    Bloomdido Bad De Grass – ten/sop sax, floot, bi-focal vocal
    Shakti Yoni – space whisper, loin cackle
    T. Being esq. – basso profundo
    Sub. Capt. Hillage – lewd guitar
    Hi T. Moonweed (the favorite) – Cynthia "size a", lady voce
    Pierre de Strasbourg – bread & batteur drums, vibes, marimba
    Mireille de Strasbourg – glockenspiel
    Dingo Virgin - local vocals, aluminium croon, glissando guitar

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    Thunderstick (Drummer for Samson)
    Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (Howard Kaylan & Mark Volman)

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    Prince (vocals)
    John Wesley (guitar - real name is Wes Dearth)
    Dr. Heathen Scum (bass - from The Mentors)
    Mr. Smile (drums - Ingo Schwichtenberg from Helloween)

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    99.9% of black metal bands.
    Macht das ohr auf!

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    Quote Originally Posted by polmico View Post
    Wilton Carpet
    Bartley Butsford
    Daniel Dust
    Fripp--well, er . . . I guess that's not a nickname.

    And probably the others aren't either.
    Dude.

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    Whoops. I graciously resign frm playing and leave in shame.
    I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.

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    Chappo - vox
    Moulty - drums
    Rhino - guitar
    Buck Dharma - guitar
    Duck Dunn - bass
    Moogy Klingman - keys
    Sugarcane Harris - violin
    The Northettes - backing vocals
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