Third Eye Blind popped into my head this morning and I always thought their name was pretty clever. I started thinking about a few others I like and got stuck on “modified birth names”
City & Colour - stage name of Dallas Green
Corto Alto - stage name for Liam Shortall (Corto Alto means “short tall” in Spanish)
Dora Jar - stage name for Dorothy Jar (door ajar)
I don’t love when artists pick names based on other artists, though. I love Chet Faker’s music but wish he stuck with Nick Murphy.
Are there any that you really like?
[Edit] Please explain why you think a name is clever! I’ve looked up the origins of the unfamiliar names getting posted but I’m definitely missing what’s clever about some of them
This is a post is about clever names.
Someone comes in and says “I looked up the band you mentioned and I don’t like it.” They don’t comment on the name nor provide any of their own.
And then you drop in with the same vague opinion and equal amount of clever names in tow.
So what have you done here besides give yourself a little hit or dopamine from saying something mean? You’ve added nothing but negatively to the post. Congratulations on saving music discourse.
Hilarious that you think “they suck ass” is taking it seriously. With takes like that, something tells me your music isn’t anything like Guthrie.