Why Musicians Chose Their Stage Names (pt. 1)
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Stage names for artists are always fascinating to me. Whether somebody chooses to use their real name, they come up with something kinda close but still different, or an entirely new moniker, all of these stories are interesting. Fame is a curious thing and it’s a wild concept to pick what millions of people will potentially know you as. Here are the stories/explanations of 50 bands/solo artists/etc. The next 50 will be out in a week from now.
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@SIMBI_MUSIK
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
How do you guys feel about Jeff ossy
@trekgreenwood6743
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
To answer why business wise people do this. It’s so they can still own their own name. In the music industry, if you’re signed to a label and use your regular first and last name, the label owns that name. Same with wrestling. WWE for example owns the name John Cena. So anytime he’s in a movie or commercial, they get a cut. Like a 360 deal in music. So having a stage name is just another way to keep your own name.
@We.Izanami
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
My name starts from K
Give me. A stage name
@lawstshane
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Frank Sinatra played Danny ocean in the original Oceans 11 movie that where Frank got ocean from it wasent the George Clooney oceans 11
@SASTSimon
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
6:51 you are missing the entire part where people on forums started calling him the dead mouse guy
@TyBoS8
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Hate to be that guy, but at 9:40, only Damon was part of Blur.
@gunnerysgthartman9263
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Foo Fighters came from WW2, not WW1
@preposteroussvideos
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Love this series keep it up
@EtheRenard
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Bruno Mars's ego is indeed out of this world lmao
@coffdrop77
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Are you just gonna make Watchmojo videos now?
@coffdrop77
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Yo…there isn’t any sources for this video…and the Aphex Twin bit is almost copied verbatim from Wikipedia…
@paulallen9000
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Dylan Thomas was Welsh not Irish
@propername4830
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
deadmau5's name WAS his online alias at first
@propername4830
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
The format of this video makes me suspicious after watching hbomberguy's video
Edit: tbh after finding out it's just a random list he made, I get it now
@warreloenders3872
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
I thought Bowie came from a Welsh or Irish Captain
@zero213kt
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Do you think Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta know about the oratrice mecanique d'analyse cardinale?
@jtotheulian708
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
if I meet Kendrick Lamar I kinda wanna refer to him as "duck worth"
@Crazyapple16
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
The bieber one is funny caus my parents and almost everyone from former yugoslavia calls black pepper "biber" so its like justin black pepper lmao
@hasanmahmd
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Seth Rollins was called Tyler Black on the indies, so he changed his name when he came to WWE.
For Rollins, Seth is a huge metal fan, and a fan of Black Flag in particular. The frontman, Henry Rollins, is where Seth got the last name
As for Seth, it straight up isn’t a common name in wrestling, so Seth decided to use it from here on out
@guess90210
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
In case anyone was wondering wwe wants to be able to trademark their wrestlers stage names that’s why most wrestlers don’t use their own names.
And Seth Rollins name came about because he liked the name Seth and a nod to Henry Rollins.
@siiyaosullivan7932
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
lovvee
@BryanSteacy
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Another reason I've heard that Damon and Jamie chose "Gorillaz" is because the collective name for a group of Gorillas is "a band." So it's quite literally a band of Gorillas.
@Bartholomule01
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Never knew what the D. in Richard D. James was.
@london8615
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Hendrix a cool surname
@london8615
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
I love that this starts with Seth Rollins lmao
@st_420
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
A little bit too fast-paced for my taste
@jaroslavpohoral1897
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
I respect Gaga so much for sticking with a name given to her by a guy who locked her up in a basement and raped her for months. No like genuiently, using something that came from such a disgusting piece of shit like Fusari as a force of good is amazing.
@SewerThing23
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
“All we hear is 👏👏 Lady-O Gaga!”
@SewerThing23
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Todd In The Shadows said this, but you can also rearrange the letters in “Imagine Dragons” to get “Gonad Migraines”.
@ilaiyonatan6355
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
You should talk about Young Thug and how he got his name from his religious roots. Truly Humble Under God🙏
@jordanlopez1438
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
What's on Bob Dylan's face?
@kfcblaziken495
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
🙂
@stitchgroover
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
A point on Halsey – at least here in Australia (not sure about everywhere else), Frangipane is pronounced "Franjipani"
@REZACREATORLIVE
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
👍👍
@TheBrainvision
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Loved the video. And so on.
@MortanAMrk
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Are you telling me Elton Johns name is based on Long John Baldry, the guy who played Pingas Eggman
@MortanAMrk
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Think about the fact Seth Rollins other Nickname is Tyler Black, which still isnt related to either name
@kingshoob6105
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Loved this vid, super entertaining!!!! Top work
@fatboiii6969
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
For what it's worth, WWE makes people choose a stage name so they can own the rights to everything they do within the company and all the merch etc.
@ZacharyBorrelli
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Jamie Hewlett wasn't a part of Blur, unless you just meant Damon Albarn
@dannygarcia600
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
First of all hell yeah you watch wrestling and I was hoping you’d say Seth FREAKIN Rollins😂
I would love a video of maybe a breakdown of the importance of wrestling theme songs. Why do some work and other don’t?
Idk just an idea.
I think of stone colds when you hear that glass shatter and that menacing guitar or even currents like Seth Rollins.
@kaspershaupt
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Grimes really said, that's some toilet cleaning name
@Obbee
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
the worst stage name/band name ever is: Hoobastank
@CraftDPham
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Breezy Lovejoy was such a great name for Anderson .Paak, i learned about him while he was the touring drummer for Dumbfoundead
@Obbee
October 14, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Oasis has always been rude to others for no reason.