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This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people.

Latest Entries

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 894 Music Performer Nicknames entries on the site.

Real Name		Nickname		Description		Submitted by:
W.A.S.P.		We Are Sex Perverts		Tipper Gore and her evil witch-hunters made this acronym up. Also, the band has a song titled "Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)".		Whitie Anarchist
Al Green		Reverend Al, Reverend Green, Brother Al, Brother G		He is an ordained minister.		Reggie Pillbox
RUSH		Rebels Under Satan's Help		Fundies don't like RUSH and this is yet another excuse, like the abbreviation they invented for KISS.		Sympathy For Rock-n-Roll
W.A.S.P.		We Are Satan's People		Another derogatory name that fundamentalist Christians like to call them.		Odie Garfield
Morrissey		A boy with a thorn in his side		From the title of a Smiths song with that title.		I Hung the DJ
Roxy Music		The Roxies		Just a simple nickname for the group.		I Love Roxy
Roxy Music		The Roxies		Just a simple nickname for the group.		I Love Roxy
Roxy Music		Roxy		The band was originally called just "Roxy" but there already was a band with that name so "Music" was added to make them stand out. Also, people at a Roxy Music concert often shout "Roxy!" as a chant.		I Love Roxy
Roxy Music		Bry & the Boys		As in Bryan Ferry and the Boys. I saw this nickname in a review on the Amazon site.		I Love Roxy
AC/DC		Acca Dacca		It's a common nickname in their native Australia.		Heatseeker
Bowling For Soup		BFS				RevengeFromMars YouTube
Austin Mahone		Ameezy				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Iggy Azalea		Glamazonian		Glamor-height ref, toughness		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ariana Grande		Starbucks		Refers to last name of Grande (coffee cup size), made fun of in Bart Baker's parody of "Problem"		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ariana Grande		Ari, Riri, Little Red		All family and friend nicknames		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Hank Williams		The Hillbilly Shakespeare				Todd W. Zimmerman
Hank Williams		The Hillbilly Shakespeare				Todd W. Zimmerman
Ace Frehley		Space Ace		From his Spaceman persona while in KISS. The band members nicknamed him "Space Ace".		GlamRockNinjaLord
Joe Satriani		The Boogieman				GlamRockNinjaLord
Gary Glitter		Vikki Vomit		An early proposed stage name for glam rocker Paul Gadd. However, Gary Glitter became his nom de guerre. Still, when his hideous pervert crimes were revealed, it was enough to make normal people want to throw up!		Puke City Resident

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