This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.
Real Name | Nickname | Description | Submitted by: | |||
Sammy Hagar | Goldilocks | Look at his hair. I read this nickname in a review of a "Van Hagar" concert in 1986. | James Cougar Melon Head | |||
Sammy Hagar | The Red Rocker | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Sammy Hagar | Samala | Rock Maninoff | ||||
Sammy Hagar | Hagar the Horrible | This nickname is from the comic strip by the same name. A Picks + Pans review in People magazine referred to the Red Rocker by this nickname. The critics in this mag also trashed albums by Def Leppard, Daryl Hall and John Oates, John Hoosier Mellencamp, the Pretenders and other good acts so what credibility do these chumps have anyway? | Kalifornia Kudos | |||
Sammy Hagar | Red Rocker | Scandia | ||||
Sappho | Non-Hetero | San Francisco lesbian cult band | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Sara Lumholdt | Sara Love | She changes her name to this when she covered, "Let's gets physical", and sang her own song, "Glamour Bitch". This happened after the A*Teens. | Margaret | |||
Secret | Hungry Idols | They started off in a much more financially difficult environment than most groups. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Secret | Basement Idols | Their first dorm was in a half-basement level | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Selena | Queen of Tejano | Mexican origin | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Selena Gomez | Sel or Selly | Most-popular shortenings of her first name | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Selena Gomez | Sel'd Out | After break-up with Bieber... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Sergio Galli (Platinum Blonde) | The Italian Stallion | Nicknamed by Mark Holmes because he's working out. | Celeste | |||
Shakira | Shaki | Shortened version of her name | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | Columbian Earthquake | The way she shakes her whole body (she's from Columbia) | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | la Colombiana que mueve las caderas | Spanish: Colombian who moves the hips | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | Loose Caboose | The way she shakes her rear when she dances | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | Shak Attack, Shakzilla | Modern nicknames (Maxim Interview) | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | "La Borega" (The Lamb) | School nickname for the way her vibrato sounds when she sings. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shakira | Enana | Classmate nickname due to her being tiny, In Spanish means "Dwarf'! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shania Twain | Shea, Nia | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Shania Twain | Woody | From her ex-husband who nicknamed her that based on a certain hair style that made her look like Woody the Woodpecker! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shania Twain | Shea, Nia | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Shania Twain | Leenie | She was born Eilleen Regina Edwards, so family called her that... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
she (Lain Trzaska) | Queen of Bitpop | While she's music can be labeled as electronica and chiptune, it incorporates elements and flavors from ambient and classical music. Using a mixture of old 8-bit computers and modern equipment, she's music is produced in the bitpop style. | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shinee (Choi Minho ) | Flaming Charisma | Due to modeling Ha Sang Baek's “Seoul Collection. He introduced himself as "Flaming Charism Minho" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shinee (Choi Minho ) | Flaming Charisma | Due to modeling Ha Sang Baek's “Seoul Collection. He introduced himself as "Flaming Charism Minho" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shinee (Choi Minho ) | Flaming Charisma | Due to modeling Ha Sang Baek's “Seoul Collection. He introduced himself as "Flaming Charism Minho" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shirley Bassey | Burly Chasis | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Shirley Manson (Garbage) | Bloodhound/Frog Eyes | Her green eyes and red hair inspired such cruel names as "Bloodhound", and "Frog Eyes" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Shonen Knife | Little Evas of the East | Shonen Knife is a Japanese lady punk trio that bases their music on Ramones-style punk, Beach Boys, 60's girl group harmonizing and J-pop. Little Eva was a prominent star of the early 60's 'girl group' sound and Shonen Knife are from Japan, which is the Far East/East Asia/Orient region. A 'girl group' from 'the (Far) East'. They're a fun band with a 'kawaii' image that plays punk rock and pays it HARD. Check them out. | I Saw Shonen Knife 5 Times | |||
Simon & Garfunkel | Tom and Jerry | Before they became Simon and Garfunkel, they were known as Tom and Jerry (But not like the cat and mouse duo). In the song "Only Living Boy in New York", Paul Simon talks about Garfunkel going to Mexico and launching his acting career. | Paul Warren | |||
Sinéad O'Connor | Skinhead O'Connor | Her lack of hair... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Skitch Henderson | Mr. Excitement | Johnny Carson gave his alternate bandleader this ironic moniker to emphasize his low-key style when compared to that of the flashier Doc Severinsen. | Martha Hankins | |||
Slayer | F***ing Slayer! | What their fans prefer to call them. | GlamRockNinjaLord | |||
Smartass | The Atlanta Glam Band | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Smartass (Steve, Jody, Scott, and Kelly) | Taxi, Josie Chicago, and Scotty Lynx | ... only the guitarist kept his real name, Kelly Greene... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Snoop Dogg | Puff Dragon | Weed??? | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Solomon Olds | Soul Glow Activator! | He nicknamed himself this because he want's to reach into peoples' souls and activate the glowing light inside of them. | Heidi | |||
Something Corporate | Soco | Alex | ||||
Sonny James | The Southern Gentleman | 1960's Nashville performer. | Martha Hankins | |||
Spice Girls | Fab Five | Beatles were the previous Fab Four! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Split Enz | The Enz | dizrythmia | ||||
Stephen O'Malley | SOMA | Guitarist of Sunn O))) | Travis | |||
The Steve Miller Band | Maurice | Sang some of his early songs in character as a bluesman named Maurice, mentioned in "The Joker" ("Some people call me Maurice, 'cause I speak of the pompatus of love") | Martha Hankins | |||
Steve Perry (Journey) | The Voice | Self-explanatory of you've ever heard him! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Steve Tyler of Aerosmith | Demon of Screaming | Guitarist Joe Perry referred to Steve by this moniker at a concert in Columbus, Ohio this week. | Primal Scream Therapist | |||
Steve Van Zandt | Little Steven, Miami Steve | Popular member of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, also an actor. | Boss Band | |||
Steven Page | Eddie | He calls himself that on one of his songs | Josh Hefner | |||
Steven Tyler | Demon Of Screaming | He's the screaming demon lead singer for Aerosmith, of course. | Anarchy Angel | |||
Steven Tyler & Joe Perry | The Toxic Twins | Robetr D. Arndt Jr. | ||||
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry | The Toxic Twins | Due to their abuse of drugs and alcohol both on and off stage,. It was considered a "toxic" combination that almost ended their lives and their careers. | ChuckyG | |||
Steven Van Zandt | Little Steve | It's apparently a nod to Little Richard. | dayna | |||
Stone Temple Pilots | STP | They were going to use the acronym, but the auto additive company would not have liked it. | Rocky | |||
Stryper | The Fist | Fan nickname: Stryper Pumps us up for God/Jesus | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
Suicidal Tendencies | Psycho Mike Muir | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
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