Sorry to disappoint, it was neitherI’m hoping banjo, but I’ll also accept a love of crabs. The eating kind.
He was an enormous (insert expletive).He was enormous.
What you lose on the roundabouts you make up on the swings (ie you went through a crappy experience but now have a new nickname and story to tell). Gotta love those cultural differencesRoundabouts I understand. Swings? That's new to me. Unless you're talking swingsets.
Great example actually- is this a stage name, nickname or just a forum name? 🤔"Living Dead Drummer".... no? lol
It's a Nick Name for sure. Someone referred to me as "Living Dead Drummer" for a specific gig I was doing, the one in my profile pic actually. So you can see why they called me that. After that gig I decided that was the best way to differentiate myself from the "other" Nick Mason, something I struggled with for the first 15 years of my career. I immediately changed my website, social media, etc to "Living Dead Drummer." Then I called the trademark office!Great example actually- is this a stage name, nickname or just a forum name? 🤔
Nick name: A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
Stage name: A name assumed for professional purposes by an actor or other performer.
So in broadest terms, a nickname is given to you by others, while a stage name is chosen by the person themselves (so the OP's original list sounds like a mixture of both to me).
So, a nickname which became a stage name- nice oneIt's a Nick Name for sure. Someone referred to me as "Living Dead Drummer" for a specific gig I was doing, the one in my profile pic actually. So you can see why they called me that. After that gig I decided that was the best way to differentiate myself from the "other" Nick Mason, something I struggled with for the first 15 years of my career. I immediately changed my website, social media, etc to "Living Dead Drummer." Then I called the trademark office!
I saw Testament just to see Gene play. They're not my usual cup of tea, but he was awesome and it gave me a new appreciation for their music.Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan- Death, Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Dethclock, Fear Factory, Dark Angel, and those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.
Ranking algorithm gives primary weight to the coolness of the nickname and also considers the drummer's influence and fame.
1. John "Jabo" Starks - The JBs (James Brown)
2. Cornelius Ellwood "Neil" (aka. "The Professor" or "Bubba") Peart - Rush
3. Colin Trevor "Cozy Powell" Flooks - Jeff Beck Band, Emerson, Lake & Powell
4. Chris "Whipper" Layton - Double Trouble
5. Brad M. “Bun E. Carlos” Carlson
6. Micael Kiriakos "Mikkey Dee" Delaoglou - Motörhead, The Scorpions
7. Charles "Chuck Biscuits" Montgomery - Danzig, Social Distortion
8. "Ringo" Starkey - The Beatles
9. Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste - The Meters
10.Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon
11. Frank Edwin "Tré Cool," Wright III - Green Day
12. James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan - Avenged Sevenfold
13.Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker
14. Eric "Smelly" Sandlin - NOFX
15. John "Bonzo" Bonham - Led Zeppelin
16. Laurence Gordon "Corky" Laing - Mountain
17. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Steely Dan
18, John Lee "Jaimoe" Johnson - Allman Brothers
19. Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad - Satyricon, 1349
20. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson - The Roots, John Mayer
21. Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey - Parliament Funkadelic
Metal is full of them. They are stage names rather than nicknames, but they arent given names. No one names their kid Hellhammer, or Inferno, or Equimanthorn.
Pete "The Feet/Commando" Sandoval (Morbid Angel)
Tim "Herb" Alexander (Primus)
Couldn’t list ‘em all. Surely, Black Sabbath was a bigger credit than Rainbow, though.No mention of Cozy Powell's most famous band, Rainbow?
Yeah, Sabbath is the bigger band than Rainbow overall, but no one remembers that Cozy was in Sabbath, and he was in a period that hardly anybody cares about (Hell, I forgot he was with them). Meanwhile, he was with Rainbow during their most critically acclaimed and adored period with Ronnie James Dio. I think he's probably more famous for his Stargazer intro than anything else he's done.Couldn’t list ‘em all. Surely, Black Sabbath was a bigger credit than Rainbow, though.