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

  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    16 hours ago
    • Glass Hammer - I like oxymorons [prog rock]
    • Blind Guardian - also kind of an oxymoron [power metal]
    • Animals as Leaders - political messaging at its finest? [prog rock/metal]
    • Carbon-based Lifeforms - that’s us (and our surrounding) [ambient]
    • Envy of None - yeah… [not sure about genre]
    • Ayreon - sounds cool, is basically a play on words of the creator’s name (Arjen Lucassen) [prog rock/metal]
    • NoFX - quite fitting for [punk rock]
    • glimse@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I’ve always loved the name Animals As Leaders. Humans ain’t cutting it so fuck it, the dogs are in charge now.