Epi talks to Nikki Sixx

[gweimer]

Mick Mars = Robert Alan Deal
Geddy Lee = Gary Lee Weinrib (he took the stage name from how his grandmother used to call him)  Hey, I'm also a Gary Lee...
Alex Lifeson = Alexandar Zivojinovich (last name translates as Son of Life)

The list could go on forever.

[Chris P.]

Thats because it isn't, his name is Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.

That's a much better stage name than Nikki Sixx!

I always liked the story about the Ramones. Paul McCartney used the Ramone name to check in hotels.

[Darrol]

That's a much better stage name than Nikki Sixx!

I never said it was better.

[Chris P.]

No, that's my opinion!

[Darrol]

Oh, thought you were being sarcastic.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Paul McCartney used the Ramone name to check in hotels.

Great White checks in as Ned, Ted, Fred, Jed & Ed Zeppelin. haha

The Epi is cool, the Blackbird's even cooler.
When I met Nikki aka Frank in 2007 @ NAMM I told him I hadn't found a lefty T-bird yet.
Now I at least have a black lefty Tokai T-bird. I dig my Epi V tooo

Coool that he's gonna be performing in both Sixx A.M. &  Mötley Crüe at Crüe Fest.

[Chris P.]

The Faces were banned out of all Holliday Inns, so they started checkin' in as Fleetwood Mac. I dunno if FM had any trouble with that;)

[gweimer]

Luther Grosvenor = Ariel Bender

My old guitarist used Ariel Bender as a code name when calling collect to our manager.  It was his clue to call back.  Nothing like having a Mott The Hoople fan (like me) for a bandmate.

[Dave W]

The Faces were banned out of all Holliday Inns, so they started checkin' in as Fleetwood Mac. I dunno if FM had any trouble with that;)

Thinking of Fleetwood Mac...I think my favorite stage names would be Phester Swollen and Nigel Nitro of The Rotters, if for no other reason than their "Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks" got Mick Fleetwood so mad that he threatened a lawsuit over it. 

[Chris P.]

Luther Grosvenor = Ariel Bender

My old guitarist used Ariel Bender as a code name when calling collect to our manager.  It was his clue to call back.  Nothing like having a Mott The Hoople fan (like me) for a bandmate.

I always call a friend at his work with fake names. I mostly use too long and too difficult sounding foreign names from foreign companies. I know the girl at the reception has to write all the incoming callers down, so I make her life a bit difficult. But I guess she recognizes my voice now, and she has fun of it too.

We have a very bad singer in Holland called Dries Roelvink. My friend always calls me back as Roel Vink.

[OldManC]

I think there was a musician named Nicky Syks or Sykes (spelling?) that Nikki stole the name from. The guy later turned up calling him the Devil and bitching about him stealing the name.

One of the craziest stage names I've ever heard was "Smog Vomit" from the 80's L.A. punk band Tex & the Horseheads. (George might remember them since he was from that part of the country at that time. No one else seems to remember them but me.

I remember the band and that Nicky guy too. As for the Pete Way/Mott quote, I really hope that was the interviewer's mistake and not Frank's...

[godofthunder]

Luther Grosvenor = Ariel Bender  I always loved his work on MTH Live. One of my all time favorite guitar players. Man he made that LP Jr. scream.

[nofi]

i would use ian paice as an alias for some 'adventures' in my mispent youth. i feel so lame.

[Freuds_Cat]

Not a name but when travelling in sth East Asia I always put my occupation as Social biologist   

still gives me a giggle.

[Chris P.]

A friend of mine always fills in 'scale model' as occupation.