| Author | Message | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 420 Registered: 12-2003 |
My username, JALevineMD, is rather unoriginal. My name is Jonathan Alan Levine and, you guessed it, I'm a physician. Some of your names are quite straightforward as well, while others are more creative. I'd be curious to know the origins of some of the names you all have chosen. Regards, Jonathan | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 206 Registered: 3-2004 |
Well, I wanted something alchemical to suit Alembic's themes, and I work with hazardous materials, so I chose the latin name for mercury, Hydrargyrum (where the Hg comes from on the periodic table, BTW). I spend a great deal of my time making sure mercury is handled correctly, so it seemed apt. | ||
| tom_z
Advanced Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 379 Registered: 7-2004 |
<---- about as simple as it gets without being too long. There were already a couple Toms posting regularly on the board when I registered, otherwise I might have simply typed in "tom" Peace Tom =D | ||
| laytonco
Member Username: laytonco Post Number: 55 Registered: 3-2005 |
Yeah, mine is really original, Laytonco. I am Gil Layton and am from Colorado. Go figure! It's also the name of my music business, Laytonco Productions. I wish I played exactly like Jerry. Then I could be Jerryco. Alas, that talent is still on my wish list! | ||
| lowlife
Advanced Member Username: lowlife Post Number: 223 Registered: 12-2003 |
For myself, Lowlife made reference to the "low" end of the audible spectrum, which is where I like to hang out and also comically reminded me of some of "low" things that I perpetrated when I was much younger. Ellery (Lowlife) | ||
| spliffy
Junior Username: spliffy Post Number: 41 Registered: 3-2003 |
Mine is short for Spliff n Riff - as used on another site. My bass teacher always told me that I need to smoke a joint when I play because I am too tense when I play.... ..... It did not work as expected! I am less tense now, but that may have to do with either "getting some" or it may just be because I am older! Who knows. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 777 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'm neither big nor red, but here goes: After I bought my Spoiler 5, my dear brother-in-law (who fronted me the money to get it, besides having EXCELLENT taste in women) came to Nashville to see me. 'So where's that new bass?' Went and got it, opened the case and pulled it out. 'WOW, that's a BIG RED BASS!' What else could I call it? Couldn't think of a better online aka either, so there you are. J o e y (Message edited by bigredbass on May 05, 2006) | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 312 Registered: 2-2006 |
Well mine is very unexciting. My first name is Olie (pronounced OH-lie, rhymes with Holy) and my last name is Oliver. So there ya' have it "olieoliver". | ||
| gare
Advanced Member Username: gare Post Number: 377 Registered: 11-2003 |
Another original one. My name is Gary..everyone calls me Gar, but when you read that it looks more like the fish..so I added the 'e'..hare..bare..Gare. Plain,simple,to the point..nothing cosmic here. Oh..and I couldn't think of anything else at the time. G | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 574 Registered: 6-2002 |
Last name = Addyman, 4 kids (all grown thank God), I prefer to dabble in the range between 41.2 Htz and 392 Htz, I joined the old Yahoo Alembic club in 2001. summed response = Dad A Bass 2001 Mike P.S. I used to use "dadadd" as a screenname, but a friend mentioned trying to look me up in Google and being directed to alternate guitar tunings!!? | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 270 Registered: 2-2003 |
Many years ago, back in the last millenium, I was playing in a band where the drummer's name was also John. Living in a highly French-Canadian settled area, I really didn't want to be known as John Paul either. (I didn't know there was later to be a few popes with that handle.) So... I wised off one night at rehearsal when someone called out "Hey, John!" and responded with "You may now refer to me as Jet Powers." (From Gary Francis Powers, the U-2 pilot shot down over the USSR.) It stuck and was way better than Chuck Roast or Stu Beef.... Looking back now we should have called that band 2 Non-Johns! JP | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1880 Registered: 9-2003 |
KMH364: KMH are my initials - Kevin Michael Hogan 364 is my old street address when I shared a house with my younger brother...I got my first AOL screename there and my brother used his initials and address, so I followed suite. Everyone assumes that 364 is my birthday...I can only wish...it's actually 11/22/63. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| gare
Advanced Member Username: gare Post Number: 378 Registered: 11-2003 |
Kev..you were born the day Kennedy was killed ? Mines 11/21..a few years earlier G | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1010 Registered: 11-2003 |
Bracheen is one spelling of a name from one branch of my family on my mother's side. Alternate spellings are Brackeen and Bracken. Both Bracheen and Brackeen spellings can be found in abundance in and around Lamar County Texas where my mother is from. The branch has been traced back to 17th Lancashire England. I use it in various places online because it's rare that I get an "already in use" message and it's easy to remember. Sam | ||
| applejuice
Junior Username: applejuice Post Number: 22 Registered: 1-2006 |
I play in a band called Electric Apple Juice. Got that name from Phil Lesh's book. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1268 Registered: 7-2004 |
Funny this topic should come up. A couple of weeks ago I got a very nasty email from the guy on ebay selling the Skylark for more than the new price. He asked me how I ever got into "his" country with a name like "lbpesq", told me that I had no right to be in North America, should go back to my own country, and threatened to make me his wife! Anyway "lbp" stands for "Little Billy Panzer". In the late 60's my older brother (by 5 1/2 years) and his college roommate used to have fun getting Dave's little brother (me) stoned. In '73, when I moved to California right out of High School, the roommate was the only guy I knew living in California, having moved out a couple of years earlier. He told his friends that "Little Billy" was coming out. When I showed up, having grown to 6'2" in the ensuing years and now a head taller than the roommate, everyone was surprised and the "Little Billy" moniker stuck, later shortened to "LBP". The "esq" part is for esquire, as in attorney. Bill, tgo | ||
| lidon2001
Intermediate Member Username: lidon2001 Post Number: 149 Registered: 4-2005 |
Lidon is a name I'd use for dungeon type computer games, a play off of Johnny Lydon of the Sex Pistols. I added the 2001 for my user name at the BBS Compuserve because then the year was a long way off. T | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2388 Registered: 9-2002 |
No comment if you know what my first name is! Oh ... that "other" name???? That P-T-B-O-thing???? Probably the longest running gag in this club! Paul the bad one | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3777 Registered: 5-2002 |
Mine's an acronym. | ||
| serialnumber12
Advanced Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 368 Registered: 12-2004 |
"Serialnumber12",,,,,,simply speaks for My bass .....although my name is keavin...(pronounced kevin). | ||
| serialnumber12
Advanced Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 369 Registered: 12-2004 |
"Serialnumber12",,,,,,simply speaks for My Bass .....although my name is keavin...(pronounced kevin). | ||
| precarius
Member Username: precarius Post Number: 90 Registered: 11-2005 |
Precarius is a Latin word that means to depend upon Grace. The word prayer comes from the Latin root precarius. Most people just think I don't spell very well. | ||
| bob
Senior Member Username: bob Post Number: 643 Registered: 11-2002 |
Mine is a very cleverly constructed palindrome. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3779 Registered: 5-2002 |
b-o-b; b-o-b; hey, you're right! | ||
| grateful
Intermediate Member Username: grateful Post Number: 130 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mine's obvious, but it was bestowed on me by non deadheads I know. I accepted the name with pleasure, much to their disgust! Mark | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 317 Registered: 2-2006 |
Mike, now thats too cool. PRECARIUS, so far my favorite username origin. | ||
| zuperdog
Junior Username: zuperdog Post Number: 50 Registered: 11-2005 |
Z for Zimmerman Superdog- Love my dogs | ||
| davr35
Junior Username: davr35 Post Number: 41 Registered: 12-2004 |
although davr35 is a version of my name davr=Dave Renois it is original because 35 was my age at the time I came up with it | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 885 Registered: 6-2002 |
One has only so much creativity to spend, right? Why spend it on screen aliases. Well alright, all you guys win! | ||
| yggdrasil
Intermediate Member Username: yggdrasil Post Number: 123 Registered: 5-2002 |
Well, here's a quote from Wikipedia- "In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. " Wikipedia Yggdrasil Entry Since the highest percentage of my ancestors are Icelandic, this,combined with Jack Casady being credited with "Yggdrasil Bass" on the Airplane's Crown of Creation (would've been an Alembicized Guild Starfire)led to my handle. It's also the personalized plate on the Jefferson Campervan, leading to an amusing parade of perplexed passers-by pondering just what the hell kind of acronym that is! :-) | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 120 Registered: 3-2005 |
My screen name is my nickname that I also used as alias when I played under rather semi-professional circumstances way back in the '80s (when I was young and an ALEMBIC was far out of reach...) Christian (the faker) | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 898 Registered: 7-2003 |
I like Frank's name. My name is unimaginative and was the creature of just one moment. I have no recollection whatever what 10096 meant. Sadly, I use it many places now. Bill | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 636 Registered: 10-2002 |
Jacko has been my nickname since I was about 8 or 9. Short for Jackson. I guess my school mates weren't very imaginative. Nowadays most bass-cognoscenti think I have delusions of grandeur;-) Graeme | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1092 Registered: 4-2004 |
my last name is flaxman coworker nicked me as- flaxattack if my customers are bad- they get flaxinated,,,, by the flaxinator | ||
| 2400wattman
Intermediate Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 131 Registered: 11-2005 |
Mine is from the fact I use a Crown Macro-Tech 2400 power amp for my rig, and I am man! 2000 watts of power so I can hear myself in the loudest band I will probably ever be in! To the rest of the world I am Adam. | ||
| fmm
Intermediate Member Username: fmm Post Number: 133 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mine is from my initials: F Michael Miller | ||
| 2400wattman
Intermediate Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 133 Registered: 11-2005 |
what's the F for? | ||
| fmm
Intermediate Member Username: fmm Post Number: 134 Registered: 6-2002 |
Can't say. | ||
| southpaw
Member Username: southpaw Post Number: 53 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mine is pretty obvious.... | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 430 Registered: 2-2005 |
Let me guess. You were born below the Mason-Dixon line and have large hands? :-) Keith | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 627 Registered: 11-2004 |
I would like to think that my bass lines are more creative than my naming skills. I started with richbass on another online thingee. It was already taken so I added part of my address. I used the same username when I joined this club. I know. Another boring name. I really do enjoy the way some of you put your personalities into your names, though. richbass939 (yawn) | ||
| slawie
New Username: slawie Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2002 |
My user name slawie is precisely that - my name. I have been on this planet for over 46 years and in all that time I have never come across another Slawie. I dont even have to use a second (surname)name kind of like Sting, Madonna, etc. I use lower case 'cos I'm humble. | ||
| bigideas
Member Username: bigideas Post Number: 78 Registered: 1-2004 |
I have a two parter. First, it's the name of an unreleased Radiohead song, or part of the name. the whole thing is "Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)". Thom Yorke explains that it basically sums up what the fine print on most mortgage and other loan contracts spell out. Secondly, I'm just full of ideas.. usually fruitless ones.. but a lot of them. And a lot of these ideas revolve around musical instruments. i'd like to say it's lowercase because i'm humble or quiet, but it's really because i'm lazy. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 716 Registered: 10-2003 |
811952 - It's the serial number of my Series 1.5, sans the "USA" stamped at the end (or is it the beginning? I'll have to remember to look sometime). Not very creative, but fairly obvious. Kind of on the order of "you don't play very well, but your tone sucks..." Other places I tend to use scarysharkface, only because it was written on a box within view when I signed up for another forum somewhere. Scaryfatbutt would probably be more accurate... ;) I have used Glenopf K. Kenofee at times as well... John | ||
| howierd
Member Username: howierd Post Number: 57 Registered: 8-2004 |
My first name is Howard, But my friend's have always call me (Howierd) which is really spelled Howeird. I tried to use it as a user name on another site but was taken so I have stuck the odd spelling... I guess it is fitting because maybe I am odd and wierd. Howierd |
