History FanNickname / Music

* One of the bagpipe players in the German medieval rock band Saltatio Mortis chose the (pretty badass) stage name "El Silbador". Fans immediately decided to nickname him "Elsi" - which usually is a diminuitive form of "Elisabeth" used for little girls...

* Music/GreenDay fans often call the bromance pairing of Billie Joe and Mike as "Bike." The fans themselves, the newer generation ones at least, go by the term "idiots". It's even the fan club name.
* Sunstroke Project's saxophonist is referred to by American fans as "Epic Sax Guy."

* Music/ChristinaAguilera is called Legendtina almost exclusively by her fans, the negative side of this is that her HateDom and people who just aren't fond of her call her Floptina..

* Fans of Korean boy band Exo have many,many,many nicknames for their members. The most famous are "Bacon" for Baekhyun, "Krisus" for Kris, "Kung-fu Panda" for Tao, "Thehun" for Sehun due to his lisp,"Happy Virus" and "Creeper" for Chanyeol,"Deer" for Luhan,"Grandpa" for Suho and "Baozi" for Xiumin.

* Music/DuranDuran have two self-titled albums, one from 1981 and another form 1993. The latter is often called "Music/TheWeddingAlbum" due to the band's use of their parents' wedding pictures on the front cover.

* The band members of Music/XJapan have a few: Music/{{Yoshiki|Hayashi}} has been stuck with "Yo-chan" (after what his biggest fan called him), "Yoyo", and the not-quite-flattering "Pony" (because some people say his face reminds them of a pony.) Music/{{hide|tuMatsumoto}} is often called "Pink Spider", again after a name Yoshiki called him due to his wild pink hair, that he referenced in his last song. Music/{{Sugizo}} is occasionally referred to as Sugi.

* The band members of X Japan have a few: Yoshiki has been stuck with "Yo-chan" (after what his biggest fan called him), "Yoyo," and the not-quite-flattering "Pony" (because some people say his face reminds them of a pony.) hide is often called "Pink Spider," again after a name Yoshiki called him due to his wild pink hair, that he referenced in his last song. Sugizo is occasionally referred to as Sugi.

* John Mayall's Bluesbreakers' self-titled album with Music/EricClapton is often nicknamed "The Beano Album," for the magazine Clapton is reading on the cover.

* Duane Allman of the TheAllmanBrothers was nicknamed "Skydog".
* Ted Nugent: the Nuge or the Motor City Madman. Also acceptable are Sweaty Uncle Teddy, or simply, Uncle Ted.

* Van Morrison is Van the Man, and occasionally the Belfast Cowboy, both names Robbie Robertson used for him in ''Film/TheLastWaltz''. Robertson first coined Belfast Cowboy in the lyrics to the 1971 Band song "4% Pantomime", which featured a guest vocal by Morrison.

* Music/RebaMcEntire, Music/DollyParton and Kitty Wells have all been called "The Queen of Country."

* Morrissey of Music/TheSmiths is sometimes referred to as "Moz" or "Mozzer".

* Slipknot have quite a lot. Them as a whole are "The Nine", Corey is "The Great Big Mouth", Craig is "133", and Shawn is "Clown".

* Somehow, the man on the couch depicted on the cover of Music/{{Weezer}}'s ''Maladroit'' became known to fans as "Rupert Peasley". This was acknowledged by the band themselves via {{Credits Gag}}s - ''The Lion And The Witch'' and ''Winter Weezerland'', two [=EPs=] released after ''Maladroit'', both credit Rupert Peasley as a RecordProducer.
* Genesis’ self-titled 1983 release tends to be known as ''Shapes'', on account of its cover art.

* Music/DuranDuran have two self titled albums, one from 1981 and another form 1993. The latter is often called "The Wedding Album" due to the band's use of their parents' wedding pictures on the front cover.
* Music/{{Selena}} was and always will be "The Queen of Tejano Music," or "La Reina" as she's known in Spanish.

** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}: A fan weilding multiple (especially three) lightsticks in one hand.

* It is not uncommon for Music/JerryGoldsmith fans to call his soundtrack albums "bottle caps." Because he never understood his fandom and their eagerness to buy any of his music released.

** The band as a whole has recently been dubbed "Loop Zoop" by the Website/{{Tumblr}} fandom due to MemeticMutation of a 4Chan post where someone talked about being high from dental medication, repeatedly trying (and failing) to search Led Zeppelin on Website/YouTube, and finding "Loop Zoop" written over twenty times in his browser history the next day.

* Morrissey of Music/TheSmiths is sometimes referred to as "Moz".

* Music/GreenDay fans often call the bromance pairing of Billie Joe and Mike as "Bike." The fans themselves, the newer generation ones at least, go by the term "idiots." It's even the fan club name.

*** This set a standard for various other self-titled albums with one-colored covers: Metallica's 1991 self-titled album is called ''The Black Album'' and Weezer's three self-titled albums are called ''Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum'', ''The Green Album'' and ''The Red Album'' in respect to chronology.
*** Which is confusing given that ''1962-1966'' and ''1967-1970'' are often called ''The Red Album'' and ''The Blue Album''.

* The Lizard King and Mister Mojo Risin': [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]], after the songs "Not to Touch the Earth" and "L.A. Woman", respectively.

* Music/IdinaMenzel is often called "Adele Dazeem" after Creator/JohnTravolta's infamous gaffe at the Oscars.

* [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills. Nash, and sometimes Young]]: Based on Music/NeilYoung being an on-and-off member, and the old meme "A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y".

----->Who needs all of this? Might as well be collecting bottle caps.

* Music/TheGratefulDead's iconic but terrible live album, Steal Your Face, is referred to as Steal Your Money.

* Fans of the noise rap group Music/{{Clipping}}. call themselves ii's in reference to the missing i's in their
[[GrowingTheBeard breakout album]] CLPPNG.

* Fans of the noise rap group Music/clipping. call themselves ii's in reference to the missing i's in their
[[GrowingTheBeard breakout album]] clppng.

* Fans of the noise rap group [[Music/Clipping]] call themselves ii's in reference to the missing i's in their

* Fans of the noise rap group Music/Clipping call themselves ii's in reference to the missing i's in their

** UO: Ultra Orange, an orange (natch) glowstick that produces much brighter light than normal, but only lasts a few minutes. Fans break them out for highlights of concerts, such as [[https://youtu.be/nvPv-lcPZbY?t=187 the final chorus of "Snow Halation"]] at ''LoveLive'' events.

* It is not uncommon for Music/JerryGoldsmith fans to call his soundtrack albums "bottle caps." Because he never understood his fandom and their eagerness to buy any of his music releasedd.

* [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills. Nash, and sometimes Young]]: Based on Music/NeilYoung being an on-and-off member, and the old meme "A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y".

* [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills. Nash, and sometimes Young]]: Based on Music/NeilYoung being an on-and-off member, and the old meme "A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.

* The post-1985 lineup of Music/PinkFloyd after Music/RogerWaters left has been called the "dehydrated" version of the band. ([[{{Pun}} No Waters, get it?]])

* The MAFIAA ('''M'''usic '''A'''nd '''F'''ilm '''I'''ndustry '''A'''ssociations of '''A'''merica) - "Affectionate" collective nickname for the RIAA and MPAA, which have many members in common and have much of their agendas in common. Used a lot on Slashdot.

* Music/PeterGabriel's first four self-titled albums, ''Car'', ''Scratch'', ''Melt'' and ''Security''. The first three are based on the cover art, and the last was the U.S. title that Creator/GeffenRecords [[ExecutiveMeddling insisted on]]. Gabriel's reissues from 2002 on his own Real World label [[AscendedFanon have used those titles]].

** UO: Ultra Orange, an orange (natch) glowstick that produces much brighter light than normal, but only lasts a few minutes. Fans break them out for highlights of concerts, such as [[https://youtu.be/nvPv-lcPZbY?t=187 the final chorus of "Snow Halation"]] at ''LoveLive'' events.

* Music/{{Disturbed}}'s {{Mascot}}, officially known as "The Guy", has been dubbed Morbus by the fanbase ([[AltumVidetur Latin]] for "Sickness").

** The band as a whole has recently been dubbed "Loop Zoop" by the Website/{{Tumblr}} fandom due to MemeticMutation of a 4Chan post where someone talked about being high from dental medication, repeatedly trying (and failing) to search Led Zeppelin on YouTube, and finding "Loop Zoop" written over twenty times in his browser history the next day.

** [[MobileSuitGundam Guntank]]: ''Wotagei'' dancing moves performed while seated.

** Similarly One Direction, the biggest band in the world at the time, and their sister group Little Mix have a lot of this. First and foremost are the shorthand versions of their nicnkames (1D and LM respectively). The romance between 1D Zayn and LM Perrie is labelled Zerrie by fans, whilst Jade and Harry's friendships are called Jarry. Within the groups, [=LeighAnne=] and Perrie are called Lerrie, Jade and Perrie are called Jerrie, Jade and Jesy are called Jadesy, Jesy and Perrie Pesy, [=LeighAnne=] and Jesy Lesy, and [=LeighAnne=] and Jade are Jeigh. For 1D, Zayn and Louis are nicknamed Zouis.

* Music/IggyAzalea is often called "Igloo Australia" by her haters.