USER NAMES?????

[Drew]

Drew because my Dad was Andra

Drew

 

[Hitch]

Like powertool i regiseted at SF quite some time ago, then a few others. where i called my self Hitachimad, due to my liking for the green stuff.
Everyone then began to shorten it to Hitch so when i joined here it thought id just be Hitch

 

[cutting42]

="PowerTool" I'm sure Level 42 were named after the top floor of the worlds highest multi-storey car park (at the time)

And what is 42 ? Some think it is the answer to life,the universe and everything - others merely think it is the answer to 6 times 7..

Andrew

Hi Andrew

You are possibly correct, the name was of mixed history:

Origins of the name
The origin of the band's name has been variously described as being inspired by a sign in a lift in a very tall building in the US; the top level of the biggest car-park in the world, in Japan; the floor on which Jonathan Pryce's character resides in the film Brazil (which was released long after the band gained international recognition); or after Tower 42 (also known as NatWest Tower) a tall building in the City of London.

King and Boon Gould decided the band should be called simply by a number, and they both favoured '88' - the number of the bus they used to catch to the recording studio. However, Lindup and Phil Gould saw a poster for a band called 'Rocket 88' so their idea was abandoned (although '88' was later used as a song title). King and Gould both claim to have been reading Douglas Adams' comical science-fiction novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wherein the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, is '42'. Therefore '42' was suggested as a name for the band. It should be noted that their then producer, Andy Sojka (now deceased), similarly claimed to have been reading the book, and claimed to have put forward the number as a suggested band name. It is known therefore, that the use of the number '42' in the band name came from either King, Boon Gould, or Sojka. The appendange of the word 'Level' is claimed to have been from either Sojka's lawyer, or John Gould's (the third brother and band manager) lawyer.

Other names considered for the band were 'Powerline' and 'Kick in the head'. 'Powerline' was rejected and given to another of Sojka's groups, and it was on a white label promotional record numbered 'DAZZ 4' that the words 'Level 42' first appeared. The band providing the B-side - a track called 'Sandstorm' (a track which they also wanted to call 'Kick in the head'). The A side was provided by 'Powerline'.

'Kick In The Head' was finally used by the band as a working title for the song 'A Floating Life' on their 'True Colours' album. The lyric features in the song.

Three further songs (both instrumentals) were 'numbered' by the band: '43', '88' and the B-side 'Forty-two'.[/quote]

 

[mailee]

You will please excuse my ignorance Alf but it sounds like you are a she and not a he, is that correct? Not to judge a book by it's cover but I had assumed by the name and thought I was the only one to use a name from the opposite gender.

 

[Alf]

You will please excuse my ignorance Alf but it sounds like you are a she and not a he, is that correct?

Nobody's perfect... :wink: :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Midnight]

nothin glamorous about mine.... just an old nickname..

 

[mailee]

Sorry for my ignorance ALF, it is nice to know that this isn't a male dominated pleasure of ours though. Just a pity I can't get my other half interested in it. Not even my boy has any interest unless it has a screen!

 

[Anonymous]

Well.....

I was born into the name Antony which, without the 'h', shortens rather nicely...

 

[matt]

Just posting to check what my username is...

 

[matt]

oh yeah, that'd be the one. No explanation necessary me thinks?

 

[Lord Nibbo]

My christian name is David. The first time I was called Nibbo was by my father when I was your normal rebelious teenager, where he got it from I don't know. All my brothers just carried on using Nibbo when/if they were being sarcastic. Then along came the internet and on other forums I was better known as Sir Nibbo owing to the fact that name nibbo was already used but getting longer in the tooth and with promotion from swmbo it's evolved to Lord Nibbo.

 

[Richard in Smithville]

Lets see.....My name is Fred and I live in Montreal.

No,no,no,no,no.........sorry, one of those episodes again :shock:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Actually it's self explanatory.

 

[syntec4]

syntec4-
Erm its a brand of engine oil. I was sat in my little office many years ago signing up for a bike forum and wanted a user name. I looked up on the wall and there was a signed poster of Chris Walker, then riding in british superbikes. His Kawasaki was sponsored by syntec4... That'll do i though, And i've used it on a few forums and mailing lists since then. I just find it easy to remember now. ;-)

Lee.

 

[gwaithcoed]

Living in Wales, and trying to learn the language I chose Gwaithcoed (Woodwork in English) seemed appropriate at the time


Alan

 

[George_N]

I'm another boring old f**t who used his name.

 

[andrewm]

I'm another boring old f**t who used his name.

<AOL>
me too :lol:
</AOL>

 

[Shadowfax]

No good reason to call yourself after a wizard's horse but I did!
How sad is that?
Just picked the name out of the air, I think!

SF

 

[RogerS]

My christian name is David. The first time I was called Nibbo was by my father when I was your normal rebelious teenager, where he got it from I don't know.

My father used to refer to some people as 'His Nibs' and there is this explanation here. Does any of that ring true?

 

[mudman]

Well, caving came before woodwork and a side product of caving is getting extremely muddy. Me and my mate Mark went into a cave called Ogof Cynnes one day and we came out covered head to toe in mud. We were the human mud monsters, or 'mudmen'. So, when I had to think up a username for web fora, mudman came to mind.

 

[superunknown]

Mine comes from the title of one of my favourite albums.

The band is called Down and the album title is called Nola. If you like heavy music - kinda Black Sabbath with with a groovy twist, I really recommend it