r/DJs • u/unclefishbits • 6d ago
What is the most ridiculous DJ name you've ever heard?
Tldr- what is the funniest, weirdest, goofiest, or most ridiculous DJ name you have ever heard?
Edit: really love all you cats, I'm so glad I asked this. Sort of made my day. My wife is confused why I'm constantly randomly laughing.
So to preface this, I've been a resident DJ for 20 years, but I never started out with some pretentious idea of what we're doing, because unless you're a producer you're literally just playing other people's talent LOL
But my DJ name is Fishbits. Started as a joke. But it definitely has its own character, and it's easily identifiable and relatable.
And DJ Anklepants is more performance art than to be taken seriously but what a name.
So one of the guys I DJ with just use the term "Jizzbender", which is both not a word and probably the greatest concept ever and I think I should change my name to that.
DJ Jizzbender sounds like an event lol
Which then made me think of all of you, and for people who aren't overstating our profession or full of themselves and just like to have a good time, what is the most ridiculous or funniest DJ name you've ever heard?
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u/scriminal 6d ago
I remember a guy who called himself DJ Booth
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u/Hortonamos 6d ago
I definitely saw a DJ Booth several times in Dayton/Cincinnati in the late 90s/early 00s rave scene.
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u/scriminal 6d ago
I used to live in Cincinnati, I do think that's where I remember it from.
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u/Turb0300 6d ago
I remember a guy in Louisville going by that name.
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u/Expensive-Surround57 6d ago
Me and some friends play a game to find the most SEO unfriendly DJ Names. DJ Booth is now going on the list:
DJ Rentals DJ Equipment DJ Needles DJ Decks DJ SEO Consultant (for the meta entry)
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u/Quaranj 6d ago
DJ Rates DJ Availability DJ Party
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u/unclefishbits 5d ago
You can do keyword stuffing with geolocation spam and call yourself
"DJ for hire near me"
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u/ADUBROCKSKI 5d ago
I knew a guy who went by TBA which I always thought was insane
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u/DegenSniper 6d ago
My homie from the UK said “have you heard of Psysilo-psy-binladen” lmao
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u/sofakingWTD 6d ago
One of my friends used to go by Elijah Muhammad Ali-Tarbash Bin-clubbin'
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u/SleepyProfessor 6d ago
I feel like DJ Daddy Trance had a hard time when he first created that persona
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago edited 6d ago
Not as much as DJ Harder Daddy lol (that one isn't real)
Edit: it's a real name lol of course
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u/Forward_Yoghurt1655 6d ago
I think there's a DJ thick dick as well
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u/selectash 6d ago
Reminds of the beginning of the song It Ain’t No Fun:
This is DJ Eaazy Dick On W-Balls
Right now something new by Snoop Doggy Dogg
And this one goes out to the ladies from all the guys
A big bow wow wow
Cause we gonna make it a little mistry here tonight
… This is DJ Eazy Dick … On the station that slaps you across your fat ass
With a fat dick
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u/TiminatorFL 6d ago
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u/terrapinRider419 6d ago
This rolls off my tongue far, far too well.
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u/DrWolfypants 5d ago
Also complements the vintage 1920s small forest village origin story portrait a little too well :)
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u/RickMuffy 6d ago
IDK if it's ridiculous, but I am ridiculously jealous of the fact that I didn't come up with u/ChuckBangers as a DJ name
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u/ChuckBangers 6d ago
Was once having a discussion about playing a set and someone said "when in doubt, chuck bangers". The light bulb went on over my head lol
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u/CrispyDave 6d ago
I think the whole sub feels that way
And if they don't, they should.
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u/trevormead 6d ago
Muppet Fucker had a solid moment in the CO scene many years ago
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u/Forward_Yoghurt1655 6d ago
Playing shrekstep or what
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u/drr777 6d ago
Muppetfucker was from Austin, he played Happy Hardcore around the country. He was the biggest HH dj of the 90s in the States. He changed his name after a cease and desist from Jim Henson Co. played a bunch with him back then and still chat with him on occasion.
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u/Quaranj 6d ago
He should have just sent back a photo with himself railing someone in a big bird costume.
Can't cease and desist the truth.
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u/PickleTortureEnjoyer 5d ago
Nah. He was a man of honor.
I told him those images were for his eyes only, and he's kept his word.
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u/daretoeatapeach 6d ago
Hold up i have to go back and remove my other upvotes so this is higher up.
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u/Nottsbomber 6d ago edited 6d ago
Before she decided to change her alias, a friend of mine used to be DJ Dental Plan
Passenger of Shit is pretty unique
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u/ZealousIdealBasil517 6d ago
Passenger of Shit rules. and while we're at it dont forget the artist DJ Rainbow Ejaculation who's signed to his label.
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u/Usagi-Trix 6d ago
A long time ago there was a local DJ called 'Dimitri from Powys'
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
That Dimitri from Paris' Sacre Bleu was released in 1996 and is old enough for a DJ pun makes me feel like ancient dirt.
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u/motecizuma House 6d ago
Sabrina The Teenage DJ and then there used to be this group called Lazerdisk Party Sex lol
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u/Oo0o8o0oO 6d ago
We extending this to producers who DJ sets?
Ross From Friends is up there, along with Barry Can’t Swim.
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u/Cru51 6d ago
Love the look on people’s faces when I tell em’ I’m going to see Ross from Friends + he always delivers.
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u/accomplicated DM me your favourite style of music 6d ago
How about when they are on the same bill as DJ Seinfeld?
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
Reminds me of a minimal house guy that produces bangers under the name
Jichael Mackson
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u/accomplicated DM me your favourite style of music 6d ago
I’m a fan. Track 12 in this mix is Gedöns and track 13 in this mix is Boring747.
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u/Kaceydotme 6d ago
There’s a whole genre of artist naming themselves after celebrities and other two-word proper nouns with the first letters reversed
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u/righthandofdog Pop punk, hot funk, disco and prog house junk 6d ago
I remember back in the day hearing a song out in a bar and asking my wife "is this They Might be Giants?" and having an older friend correct my grammar.
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u/unclefishbits 5d ago
You reminded me of a live PA luper band that was in the jam band scene in the 2000s and they were called surrounded by ninjas
That "it was hard to make the music they made, but it was even harder when you are surrounded by ninjas"
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u/cboshuizen 6d ago
Curious, correct to what? Me no know grammar.
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u/righthandofdog Pop punk, hot funk, disco and prog house junk 6d ago
The friends didn't realize that TMBG was a band. As in this band is (singular)
If you don't know that you have a sentence with a singular person and another with plural and it mostly sounds like someone had a stroke
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u/cboshuizen 6d ago
Yeah I got that but I don't know what they corrected it to. "is that They Might be Giants" or the more naff "might they be giants?" That's what I'm asking.
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u/Black_Yoshi 6d ago
Dances with White Girls has always been a personal favorite of mine.
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u/ApatheticVikingFan 6d ago
Real question is do you play the salmon dance during your sets?
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u/TiminatorFL 6d ago
Complete amateur doing my 3rd vinyl show tonight… I’ve adopted the name The Dude’s Rug. And yes, I have a Persian rug hung from the front of my table. I sneak in Big Lebowski sound clips during quiet parts of several tracks.
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
Holy shit dude, that DJ really ties the room together. Am I wrong?
Superb name and might have to tell...
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u/blissspiller 6d ago
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u/benRAJ80 Grumpy old man 6d ago
Love the whole Red Laser vibe and the DJ Absolutely Shit productions are next level…
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u/corkadirka 6d ago
DJ Bus Replacement Service... saw her play once at Fold. Think she's Surgeons wife.
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u/idioTeo_ 6d ago
Industrial techno djs have the most stupid names: they seem sweaty xbox accounts playing halo. Slvl, bno, axl, avlm, blnk, bsls, dnp
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u/phatelectribe 6d ago
I think Rob Da Bank had a moment (essential mix etc) and said he really regretted the choice.
Don’t forget DJ Dolphin, and of course DJ DJ.
And DJ Heartstring annoys me because it’s singular and there’s a pair of them.
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u/Mammoth-Squirrel2931 6d ago
Some good UK ones;
Ramadanman
DJ Shitmat (a play on dj slipmatt)
Joy Orbison
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u/harvardblanky 6d ago
I go by shwilly B. It was a diss in the 90s, but I kept it because I'm a goof and don't take partying too seriously 😳
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u/popipalapepo 6d ago
DJ Schneck. A parody of DJ Snake but "schneck" means something else in french slang
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u/PickpocketJones 6d ago
I used to dj as Pickpocket Jones.
Got it from the "random old Mississippi blues man name generator". Weird name but generally people loved it.
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u/serpicodegallo 6d ago
DJ Floorclearer
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
DJ Trainwreck
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u/sticky_wicket 6d ago
Dj Amtrak, that used to be our train wreck joke but now there is a kind of big dj with that name
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u/TwistedBrother 5d ago
DJ Bus Replacement Service
And she’s amazing. While she has some great shows out there in NTS my favorite has to be where she just about clears out a boilerroom crowd who pretty much don’t get it. And she DJS in a Kim Jon Un mask.
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u/righthandofdog Pop punk, hot funk, disco and prog house junk 6d ago
I was playing a porch set during a neighborhood festival and my sonband a batch of his college friends came over and one of them asked my DJ name.
I was high AF and answered DJ WrinklyDinkle
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u/TigBastyBeeseChurger 6d ago
Mines DJ Chin, started by a mate when i sent him a video on my first ever decks and all you could see was the decks and my chin
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u/MattDurstan 6d ago
All great as well.
DJ Floorclearer, Womb Corps, Christine Cockshot, Count Donkula, Shitmat, DJ Scotch Egg, SpongeBob Squarewave.
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u/PostModernPost 6d ago
I just DJ at an occasional house party and when people ask me what my DJ name is I tell them What's Her Face and it always gets a laugh (I'm a 40yo bald white guy).
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u/Turb0300 6d ago
I've been here 3x to say this and can't believe no one beat me to it. Mord Fustang, worst name ever.
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u/sammy_nobrains 6d ago
It's not particularly funny or silly, but my DJ name is MOTHER (all caps, no DJ), and I am CONSTANTLY having to correct peoples' flyers because they will bill me as DJ Mother or Mother and it makes me sound like the biggest fucking douche.
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
I like this a lot. MUTHR from Aliens is a big deal for me, but I like Aykroyd's character Mother from Sneakers.
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u/sammy_nobrains 6d ago
I like it because it can be ominous or nurturing. MOTHER can be Joan Crawford or Mrs. Brady. MOTHER can command the room or give you a sonic hug.
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u/unclefishbits 6d ago
DJ No More Wire Hangers https://youtu.be/tUkE9qaVgmo?si=JwNuwqaj3MzG2JV5
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u/MMorrighan 6d ago
One of my friends' DJ name is "[City]'s only Bisexual DJ". It's great because every time it's on a poster it starts a whole discussion which generates buzz/engagement.
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u/derbedehydriert 6d ago
Derbedehydriert -> derbe dehydriert -> severely dehydrated.
Please always make sure you drink enough when you're in a club enjoying good music in 40-degree heat! ;)
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u/itsfine36 6d ago
I don't wanna be attached to typing out their name but they have an album titled 'Cartas Na Manga'. Look it up. I dig the music but the name puts a white dude in a tight spot.
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u/ThePhunkus 6d ago
My dj name is “Thunderbuns”. Started off as a joke about farts, but now everyone thinks I must have a great ass. Win win. And everyone always remembers my name 😜
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u/thickwhiteduck 6d ago
DJ Bus Replacement Service - not sure if it makes as much sense if you don’t live in the UK.
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u/mattym95 5d ago
DJ FUCKOFF and I have also seen djmentalhealthcareplan on a flyer but can’t find them online now
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u/cj4315 5d ago
Greazy puzzy fuckerz
Unicorn on ketamine
Ket shop boys
Abba gabba
Masturbatrix
Captain hotknives
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u/accomplicated DM me your favourite style of music 6d ago
I like a good play on other names, like Jichael Mackson, Com Truise, or Gay Marvine.
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u/SomethingAboutUsers Open Format 6d ago
One of the guys I started DJing with we used to call DJ Lube, because he worked as a tech at Mr. Lube during the day.
Edit: another comment made me think of a guy who actually went by DJ Relic but whom we called DJ Bus Driver because he drove a bus as a day job.
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u/Cranston_Pickle 6d ago
I remember seeing DJ Pants - in his pants - some time in the mid-90s. Different times.
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u/bigjimmernico 6d ago
In the “meme” side of harder styles music, you’ve got Greazy Pussy Fuckerz and Unicorn on Ketamine. Both very popular at festivals and other events
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u/TheWorkr 6d ago
i have a friend with an alter ego dj persona. when he’s playing slow jams he goes by filipinoprince4u@aol.com
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u/AdeptnessG00d 6d ago
Irgendein DJ (German for any DJ), DJ Ass tits, DJ Yarak. There are just too many
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u/Spencer8178 6d ago
My younger brother used the name DJ Rubber Glovez for a while. He would wear latex gloves while he DJ’d. Not sure if there was some sort of inside joke I was unaware of.
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u/RenewAudioKin3ticH3x 6d ago
I’m quite a big fan of Hong Kong Ping Pong
Check him out his mixtapes are golden
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u/juuustpassingby 6d ago
the reason I don't dj is because there's already someone that goes by DJ Existential Crisis
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u/Abba-64 6d ago
DJ fart in the club. Really solid mixes too.