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This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

Entries Beginning with T

Real Name		Nickname		Description		Submitted by:
T-ara		Princess Parade		From their title which is pronounced Tiara.		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
T-ara		Neo-Seoul		For their cutting-edge video of "Day by Day"		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Take That - Howard Donald		Dougie				Morton
Talking Heads		Head Head		David Byrne sings and plays guitar for the band so he's been dubbed as the Head Head.		Floyd Pinklon
Tarantula Joy Hypnosis		TJH		My initials with my band.		Travis
Taylor Swift		Southern Steel		Her enduring strength in Country Music		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		NSH Q-Tay		Online, for Nashville cutie		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		T-Swizzle		Short for Taylor Swift Sizzle		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		Beau-Tay and Her Beasts		Tay(lor) Swift and her bad romances		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		Southern Silk		Some say her soft white skin while others say her smooth, comforting voice...		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		Wyomissing BeauTay		Tay(lor) Swift grew up in Wyomissing, Pa.		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Taylor Swift		Tay, Twift, T, and Swifty		All plays on her name Taylor ALison Swift		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tears For Fears		T4F		Or TFF		Celeste
Tears For Fears		TeFoFe		I read this nickname in a rock'n'roll review book in the mid 1980s.		Twister and Shouter
Ted Nugent		Uncle Ted				Christian
Ted Nugent		Motor City Motormouth		He's from the Detroit area, and he's more known for flapping his gums and pushing his views on everyone else than he is for his cretin rock. He needs to STFU.		Kick Out the Jams, MFs!
Ted Nugent		The Motor City Madman		From the Detroit area.		Martha Hankins
Ted Nugent		The Ten Fingers of Doom				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		Nuge				dxman
Ted Nugent		Michigan Motormouth		That's the state he hails from but his moronic music pales compared to other Michigan rock acts like Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the MC5, the Romantics, Bob Seger and the Motown scene. He's more notorious for his extreme views and the obnoxious way he delivers them than he is for his dunderheaded music.		YES M!CH!GAN
Ted Nugent		Gonzo		One of his albums is "Double Live Gonzo". (He's also been know as "The Man Who Played 'War' With His Guitar".)		Rocky
Ted Nugent		The Motor City Madman				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		Atrocious Theodocius				Mark
Ted Nugent		Terrible Ted		He's an obnoxious ignorant loudmouth and his music is mostly for Neanderthals.		21st Century Man
Ted Nugent		Motor City Madman		Listen to his in-concert rants. Maybe he should also be nicknamed Motor City Motor Mouth!		Buckeye Rock'n'Roller
Ted Nugent		The Atrocious Theodocious				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		Sweaty Teddy				Mark
Ted Nugent		The Nuge				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		The Nuge		Rhymns with "Stooge" - a member of another Michigan rock act.		Wussy Wolverine
Ted Nugent		Uncle Ted				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		Whackmaster				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Ted Nugent		Deadly Tedly				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Temptations		The Temps				Grady Brady
Tennessee Ernie Ford		The Pea Picker		When hosting his television variety show, his catch phrase was "Bless your pea pickin' hearts!"		Martha Hankins
Theory of a Deadman		T.O.A.D		Me and my friend noticed that an acronym of "Theory of a Deadman" is T.O.A.D.		Travis
Tico Torres		The Hitman		He's been drumming for Bon Jovi since the early days so his talent? I don't know but he's had it for a while.		dayna
Tiger Joanie Scott		The Chief		Joan Koplan's rank at JJK Security & Investigations (on the AMC show "Small Town Security").		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tiger Joanie Scott		Roseanne of Ringgold		A crude reference to the stereotype of Roseanne Barr (an overweight, foul-mouth, repulsive woman). Ringgold is in Georgia where Joan Koplan lives and works.		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tom Jones		The Voice				dxman
Tom T. Hall		The Storyteller		Most of this country singer/songwriter's songs tell a good story.		Martha Hankins
Tommy Newsom		Mr. Excitement		Correction to earlier entry - Tommy was Doc Severinsen's backup bandleader for the Tonight Show; he always had a staid manner on stage, prompting Johnny Carson to give him this ironic moniker. Skitch Henderson was nicknamed because he could "sketch," or was talented in arranging songs.		Martha Hankins
Tove Lo		The Saddest Girl In Sweden		Her grim and autobiographical lyrical content have led pundits to dub her as this.		Tove Hi
Tre' Cool		The Snoo		Tré Cool can be identified in several pictures of Green Day's alias band The Network. The Snoo claims to be a former Mexican wrestler in his bio on the Network's official website. Green Day has, in the past, had a run-in with former ECW wrestlers Tazz and Tommy Dreamer. The Network was a faction representing TNN, now Spike, censors when ECW had a wrestling program on the channel. Spike is also the name of a song by The Network, telling the story of how a punk rocker becomes homeless when his girlfriend leaves him. GDA Tre was seen wearing a similar mask while pranking supporting band "The Bravery" during a concert at Times Union Center in Albany, NY.		Optimus Lime
Tre' Cool		Frank Edwin Wright the Third		This is actually his real name but he used it as a fake name for his alias band The Foxboro Hot Tubs		Optimus Lime
Tupac Shakur		Tupac Amaru		The name of a powerful king of the Inca empire in South America		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tupac Shakur		Shakur		Means "Shining Serpent"		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tupac Shakur		2pac				Travis
Tupac Shakur		Makaveli				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tupac Shakur		2Pacalypse				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tupac Shakur		Pac				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Turtles		Flo & Eddie		This should be here and not on Pseudonyms.		Rocky Rhodes

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