quoted 9 lines Richard james appears under his Caustic window alias, contributing a> > >Richard james appears under his Caustic window alias, contributing a
> > >track called "Cunt"
> >
> > Blimey, what a rebel.
>
> which brings up the question: what good are pseudonyms if everyone knows
> you use these names? if rich james ((G) pun not really intended) truly
> didn't care about the money, wouldn't he not tell anyone he's on this comp,
> and release under the name Suction Regulator or something? hmmm?
Part of the point is that particular names may be signed to particular
labels. (This has certainly been the case with Richard James in
former times, when the name Aphex Twin was signed to R&S, and he had
to use other names -- such as AFX -- to release stuff on other
labels.) Also, artists sometime use pseudonyms to distinguish
different projects which might otherwise alienate fans of their other work
through being rather different in style.....
Often, the identity of the pseudonyms is well known, and there's no
intention of anonymity. It's all a bit of a game, really.....
Of course, people also realease things through completely unknown
pseudonyms -- or on white labels -- to achieve real anonymity. Even
in that case, though, their identity usually gets around
eventually.....
-cosmic