bandonym
n.— «More singer-songwriters have noticed that you don’t need a “bandonym” (in critic Carl Wilson’s useful coinage) to wrap yourself in myth.» —“The Writ Stuff” by Franklin Bruno Phoenix (Boston, Massachusetts) Nov. 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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