Well done for having the wherewithall to come clean.

I guess I can live with an artist listing his gigs under a Mudcat handle. But would much prefer any advertising/listing to be in the artists own name. Not keen at all on a handle being used to review the artists own performance which was the case here. I presume Dave won't make the mistake again.

Handles/alter egos have been traditional on forums/boards since year dot and shouldn't really be any problem unless ........

The original comments, now removed, seemed to fall into two categories to my mind. One acceptable, the other not. A personal attack making allegations relating to morals, behaviour etc is way over the line. Comments relating to the performance, style, preferences are just going to be a hazard of putting your head above the trench. I'm sure that Dave's reviews must have annoyed an artist somewhere along the way, but if they don't want honest criticism they shouldn't have put in for a review. Same applies for the original MoorleyMan plug and subsequent review.