Many years ago, a friend of mine worked for a computer repair company. Whenever any sales person would call the company, whoever answered the phone would say, "sorry, you'll have to talk to Torgo about that." Torgo was always conveniently out of town for at least two weeks. I think his mother died 17 times.
Torgo was never given a last name, but as telemarketers began to share lists, calls started coming in specifically FOR Torgo...and he somehow developed a last name. Over the course of time, calls came in for the following names:
Torgo
Torgo Martel
Torgo Marachi
Michael Torgo (or his wife Maria)
Turgo Movachi
About a year after all of that, I was playing in a Werewolf: The Apocalypse LARP (I'm a geek, fuck off)...and I needed to add some fun to my character. So, I decided to go with "Torgo" as a name, and then change it up to one of the alternatives depending on who I was talking to. He became my longest-lived Werewolf character and one that I ended up moving to a couple of different chronicles over time.
Then....I saw Manos: The Hands of Fate...and how can you NOT love Torgo?
With all that Torgo in my past, I don't really think I had any other choice when it was time to pick a stage name. Torgo wins.
-Mikey T.