Rock Stars’ REAL Names!
Many rock stars perform under psuedonyms...kinda like wearing two faces (seen here)! Check out this list of 150 real names of many Rock stars from the last SEVEN decades!
Adele - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Clay Aiken - Clayton Holmes Grissom
Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard
Marc Anthony - Marco Antonio Muniz
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Bono (U2) - Paul David Hewson
David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Irene Cara - Irene Escalera
Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere
Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus
Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson
Bobby Darin - Walden Waldo Robert Cassotto
Taylor Dayne - Leslie Wonderman
John Denver - John Henry Deutschendorf
Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) - Donald Roeser
Snoop Dogg - Cordazer Calvin Broadus Jr.
Dr. Dre - Andre Young
Bob Dylan - Robert Alan Zimmerman
Sheena Easton - Sheena Shirley Orr
The Edge (U2) - David Howell Evans
Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) - William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Michael Peter Balzary
Lady Gaga - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb
Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
Lesley Gore - Lesley Sue Goldstein
Gotye - Wouter De Backer
Dobie Gray - Leonard Victor Ainsworth
Macy Gray - Natalie Renee McIntyre
Cee Lo Green - Thomas DeCarlo Callaway
MC Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrel
Faith Hill - Audrey Faith Perry
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey
Vanilla Ice - Robert Van Winkle
Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad
Wolfman Jack - Robert Weston Smith
D.J. Jazzy Jeff - Jeffrey A. Townes
Joan Jett - Joan Marie Larkin
Jewel - Jewel Kilcher
Tom Jones - Thomas Jones Woodward
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Wynonna Judd - Christina Claire Ciminella
Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
Uncle Kracker - Matthew Shafer
LL Cool J - James Todd Smith
Patti LaBelle - Patricia Louise Holt
k.d. lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Huey Lewis - Hugh Anthony Cregg
Liberace - Wladziu Lee Valentino
Lil Bow Wow - Shad Anthony Moss
Lorde - Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Courtney Love - Courtney Michelle Harrison
Ludacris - Christopher Brian Bridges
Lulu - Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Mama Cass Elliot - Ellen Naomi Cohen
Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pincus
Manfred Mann - Manfred Lubowitz
Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner
Dean Martin - Dino Paul Crocetti
Ricky Martin - Enrique Jose Martin Morales
Martina McBride - Martina Mariea Schiff
Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday
Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara
George Micheal - Yorgos Panayiotou
Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson
Moby - Richard Melville Hall
Nelly - Carnell Haynes, Jr.
Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe) - Vince Neil Wharton
Billy Ocean - Leslie Sebastian Charles
Tony Orlando - Michael Anthony Orlando Cassivitis
Ozzy Osbourne - John Michael Osbourne
Patti Page - Clara Ann Fowler
Les Paul - Lester Polfus
Johnny Paycheck - Don Lytle
Katy Perry - Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Pink - Alecia Moore
Iggy Pop - James Newell Osterberg, Jr.
Jerry Reed - Jerry Hubbard
Lou Reed - Louis Firbank
Rihanna - Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Busta Rhymes - Trevor Tahiem Smith
Little Richard - Richard Wayne Penniman
Cliff Richard - Harry Rodger Webb
Flo Rida - Tramar Dillard
Johnny Rivers - John Henry Ramistella
Johnny Rotten - John Joseph Lydon
Leon Russell - Claude Russell Bridges
Bobby Rydell - Louis Ridarelli
Mitch Ryder - William Levise Jr.
Sade - Helen Folasade Adu
Sam the Sham - Domingo Samudio
Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Selena - Selena Quintanilla-Perez
Shaggy - Orville Richard Burrell
Shakira - Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Del Shannon - Charles Weedon Westover
Gene Simmons - Chaim Klein Witz
Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) - Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna
Slash (Guns & Roses) - Saul Hudson
Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) - Grace Barnett Wing
Baby Spice (Spice Girls) - Emma Lee Bunton
Ginger Spice (Spice Girls) - Geraldine Estelle Halliwell
Posh Spice (Spice Girls) - Victoria Caroline Adams [Beckham]
Scary Spice (Spice Girls) - Melanie Janine Brown
Sporty Spice (Spice Girls) - Melanie Jayne Chisholm
Dusty Springfield - Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien
Paul Stanley (KISS) - Stanley Harvey Eisen
Edwin Starr - Charles Hatcher
Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey
Cat Stevens - Steven Demetre Georgiou
Ray Stevens - Harold Ray Ragsdale
Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Sly Stone - Sylvester Stewart
Donna Summer - LaDonna Adrian Gaines
Ice T - Tracy Marrow
Taco - Taco Ockerse
Tammi Terrell - Thomasina Montgomery
Tiffany - Tiffany Darwish
Tiny Tim - Herbert Buckingham Khaury
Timbaland - Timothy Z. Mosley
Peter Tork (Monkees) - Peter Halston Thorkelson
Peter Tosh - Winston Hubert Macintosh
Randy Travis - Randy Bruce Traywick
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock
Tommy Tutone - Tommy Heath
Shania Twain - Eileen Regina Edwards
Conway Twitty - Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Bonnie Tyler - Gaynor Hopkins
Steven Tyler - Steven Victor Tallarico
Usher - Usher Raymond
Ritchie Valens - Richard Steven Valenzuela
Frankie Valli - Frank Castelluccio
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - Edward Louis Severson III
Bobby Vee - Robert Velline
Billy Vera - Billy McCord Jr.
Sid Vicious - John Simon Ritchie
Gene Vincent - Vincent Craddock
Bobby Vinton - Stanley Robert Vintula, Jr.
Will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas) - William James Adams Jr.
Howlin' Wolf - Chester Arthur Burnett
Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) - Peter Blankfield
Stevie Wonder - born: Steveland Hardaway Judkins
Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) - William Perks
Tammy Wynette - Virginia Wynette Pugh
Dweezil Zappa - Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa
Rob Zombie - Robert Cummings