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I know its mean, but some of their real names are hilarious or doesn’t fit the profile of their ‘stage’ name! Haha
- 50 Cent - Curtis Jackson
- Adam Ant - Stuart Goddard
- Akon - Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam
- Alice Cooper - Vincent Furnier
- Alicia Keys – Alicia Cook
- Axl Rose - William Rose Jr.
- Billy Idol - William Broad
- Bono - Paul Hewson
- Boy George - George O’Dowd
- Busta Rhymes – Trevor Smith
- Chaka Khan – Carole Stevens
- David Bowie - David Jones
- Dee Dee Ramone - Douglas Colvin
- Donna Summer - LaDonna Gaines
- Eddie Vedder – Edward Severson III
- Elton John – Reginald Dwight
- Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
- Enya – Eithne Ni Braona
- Erykah Badu – Erica Wright
- Fatboy Slim – Quentin Cook
- Flavor Flav - William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
- Freddie Mercury – Farrokh Bulsara
- Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
- George Michael - Yorgos Panayiotou
- Grace Slick - Grace Wing
- Head (Korn) - Brian Welch
- Henry Rollins - Henry Garfield
- Huey Lewis – Hugh Cregg
- Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson
- Iggy Pop – James Osterberg, Jr.
- Ja Rule - Jeffery Atkins
- Jack White - John Anthony Gillis
- Joan Jett – Joan Marie Larkin
- Joey Ramone - Jeffery Hyman
- Johnny Paycheck - Don Lytle
- Johnny Ramone – John Cummings
- Joni Mitchell - Roberta Anderson
- Joss Stone - Joscelyn Stocker
- Lil Bow Wow – Shad Moss
- LL Cool J - James Smith
- Lou Reed – Louis Firbank
- Macy Gray - Natalie McIntyre
- Marilyn Manson - Brian Warner
- MC Hammer - Stanley Burrel
- Meat Loaf - Marvin Aday
- Mos Def - Dante Smith
- Nelly - Carnell Haynes, Jr.
- Nikki Sixx – Franklin Feranna
- Pat Benatar – Patricia Andrejewski
- Patsy Cline – Virginia Hensley
- Paul Stanley - Stanley Eisen
- Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) – Sandra Denton
- Peter Wolf - Peter Blankfield
- Pink - Alecia Moore
- Queen Latifah – Dana Owens
- Ric Ocasek – Richard Otcasek
- Rick James – James Johnson, Jr.
- Rob Zombie - Robert Cummings
- Sade - Helen Folasade Adu
- Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
- Shania Twain - Eileen Edwards
- Sheena Easton – Sheena Orr
- Sid Vicious – John Ritchie
- Sisqo - Mark Andrews
- Snoop Dogg – Cordazer Calvin Broadus
- Steven Tyler – Steven Tallarico
- Stevie Wonder – Steveland Judkins
- Sting - Gordon Sumner
- Taylor Dayne – Leslie Wonderman
- The Edge – David Evans
- Thomas Dolby – Thomas Robertson
- Timbaland - Timothy Z. Mosley
- Tina Turner – Anna Mae Bullock
- Tony Bennett - Anthony Benedetto
- Wynonna Judd - Christina Ciminella

Posted August 19th, 2008 in Musician by Sam.


