The Star's Real Names

[JerseyGirl]

You might know some of these already but it's still fun to see what some music artist's real names are. Feel free to add anymore that you might be aware of.

Meatloaf - Marvin Lee Aday
Boz Scaggs - William Royce Scaggs
Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
Freddie Mercury - Farouk Bulsara
Sid Vicious - John Simon Ritchie
Billy Idol - William Broad
Cat Stevens - Steve Georgiou
Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner
Elvis Costello - Declan McManus
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Hardaway Judkins

 

[runningshoes]

Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Alex Lifeson - Alexander Zivojinovich

Benjamin Orr - Benjamin Orzechowski

Ginger Baker - Peter Edward Baker

Syd Barrett - Roger Keith Barrett

David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones

 

[Lynch]

Gene Simmons = Chaim Weitz
Paul Stanley = Stanley Harvey Eisen
Ace Frehley = Paul Frehley (the only one close to his real name)
Peter Criss = George Peter John Criscuola

 

[JerseyGirl]

Damn! Look at David Bowie's name! And Chaim Weitz? I had no idea.

 

[Lynch]

Damn! Look at David Bowie's name! And Chaim Weitz? I had no idea.

Bowie originally went by the name "Davy Jones", but due to the other Davy Jones (the Monkees), he ended up changing it.

 

[Titokinz]

Captain Beefheart - Don Van Vliet
Nikki Sixx - Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna
Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi Jr.
Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier
Flea - Michael Peter Balzary
Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad
Iggy Pop - James Newell Osterberg, Jr.

 

[Lynch]

Mick Mars (Motley Crue) - Robert Alan Deal
Bret Michaels - Bret Michael Sychak
C.C. Deville - Bruce Anthony Johannesson
Jani Lane - John Kennedy Oswald (nice parents )

 

[JerseyGirl]

Mick Mars (Motley Crue) - Robert Alan Deal
Bret Michaels - Bret Michael Sychak
C.C. Deville - Bruce Anthony Johannesson
Jani Lane - John Kennedy Oswald (nice parents )

 

[aeroplane]

Vince Neil= Vincent Neil Wharton.

Who by the way has a son named Neil Wharton. If Vince's boy ever decides to perform and use dad's stage name, that would make him "Neil Neil."

 

[TheFeldster]

Jimmy Barnes - James Swan

Paul McCartney - James Paul McCartney