The Star's Real Names

[annie]

And Chaim Weitz? I had no idea.

He is Israeli. In March 2011, Simmons had a homecoming visit to Israel where he was born. He described the trip as a "life changing experience". He talked about how he still feels that he is an Israeli – "I'm Israeli. I'm a stranger in America. I'm an outsider"

 

[runningshoes]

Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley

Christine McVie - Christine Anne Perfect

Al Kooper - Alan Peter Kuperschmidt

Bill Wyman - William Perks

Gary Glitter - Paul Gadd

Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock

Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski

Cozy Powell - Colin Flooks

The Edge - David Howell Evans

Huey Lewis - Hugh Anthony Cregg

Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard

Eric Carr - Paul Charles Caravello

 

[JerseyGirl]

He is Israeli. In March 2011, Simmons had a homecoming visit to Israel where he was born. He described the trip as a "life changing experience". He talked about how he still feels that he is an Israeli – "I'm Israeli. I'm a stranger in America. I'm an outsider"

Interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks annie.

 

[gcczep]

John Paul Jones - John Baldwin

 

[hawk11]

Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey

Ronnie James Dio - Ronald James Padavona

King Diamond - Kim Bendix Petersen

Steve Tyler - Steven Tallarico

Leslie West - Leslie Weinstein

Axl Rose - William Bailey

Jay Jay French - John Segall

Gary Glitter - Paul Gadd

 

[hawk11]

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 )

Any truth to the rumor that he has a brother named Abraham Lincoln Booth?????

 

[Lynch]

No

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

The Monkees are
Robert Michael Nesmith
David Thomas Jones
Peter Halston Thorkelson and
George Michael Dolenz

 

[bells]

Geddy Lee - Gary Lee Weinrib
John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
Bo Diddley - Ellas Otha Bates
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey

I think I maybe would have used Dorsey instead.. We used to use the work "Dink" for someone who was goofy or dumb acting..