Cliff Richard - Harry Rodger Webb David Essex - David Albert Cook Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)

@Kitten_Match25

Ай бұрын

@Eugenia-xv1nt him wife real name Mary Cox

@ValleyoftheRogue

19 күн бұрын

He is the most obvious omission and the most famous musician using a stage name.

Pat Benetar's birth name is Patricia Mae Andrzejewski. She had two husbands Benetar and Giraldo.

Buckethead - Brian Carroll

Eric Clapton real name is Eric Patrick Clapton. He was raised by his grandparents whose surname was Clapp. The similarity in surnames gave rise to the erroneous belief that Clapton's real surname is Clapp (Reginald Cecil Clapton was the name of Rose's first husband, Eric Clapton's maternal grandfather).

@atheistleopard618

15 күн бұрын

just think if he had the clap after changed his name to clapton, then he'd have to do the whole process all over again

I met Alice Cooper once, I was at work and was amongst a crowd of people and didn’t want to make a scene, so I said “By the way is your name Vincent Furnier?” He was very cool and I think that he was glad that I didn’t yell out “Hey! It’s Alice Cooper!”.

@Francesco1044

13 сағат бұрын

Furnier sound French...

Francesco Castelluccio (Frankie Valli)

I like how some of the stage nanes are a play on their real names/or use part of theur real names whereas others are like " um yeah , my name is toooooo long or difficult to pronounce , so just call me _____"

Flea is actually Australian, by the way. He was born and grew up in Melbourne.

Rick Springfield: Australian-American: 🇦🇺🇺🇲 Singer/Actor/Writer/Producer Born: 1949 Age: 74 Real Name: Richard Lewis Springthorpe.

Disappointed you don't have Peter Thomas Ratajczyk, or Peter Steele of Type O Negative.

Robert Zimmerman (Bob dylan) anda Axel Rose original lastname was Bailey

@michiwoman

16 күн бұрын

Axl

@steveharper9964

12 күн бұрын

I think Bailey was the step father

Stevie Wonder was born StevIand Hardaway Judkins

Tina turner is not Swiss. She lived her last days of retirement there.

@jameskavanagh4315

Ай бұрын

Exactly👍

@Shaolin91z

10 күн бұрын

Might as well be swiss. Got hit in the face so much might as well change countries 😆

@Francesco1044

13 сағат бұрын

She was Swiss becouse She reject the U.S. citizenship in order tò got the Swiss One...

Leon Russell, Claude Bridges

How about Jeffery Ross Hyman, Douglas Glenn Colvin, John William Cummings and Thomas Erdelyi? Better known as Joey, Didi, Johnny and Tommy Ramone. Or Sir Michael Phillip Jagger, Sir James Paul McCartney, Sir Richard Starkey (Ringo), and Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight (Elton). Roberta Joan Anderson (Joni Mitchell) , Carol Joan Klein (Carole King), Dino Paul Corcetti (Dean Martin)

@Neppy1414

Ай бұрын

hyman😏

@jasoncromwell4206

Ай бұрын

@@Neppy1414 Insert Beavis and Butthead

@Noel-ji8nm

Ай бұрын

Cliff Richard.

@manupeter4928

Ай бұрын

@@jasoncromwell4206 You know the diffrence between a real name (Paul McCartney) and an artist name (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)? Everyone knows who Paul McCartney his, without his first name James. But not all people know immediatly who Reginald Kenneth Dwight is.

@manupeter4928

Ай бұрын

@@Noel-ji8nm Harry Rodger Webb.

I can see why Rudy Sarzo changed his name to many names for one person😅

@spaceace1006

Ай бұрын

Having 2, 3 or more middle names is common with Mexicans, Cubans, Italians, etc!

@AntonXul

Ай бұрын

@@spaceace1006 And French people.

@atheistleopard618

14 күн бұрын

yeah, just think if he was also a jr . oof

@Dobie_ByTor

2 күн бұрын

Old European Naming Convention in America Example: ‘William Richard Johannes von Holderbrecht of California South in Orange County East’. 😲 Sadly so many of them are clearly hiding Jewish surnames. Cool how Alex Lifeson’s given name translates into ‘son of life’ which is pretty cool.

Purely due to the fact she is one of my favourites. Gaynor Hopkins = Bonnie Tyler

So many Italians

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119

6 күн бұрын

I was gonna say so many jews

I knew a couple in my hometown who were Alice Cooper's next door neighbors when he was a teenager in Glendale, Arizona.

@dr.jillalicecooper2587

Ай бұрын

Cool

@marshmallow3359

29 күн бұрын

Gee, thanks for sharing...

@Cheshyre.

24 күн бұрын

@@marshmallow3359 I enjoyed the information.

Great to see Blackie Lawless and Nikki Sixx (Frank Carlton Ferrano) in this!

You futzed up on two names. Pat Benatar was born Patricia Andrzejewski. Giraldo is her married name, not her birth name. Lou Reed's paternal name was Rabinowitz. His father changed the family name to Reed. How you arrived at the name Firbank is truly mind-boggling?

@atheistleopard618

14 күн бұрын

yeah, he's a Benatard for doing that.

Pat Benatar is interesting in that she kept the name of her first husband after the divorce. Good call as it's a hard hitting name, and easier to pronounce that her maiden name, Andrzejewski. Just as she hit big she married her guitarist Neil Giraldo. They've been married 42 years,and counting. She doesn't tour as Pat Benatar. It's always Pat Benatar, and Neil Giraldo.

@TheTrumpReaper

21 күн бұрын

42 years? They belong, they belong, they belong together.

@censorshipsucks9493

21 күн бұрын

@@TheTrumpReaper I see what you did there.

@mariagaribaldi5961

16 күн бұрын

​@@TheTrumpReaperTRUMP2024!❤

@Zoom1Zoom2-ix5kr

2 күн бұрын

@@mariagaribaldi5961 In Ruzzistan

Rest in Power, Lemmy. You and Motörhead were awesome in concert. Webster Theater, Hartford, March 15, 2005.

@michiwoman

16 күн бұрын

My grandmother who is 95 years old loves Motorhead, believe it or not. She thinks that Lemmy had a very special voice.

Nice that you distinguish between drummers and musicians

@eldiablo7862

26 күн бұрын

It's better than Chris Jericho only being labeled a wrestler.

@atheistleopard618

15 күн бұрын

@@eldiablo7862 drums are like...musical instruments n stuff'eth.

Joey Ramone ~ Jeffrey Hyman Johnny Ramone ~ John Cummings Dee Dee Ramone ~ Douglas Colvin Tommy Ramone ~ Thomas Erdelyi Marky Ramone ~ Marc Bell Richie Ramone ~ Richard Reinhardt Elvis Ramone ~ Clem Burke C. J. Ramone ~ Christopher Joseph Ward Eno ~ Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno

Jimi hendrix. Real name was James Marshall Hendrix

@kylebentley7512

Ай бұрын

He was born Johnny Allen Hendrix but his name got changed to James Marshall when he was a child

@AntonXul

Ай бұрын

@@kylebentley7512 People just don’t know how to google. Johnny is correctly his given name at birth. People always want to incorrectly correct it and say it’s James.

@BlackHatCinephile

Ай бұрын

@@kylebentley7512 Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song.

@justinfreise6105

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@NicoPico413

Ай бұрын

​@BlackHatCinephile love me do I think it was

Pink born Alecia Moore, Katy Perry born Katy Hudson, Lady Gaga born Stefanie Germanotta.

@daretodream9765

29 күн бұрын

These are pop stars, this video is about rock musicians

Never heard of the majority of them !

@adalberto2207

22 күн бұрын

I think you dont like rock and metal.

@01doha

22 күн бұрын

I think I don't like American rock amd metal 😕

You changed your name to Latrine...

@thebusdrrivertohell

29 күн бұрын

Yeah. Used to be Shⁱthouse!

Gene Simmons ‘Klein witz’ means ‘little joke’ in German (‘kleiner Witz’) 😂😂

@williampalenik7306

Ай бұрын

And Gene doese come up with his joking antics too lol

@theyrekrnations8990

Ай бұрын

Maybe he is over compensating all his life because of it

didn't alice legally change his name to "alice cooper." or at least "Alice furnier" so technically his real name is Alice, at least it is now

How about Elton John aka Reginald Kenneth Dwight

@miaomiaochan

Ай бұрын

Pop star, not rock star.

Joey Ramone: Jeffrey Ross Hyman Johnny Ramone: John William Cummings Dee Dee Ramone: Douglas Glenn Colvin Tommy Ramone: Thomas Erdelyi

Rock music forever🎸

Bob Dylan was Robert Zimmerman.

Glenn Danzig - Glenn Allen Anzalone, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein - Paul Caiafa, Jerry Only - Gerald Caiafa, Tom Araya - Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz, Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner

Synyster Gates' real name is Brian Hayner Jr. He's the guitarist for A7X. Rob zombie and spider one are brothers who grew up in Haverhill, MA. Can't remember their given last name but IIRC Spider One's first name is Michael. Went and Googled it; their last name is Cummings.

I'm surprised that Rat Scabies isn't his real name. Just goes to show...

@skylarkman2000

15 күн бұрын

That would be so cool .

A few I didn't know their original name, wow.

So many unfamous people I gave up when it hit me with the first commercial about half way through.

Kristy Mariana Wallace ( poison ivy - the cramps ) , Johnny rotten _John lydon

Duff McKagan - Michael Andrew McKagan Izzy stradlin- Jeffrey Dean Isbell Mick mars-Robert Alan Deal ❤

The coolest stage name is Meat Loaf

Obvio que te faltaron muchos, Ringo Star por mencionar a mi favorito.

@fernandolarrea

Ай бұрын

Muchos solamente usaron un apodo como nombre de pila pero no alteraron el apellido. Por ejemplo, Ozzy lo dejó así porque de ese modo lo llamaban desde que estuvo en la escuela. Otros se inventaron una identidad completa.

Gene Simmons tem o nome mais judeu do planeta

Well, for Alex Lifeson should be Aleksandar Živojinović (Александар Живојиновић). And "Lifeson" is litteral english translation of serbian Живојиновић.

Never heard of most of them

Gene Simons is actually Israeli as is his mother, he was taken to the USA as a child & is a dual national

I can understand why some change their names, being hard to spell or pronounce, or kind of lame sounding. But I don't get why a backing musician like Bill Wyman can't remain Bill Perks or why Steven Adler can't be Michael Coletti. I mean, how often does anyone call them by name anyway? A front man understandably can't be some dorky name but who cares what a drummer's name is, really?

@mannydavis7708

14 күн бұрын

Bill legally changed his name to Wyman in August 1964. He had some issues with his father. He won a placement to a grammar school but was forced to drop out before taking his GCE after his father found him a job & insisted he take it. It's not always about the biz. Although Wyman does sound a bit cooler than Bill Perks.

@bryantsteury8910

Күн бұрын

Totally agree there were like 60% where you go “ok bon Jovi is bongiovi but altered” but my god the standout handful who went way out of their way? Although I’ll take out of that group the black blues guys. Muddy waters is a KILLER name, that’s exactly what that man needs to be called

Pat Benatar's last name is only Giraldo because she's married to Neil Giraldo.

Johnny Allen Hendrix birth name.Real name James Marshall Hendrix changed legally by his dad

Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix)

Pat Benatar's birth name is Patricia Mae Andrzejewski. Benatar was her first husband's name. Giraldo is her current husband's name.

You named the bands they were with only for a couple. Would like to see all of them with bands associated with their stage names.

@drbluzer

18 күн бұрын

See my post !

Real name is oftenly better

Geddy’s real name was Gershwin/Gershin and Alex Lifeson’s real name is GOAT!

Might as well un-mask Hulkko as well, iif you list Fagerholm here.😊

Might want to double-check Jimi Hendrix’s real name.

With Rudy Sarzo’s epic real name, I would’ve went with Max Grande!

Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) Bob Dylan (Robert Allan Zimmermerman)

90% of the names on this list fall under the who gives a damn category.

@williamkeene9032

4 күн бұрын

Or just the "who?" Category.

Benatar's birth name was andrzejewski

2 Members of KISS who didn't change their names..Bruce Kulick and Thomas C. "Tommy" Thayer. Eric Singer shortened his last name from Mensinger.

@matthewdrake4385

Ай бұрын

Ace kept his last name too. The only thing he changed was his first name which was a nickname and they already had a Paul in the band.

Should’ve said birth name, not real name. A few of these have legally changed their name so that is their real name now.

I never knew Steven Tyler was my namesake.

Famous????? never heard of over half of them!!!!!!

Seems like most of the British Rockers just go by their nickname.

What's with your order? How about a list of musicians who did not change their names?

What about the Ramones ??

Wouldn't get nowhere with their real names.

Interesting list. But you have a significant portion here, who are neither "famous" nor "rock"........But that's okay. The R&R HOF has dozens now enshrined who are totally unqualified. 🤣

Notice a pattern there of a lot of American musicians with Spanish or Italian last names adopting more Anglo stage names, but then several British musicians who adopted more Spanish/Italian stage names.

@Slo-ryde

23 күн бұрын

Many Jews, Italians and Hispanics in business and entertainment took on English names in the past century, mainly to “ fit in” and avoid hassles… which is not the case with Brits taking on non English names.

Axl's real last name is Bailey, not Rose

@NamikSokolovic3778

Ай бұрын

Until he was 18, his last name was Bailey, which is his stepfather's last name, and his father's last name was Rose, so Axl officially changed his last name to Rose, so now Rose is his real last name

@elLooto

17 күн бұрын

@@NamikSokolovic3778 Its a joke: Axl Rose is an anagram.

Sorry but you made a mistake. Vincent Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper in1975. So Alice Cooper is his real name. He was born Vincent Damon Furnier, but his real name is Alice Cooper.

Pat Benatar is listed under her married name. Her maiden name is Polish.I don't feel like googling it.

@MichaelWH

Ай бұрын

Was just getting ready to ask

@maryellenyarusso7029

Ай бұрын

Pat Benatar came from a man she was once married to with the last name Benatar

@minxella12

Ай бұрын

Andrzejewski.

Cliff- Harry Webb

James Paul McCartney (Paul McCartney)

Bon Scott, you have as Australian. He was born in Scotland.

@Rob-uu1ic

Ай бұрын

He was more Australian than Scottish regardless

@markjohnson8276

Ай бұрын

@Rob-uu1ic was born and raised in Scotland.

@ecclestonsangel

Ай бұрын

Bon could even play the bagpipes! He's way Scottish!

@AntonXul

Ай бұрын

They did have dual flags for multiple artists. He easily should’ve had 2.

Pretty sure Axl's last name is Bailey. Not Rose

@steveharper9964

12 күн бұрын

Bailey was the step father.

John Lennon ( JON ONO ).......

damn, the guy at #6 had 9 names.

..."No Name Maddox

Lita Ford (Carmelita Rossana Ford)

A final de cuentas....los conocimos así tal cual así que.....el nombre real sale sobrando...😅... Saludos.

Suomi mainittu! Torilla tavataan! (Finland is mentioned! Let's meet at the market place!) :-)

A lot of the British names are common British nicknames for anyone with a certain surname..

@AntonXul

Ай бұрын

Is that so? Like which ones in particular?

No wonder Mr Dick changed his name to fish.

@skylarkman2000

15 күн бұрын

I would too !

Joseph Pereira is Steve Perry not Joe perry. 🙄

Jimi Hendrix'z real name was James Marshall Hendrix.

No mention of Meat Loaf, huh? That sucks. Still love my Alice Cooper tho. Still goin strong and writing some good shtit!!!

@itsivaschannel2391

Ай бұрын

#61

@brutalplanet1708

Ай бұрын

​@@itsivaschannel2391Oh.....damn.....never mind. Haha, my bad.

Why the hell would you change your name? Folks are there for the music.

@teresewecker

8 күн бұрын

Usually birth names, are just too ordinary.. rock stars need a catchy name like Alice Cooper etc etc

Uh, you say Tina Turner was Swiss?

Ringo Starr is Richard Starkey

Musicians ?

James Marshall Hendrix.

If Lexxi Foxx was born in 1978 he's not 53 years old...more like 46.

Where’s Jimmy the REV in A7X?

Nothing for Marilyn Manson, Ringo Starr, Prince, or B.B. King in there

Wilko Johnson =John Wilkinson