Would you feel any different listening to a Gordon Sumner record, or rocking out with Chaim Witz? Check out these rock stars that changed their name and see how many you know!
Click on the plus sign next to each name to reveal the artist’s stage name!
30 Stuart Leslie Goddard
Adam Ant
29 Martyn Buchwald
Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
28 Patricia Andrejewski
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
27 Paul David Hewson
Bono (U2)
26 David Robert Jones
David Bowie
David Bowie in 1967
25 Vincent Damon Furnier
Alice Cooper
Courtesy: ear music. Credit: Rob Fenn.
24 Declan McManus
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
23 Robert Zimmerman
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan in 1963
22 David Howell Evans
The Edge (U2)
21 Ellen Naomi Cohen
Mama Cass Elliot
20 George Alan O’Dowd
Boy George
19 William Broad
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
18 Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Elton John
Elton John performing in Norway in 2009. CC BY-SA 2.0. Credit: Ernst Vikne
17 Joachim Krauledat
John Kay (Steppenwolf)
16 John Kennedy Oswald
Jani Lane (Warrant)
15 Gary Lee Weinrib
Geddy Lee (Rush)
14 Hugh Anthony Cregg
Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis performing in 2006. CC by SA 3.0. Credit: Carl Lender
13 Brian Warner
Marilyn Manson
12 Marvin Lee Aday
Meat Loaf
11 Farouk Bulsara
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury. CC BY 2.0. Credit: Carl Lender
10 Roberta Joan Anderson
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
9 James Jewell Osterberg, Jr.
Iggy Pop
8 Chaim Witz
Gene Simmons
7 Grace Barnett Wing
Grace Slick
Grace Slick in 1967
6 Richard Starkey
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr in 2013. CC BY SA 2.0. Credit: Eva Rinaldi
Bitten by the radio bug early, Pam Edwards first started in broadcasting at her Glenbard West high school station, WGHS, 88.5 FM, in Glen Ellyn, IL. Now defunct, students were allowed to play anything they wanted on the station before and after school. While getting her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing at the University of Illinois,...
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