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
27 Paul David Hewson
26 David Robert Jones
25 Vincent Damon Furnier
Alice Cooper
24 Declan McManus
23 Robert Zimmerman
22 David Howell Evans
21 Ellen Naomi Cohen
20 George Alan O’Dowd
19 William Broad
18 Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Elton John
17 Joachim Krauledat
16 John Kennedy Oswald
15 Gary Lee Weinrib
14 Hugh Anthony Cregg
Huey Lewis
13 Brian Warner
12 Marvin Lee Aday
11 Farouk Bulsara
10 Roberta Joan Anderson
9 James Jewell Osterberg, Jr.
Iggy Pop
8 Chaim Witz
Gene Simmons
7 Grace Barnett Wing
6 Richard Starkey
5 Steve Georgiou
4 Gordon Matthew Sumner
3 Steven Victor Tallarico
2 John Simon Ritchie
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