Musicians' Real Names

[Stolyar_Kushakov]

In my country in the midle of 80-es (then my ciuntry called USSR) was "walking" such story:

real name of bassist from "Nazareth" is Petr Ognev and hi is from Russia

[GibsonGirl]

Some of the names being listed are just the artists' full names, which are their real names to start with, not pseudonyms.

What does it matter anyway? It's still interesting.

[Alessandra]

:o Is that to say that the Ramone's aren't all related like I had grown up believing? Well that comes as a bit of a shock.

This is an interesting, I had no idea about Steven Tyler or half of KISS.

I grew up believing in that too!

[Reggie29]

Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band) - Gregory Lenoir Allman

Joan Baez - Joan Chandos Baez

Jeff Beck - Geoffery Arnold Beck

Joe Cocker - John Robert Cocker

Dick Dale - Richard Monsour

Taj Mahal - Henry St.Clair Fredricks

Gary Numan - Gary Anthony James Webb

Sid Vicious - John Simon Ritchie

T-Bone Walker - Aaron Thibeaux Walker

Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield

Fee Waybill (Tubes) - John Waldo

Bob Weir (Greatful Dead) - Robert Hall

Junior Wells (blues artist) - Amos Blakemore

Leslie West (Mountain) - Leslie Westein

Jack White (White Stripes) - John Anthony Gillis

[Kissandra]

^ I didn't know Jack White was a stage name

[dragster]

Didn't know the real name of Freddie Mercury...

Interesting!

........and Freddie wasn't born in the UK either!! :)

[Rock Action]

And for you fellow ancient Steppenwolf fans:

John Kay- Joachim Krauledat

Goldy McJohn- John Goadsby

Jerry Edmonton- Jerry McCrohan

Mars Bonfire- Dennis McCrohan

Nick St. Nicholas- Klaus Kassbaum

[Jahfin]

Leon Russell = Russell Bridges

Jerry Jeff Walker = Ronald Crosby

Just a sidenote, Leon Wilkeson of Lynyrd Skynyrd's full name is Leon Russell Wilkeson. It's no coincidence Leon Wilkeson was also a huge Leon Russell fan. In another bit of trivia it was Leon Russell who coined the term" Swampers" in reference to the Muscle Shoals studio session players where both Leon and Skynyrd recorded.

[Mr.Kite]

........and Freddie wasn't born in the UK either!! :)

Yeah! He is from Zanzibar - Africa...

[Cactus]

Slash was Saul Hudson

John Paul Jones was/is? John Baldwin.

I have seen recent court documents - I forget which action it was for, which listed him as Baldwin, so it is still his legal name.

[Deezer]

Howlin' Wolf - Chester Arthur Bennett

Albert King - Albert Nelson

Jonny Lang - Jon Gordon Langseth

Kid Rock - Robert James Ritchie

Lightnin' Hopkins - Sam Hopkins

Sonny Boy Williamson II - Aleck "Rice" Miller

Little Walter - Marion Walter Jacobs

Bo Diddley - Ellas Otha Bates

Freddie King - Frederick Christian

Edited May 1, 2008 by Deezer

[danelectro59]

izzy stradlin

Jeffrey Dean Isbell

[leddy]

Why the hell would you change your name to Humperdinck?

You have to watch the Eddie Izzard dvd Dressed to Kill (I expect you tube will have it), as he does talk about how he would of loved to be in the room when Arnold George Dorsey came up with that name, its very funny ..

[3hrsoflunacy]

Apologies if some are a re-post:

Cat Stevens - Born Steven Demetre Georgiou, now Yusuf Islam.

Dean Martin - born Dino Paul Crocetti.

Clay Aiken - Clayton Holmes Grissom

Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos

Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple Maggart

Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avallone

Ginger Baker - Peter Edward Baker

Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - Roger Keith Barrett

Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski

Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto

Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi Jr.

Michelle Branch - Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau

Jackson Browne - Clyde Jackson Browne

Eric Carr (KISS) - Paul Charles Caravello

Joe Cocker - John Robert Cocker

Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier

Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus

Peter Criss (Kiss) - George Peter John Criscuola

John Denver - John Henry Deutschendorf

Rick Derringer - Richard Zehringer

Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees) - George Michael Braddock

Buddy Rich - Bernard Rich

[LedNoodle]

Madonna's real name is miss Ciccone.

Madonna Ciccone is her birth name. she just took off the last name for the stage.

[Deep_Zeppelin]

Ronnie James Dio

Ronald Padavona