Real Names

This is list of famous musicians with stage names (or in the case of the last few, what people assume to be stage names). I'm going to post what their real names are next to them. Some of them are quite hilrious.

Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard

Pat Benatar - Patricia Mae Andrejewski

Jello Biafra - Eric Reed Boucher

Bono - Paul David Hewson

David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones

Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere

Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier

Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus

The Edge - David Howell Evans

Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Head - Brian Welch

Iggy Pop - James Newell Osterburg II

Vanilla Ice - Robert Van Winkle (HAHA)

Geddy Lee - Gary Lee Weinrib

Alex Lifeson - Alexander Zivojinovich

Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday

Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara

George Michael - Yorgos Panayiotou

Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson

Hannah Montana - Destiny Hope "Miley" Cyrus

Notorious B.I.G. - Christopher Wallace

Noodles - Kevin Wasserman

Ozzy Osbourne - John Michael Osbourne

Slash - Saul Hudson

Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

Joe Strummer - John Graham Mellor

Sid Vicious - John Simon Ritchie

Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield

Jack White - John Anthony Gillis

Stevie Wonder - Steveland Hardaway Judkins

Names That People Think Are Stage Names But Are Not

Beck - Bek David Campbell

Bjork - Bjork Gudmunstsdottir

Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi II

Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson

Rivers Cuomo - Rivers Cuomo

Stone Gossard - Stone Gossard

2Pac - Tupac Shakur