🤘 The Real Names of Famous Rock Stars | David Bowie, Slash, Jon Bon Jovi

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Over the decades, countless musicians have ditched the birth names bestowed upon them by their parents in favour of more striking and memorable stage names.
Some monikers are slight tweaks of their birth name (Jon Bon Jovi, John Paul Jones and Jimi Hendrix), whereas others have ditched them altogether in favour of something much more stage friendly (Alice Cooper, Slash, Freddie Mercury).
Including Slash, Stevie Nicks, Gene Simmons, Alex Lifeson and Freddie Mercury
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@gntdriver2840 Ай бұрын

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

@Eugenia-xv1nt Ай бұрын

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)

@Kitten_Match25 Ай бұрын

@Eugenia-xv1nt him wife real name Mary Cox

@ValleyoftheRogue 23 күн бұрын

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

@minxella12 Ай бұрын

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

@Archipelington Ай бұрын

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 18 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

@boataxe4605 29 күн бұрын

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 4 күн бұрын

Furnier sound French...

@Kokopellli 23 күн бұрын

Buckethead - Brian Carroll

@phillipwhite948 28 күн бұрын

Francesco Castelluccio (Frankie Valli)

@mitchellheard8981 24 күн бұрын

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

@KikoElGatito Ай бұрын

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 _____"

@eleanorwatson8239 28 күн бұрын

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

@jameskavanagh4315 Ай бұрын

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

@jameskavanagh4315 Ай бұрын

Exactly👍

@Shaolin91z 14 күн бұрын

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

@Francesco1044 4 күн бұрын

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

@JohnNijland 3 күн бұрын

James Kavanaugh Tina Turner was a American-born singer, but she left America and became a Swiss citizen, because there were a lot of disagreements from Tina and other tragically stuff that happened to her, that’s why she left America and she remained living in Switzerland until her passing away

@jameskavanagh4315 3 күн бұрын

I know all that. But she was still an American singer🤷‍♂️. When did she get a Swiss passport? When did she move too Switzerland?

@bell110 21 күн бұрын

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

@martinguzzoni6656 Ай бұрын

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

@michiwoman 20 күн бұрын

Axl

@steveharper9964 16 күн бұрын

I think Bailey was the step father

@rg8467 Ай бұрын

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 18 күн бұрын

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

@Dobie_ByTor 6 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.

@jasoncromwell4206 Ай бұрын

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.

@89horizon Ай бұрын

Stevie Wonder was born StevIand Hardaway Judkins

@kareyannefoster 11 күн бұрын

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

@civilwildman Ай бұрын

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

@michiwoman 20 күн бұрын

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

@peterotvos9844 Ай бұрын

Nice that you distinguish between drummers and musicians

@eldiablo7862 Ай бұрын

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

@atheistleopard618 18 күн бұрын

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

@bethczer4412 28 күн бұрын

Leon Russell, Claude Bridges

@darrint3573 Ай бұрын

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 18 күн бұрын

yeah, he's a Benatard for doing that.

@ice9snowflake187 Ай бұрын

So many Italians

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 10 күн бұрын

I was gonna say so many jews

@sonyasandoval1477 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Gee, thanks for sharing...

@Cheshyre. 28 күн бұрын

@@marshmallow3359 I enjoyed the information.

@Cheshyre. 28 күн бұрын

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

@censorshipsucks9493 Ай бұрын

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 25 күн бұрын

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

@censorshipsucks9493 25 күн бұрын

@@TheTrumpReaper I see what you did there.

@mariagaribaldi5961 20 күн бұрын

@@TheTrumpReaperTRUMP2024!❤

@Zoom1Zoom2-ix5kr 6 күн бұрын

@@mariagaribaldi5961 In Ruzzistan

@Mummapuss226 Ай бұрын

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

@daretodream9765 Ай бұрын

These are pop stars, this video is about rock musicians

@boabk1712 Ай бұрын

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

@RayW.... Ай бұрын

You changed your name to Latrine...

@thebusdrrivertohell Ай бұрын

Yeah. Used to be Shⁱthouse!

@01doha Ай бұрын

Never heard of the majority of them !

@adalberto2207 26 күн бұрын

I think you dont like rock and metal.

@01doha 26 күн бұрын

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

@user-wm6lr1wp6c 17 күн бұрын

Rock music forever🎸

@phlegethon666 Ай бұрын

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

@peterolsson1470 Ай бұрын

How about Elton John aka Reginald Kenneth Dwight

@miaomiaochan Ай бұрын

Pop star, not rock star.

@mechanic6682 29 күн бұрын

Bob Dylan was Robert Zimmerman.

@bradkay Ай бұрын

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

@walterm2618 Ай бұрын

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

@drmanny1957 7 күн бұрын

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

@GVike Ай бұрын

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

@Andek74 8 күн бұрын

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

@rsqddogmom Ай бұрын

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.

@philmstud2k 7 күн бұрын

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

@sputnikone6281 26 күн бұрын

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

@michaelmouse4024 Ай бұрын

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

@skylarkman2000 19 күн бұрын

That would be so cool .

@geemac7267 28 күн бұрын

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 18 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 4 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

@humbertogodinez4011 Ай бұрын

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.

@davefranklyn7730 Ай бұрын

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 22 күн бұрын

See my post !

@WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot 22 күн бұрын

This needs to be redone.

@garymcgrath8246 Ай бұрын

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

@kkttss1928 24 күн бұрын

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

@steveharper9964 16 күн бұрын

Bailey was the step father.

@alexgrunde6682 Ай бұрын

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 27 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.

@McMillanScottish Ай бұрын

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

@rintojulian2680 Ай бұрын

The coolest stage name is Meat Loaf

@victorhunter8900 Ай бұрын

I never knew Steven Tyler was my namesake.

@anonplayer8529 Ай бұрын

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

@DayBeforeTomorrow Ай бұрын

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

@Thenogomogo-zo3un 17 күн бұрын

Never heard of most of them

@BG-id2cv 7 күн бұрын

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

@MrsBalehead Ай бұрын

Gene Simmons tem o nome mais judeu do planeta

@dougwilliamson4119 Сағат бұрын

You missed on Jimi Hendrix. James Marshal Hendricks

@spaceace1006 Ай бұрын

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.

@dusanpiscevic6213 9 күн бұрын

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

@ianbeale2527 Ай бұрын

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

@AntonXul Ай бұрын

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

@yardsausage Ай бұрын

damn, the guy at #6 had 9 names.

@robertdawson8522 Ай бұрын

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

@vitoriadepaula9544 27 күн бұрын

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

@Flooblecrank 27 күн бұрын

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

@tom_o_bedlam 9 күн бұрын

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

@GeorgeSwift-qj1ik 29 күн бұрын

Wouldn't get nowhere with their real names.

@Dobie_ByTor 6 күн бұрын

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

@markjohnson8276 Ай бұрын

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.

@Stoned2072 11 күн бұрын

Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix)

@jackmag4056 Ай бұрын

Never heard of 95% of them

@fiddleronthecube7835 17 күн бұрын

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

@mousemacleod9184 Ай бұрын

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 21 күн бұрын

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

@Soxruleyanksdrool Ай бұрын

Never knew Chris Jericho was a rock star. I only know him as a pro wrestler.

@AntonXul Ай бұрын

He has a group named Fozzy.

@stewartmcmanus3991 29 күн бұрын

Cliff- Harry Webb

@jackbeam56 Ай бұрын

What about the Ramones ??

@suparoo100 29 күн бұрын

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

@Heeseny Ай бұрын

Joseph Pereira is Steve Perry not Joe perry. 🙄

@Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex Ай бұрын

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

@questionblock8949 Ай бұрын

Bob Dylan : Robert Zimmerman

@nathandodge665 Ай бұрын

Benatar's birth name was andrzejewski

@seanfay2848 Ай бұрын

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.

@lisahumphries3898 Ай бұрын

Uh, you say Tina Turner was Swiss?

@muratomar6502 Ай бұрын

Real name is oftenly better

@skcusefil666 Ай бұрын

like how 4 of them were named for the bands, U2, queen but the rest it's like...go ahead and figure it out yourself

@drbluzer 22 күн бұрын

See my post for an update !

@JuhapekkaTolvanenJuhtolv Ай бұрын

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

@johngranato2673 Ай бұрын

Ringo Starr is Richard Starkey

@martinbaez5743 Ай бұрын

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

@JAY61ish Ай бұрын

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?

@marcelodemoura0707 Ай бұрын

Jimmy Hendrix , your real name was James Marshall Hendrix

@brittakriep2938 2 күн бұрын

One of the musicans real name is Klein Witz, translated from german into english: Little Joke.

@AnaRamos-bm9ck Ай бұрын

Lita Ford (Carmelita Rossana Ford)

@marissawolff8491 28 күн бұрын

You left out Flea. His real name is Michael Peter Balzary.

@chrissullivan5752 Ай бұрын

Musicians ?

@charleskollin1221 23 күн бұрын

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

@williamkeene9032 8 күн бұрын

Or just the "who?" Category.

@ricktheexplorer 18 күн бұрын

I thought I would care, but I don't know 99% of these people.

@BramFortesque Ай бұрын

James Marshall Hendrix.

@robertoh1354 Ай бұрын

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.