The Hilarious True Identities of Your Favorite Musicians
Submitted by podizz on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 14:37
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- Gene Simmons- Chaim Klein Witz....Jewish much?
- Vanilla Ice- Robert Van Winkle.....I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried
- George Michael-Yorgos Panayiotou....Yorgos? Really?
- Elton John- Reginald Kenneth Dwight
- Ginuwine- Elgin Lumpkin....sounds like a black hobbit
- Xzibit- Alvin Nathaniel Joiner IV....Alvin IV? How ungangster is that?
- Shaggy- Orville Richard Burrell....Always thought he looked like an Orville
- Akon- Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam...no joke
- Peter Tosh-Winston Hubert Macintosh.....How many potheads do you know named Winston Macintosh?
- Michael Bolton-Michael Bolotin.....Probably for the best. Bolotin kinda sounds like a daily laxative.
- Yanni - Yiannis Chrysomallis
- Manfred Mann-Manfred Lubowitz
- Iggy Pop- James Newell Osterberg, Jr.
- Bob Dylan-Robert Alan Zimmerman
- Trey Anastasio- Ernest Guiseppe Anastasio III
- John Denver- Henry John Deutschendorf
- Stevie Wonder- Steveland Hardaway Judkins
- Yngwie Malmsteen- Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback....what an improvement.
- Flea- Michael Peter Balzary
- Freddie Mercury- Farrokh Bulsara
- Elvis Costello- Declan Patrick McManus
- T-Pain- Faheem Najm...something tells me this name wouldn't have gone over to well with mainstream America. At least not like the ingenious T-Pain
- Snoop Dogg- Cordazer Calvin Broadus Jr.
- Lil' Bow Wow- Shad Anthony Moss
- Alice Cooper- Vincent Damon Furnier
- Lou Reed- Louis Firbank
- David Bowie- David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
- Eddie Vedder- Edward Louis Severson III
- Kenny G.- Kenneth Gorelick
- M.I.A.- Mathangi Arulpragasam
- Cher- Cherilyn Sarkisian
- Redman- Reginald Noble
- Master P-P ercy Miller
- Silkk the Shocker- Vyshonn King Miller
- Bono- Paul David Hewson
- The Edge- David Howell Evans
- Sting- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
- Les Paul- Lester Polfus
- M.C. Hammer- Stanley Kirk Burrel
- Alice Cooper- Vincent Damon Furnier
- Bon Scott (AC/DC)- Ronald Belford Scott
- Marilyn Manson- Brian Hugh Warner
- Axl Rose- William Bruce Bailey
- Slash- Saul Hudson
- Robbie Robertson (The Band)- Jaime Royal Klegerman
- Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction)- Perry Bernstein
- Mama Cass- Ellen Naomi Cohen
- Ozzy Osbourne- John Michael Osbourne...What a nice Christian name. How'd that work out for ya?
- Joey Ramone- Jeffrey Ross Hyman
- Q-Tip- Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
- Nas- Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
- Common- Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.
- Ice Cube- O'Shea Jackson
- Big Daddy Kane- Antonio Mortimer Hardy
- Kool Moe Dee- Mohandas Dewese
- Lupe Fiasco- Wasalu Muhammad Jaco
- Coolio- Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
- The Game- Jayceon Terrell Taylor...Dude, there is no y or c or e in Jason.
- Nelly- Carnell Haynes, Jr.
- Sly Stone- Sylvester Stewart
- BB King- Riley B. King
- Billie Holliday- Eleanora Fagan Gough
- Tina Turner- Anna Mae Bullock
- Meat Loaf- Marvin Lee Aday
- Bo Diddley- Ellas Otha Bates
- Fats Domino- Antoine Dominique Domino
- Sonny Rollins- Theodore Walter Rollins
- Sid Vicious- John Simon Ritchie
- Johnny Rotten- John Joseph Lydon
- Joe Strummer (The Clash)- John Graham Mellor
- Afrika Bambaataa- Kevin Donovan
- Pat Benatar- Patricia Andrejewski
- Dean Martin- Dino Paul Crocetti
- Bjork- Bjork Gudmundsdottir
- Jon Bon Jovi- John Francis Bongiovi Jr.
- David Bowie- David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
- Mos Def- Dante Terrell Smith
- Grandmaster Flash- Joseph Saddler
- Barry Manilow- Barry Alan Pincus
- Hannah Montana- Destiny Hope Cyrus -People who name their kids Destiny Hope suck at life. I'm lookin at you Billie Ray...
- Gram Parsons (Byrds)- Cecil Ingram Connor, III
- Cat Stevens- Steven Demetre Georgiou (Now Yusuf Islam)
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