Rock stars' stage names

Bun E.'s all right.

 

Harold Lloyd Jenkins aka Conway Twitty.

In the early '60s, when he was contemplating his eventual switch from rock to country music, he toyed with the idea of keeping the Conway Twitty identity for rock while recording under his real name as a country singer - shades of Chris Gaines, 30 years before we were actually subjected to such a thing.

 

Rap and hip hop are just overwhelming.

Pink - Alecia Beth Moore
Lil Kim - Kimberly Denise Jones
Lil Wayne - Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
Coolio - Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.

 

Frehley is his family last name, so more of a nickname. But, any mention of Ace is good in my book.

Now if you want a stage name from that band, go with Chaim Witz, other wise known as Gene Simmons.

Another metal offering: Ian Kilmister. You may know him better as Lemmy.

 

James Todd Smith = Ladies Love Cool James = LL Cool J

 

Buddy Holly (Charles Holley)
The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson)
Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela)

 

Isn't Bruce Kulick the only Kiss band member to play under his real name?

 

I can only speak for the originals, but the other two were Stanley Harvey Eisen and Peter John Criscuola, so you're good so far.

 

Green Day drummer Tre Cool = Frank Wright III

Chili Peppers' Flea = Michael Balzary

Slash = Saul Hudson (What, "Saul" wasn't sexy enough?)

Marilyn Manson = Brian Warner

Rob Zombie = Rob Cummings

Bono = Paul David Hewson

Billy Idol = William Michael Albert Broad

Moby = Richard Melville Hall

Freddie Mercury = Farrokh Bulsara

Meat Loaf = Marvin Lee Aday

Ol' Dirty Bastard = Russell Jones

And perhaps my favorite...Englebert Humperdink = Arnold George Dorsey.

 

Link Wray was born Link Wray. I believe this to be true.

Oh by the way, which one of you is Pink?

(Gonna fly right over some)

 

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think...