Real Names of 182 Musicians

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1 Matt { 06.04.08 at 1:47 pm }

Alice Cooper legally had his name changed from Vincent Furnier to Alice Cooper a while ago, making that “real name,” false.

2 Ben { 06.14.08 at 9:18 pm }

I think Marilyn Manson’s name is actually Brian Warner, not Bruce Warner, unless Bruce is another name for Brian?

3 Kurai { 06.14.08 at 11:20 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner. Middle name Hugh. I haven’t the slightest idea where you got “Bruce” from. :/

4 bert { 06.15.08 at 6:24 pm }

183. willy sommers - willy degieter
184. will tura - arthur blanckaert

5 kat willis { 06.15.08 at 6:58 pm }

marilyn manson is actually brian warner, not bruce.

6 bo { 06.16.08 at 12:46 am }

isn’t Fatboy Slims real name Norman Cook rather than Quentin… I reckon if you we’re gonna invent a name, no one would use Norman…

7 bobFunk { 06.16.08 at 2:14 am }

If this is true, I wonder why Fatboy Slim released several albums under the the name “Norman Cook”, since when is the name Norman that much cooler than Quintin?

8 James { 06.16.08 at 10:10 am }

Clay Aiken = NOT a musician
Akon = NOT a musician
Ice T = NOT a musician
Flavor Flav = NOT a musician

Nice list, bad title

9 Katherine { 06.17.08 at 3:50 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name in Brian Hugh Warner. You put Bruce Warner, you’re wrong, both Wikipedia have it as Brian Hugh, and I’ve read about it elsewhere. Your information is wrong.

10 John Deutschendorf at Citizen Jake { 06.17.08 at 3:52 pm }

[…] intrigued by those who totally change their names, not just drop a couple letters. Here’s a list of 182 “real” names of musicians (via). I picked out some that interested […]

11 Neal { 06.17.08 at 9:54 pm }

For Marilyn Manson, it’s not Bruce, it’s Brian Warner, FYI

12 Aaron { 06.18.08 at 12:53 am }

Marilyn manson’s name is BRIAN warner not bruce

13 Joe Wightman { 06.18.08 at 2:53 am }

I’m pretty sure that Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner not B ruce Warner

14 Elle { 06.18.08 at 6:17 am }

the only reason David Bowie changed is name was because there was already a singer by the name of david jones.

15 Kay { 06.18.08 at 4:39 pm }

Marilyn Mansons name is Brian Warner Not Bruce Warner.
Idiot.

16 Kyle { 06.19.08 at 12:58 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is Brian Warner, not Bruce

17 Danielle Warga { 06.19.08 at 1:07 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is BRIAN Warner, not Bruce.

18 Adam { 06.19.08 at 3:31 am }

Actually, Yngwie’s last lame is “Malmsteen” and Marilyn Manson’s real name is “Brian Hugh Warner.”

19 Sarah Kendall { 06.19.08 at 7:20 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is Brian Warner, not Bruce Warner.
Other than that, this is a pretty cool list.

20 dom { 06.19.08 at 3:46 pm }

SLASH! OMD!!

21 Jaden { 06.19.08 at 4:53 pm }

Marilyn Manson is *BRIAN* Warner, not “Bruce” Warner.

22 ova { 06.19.08 at 8:06 pm }

whatever… ‘real’ as in ‘born with’. there. better? they’re photoshopped anyways

23 me { 06.20.08 at 2:48 am }

marilyn mansons real name is brian, not bruce

24 Aaron { 06.20.08 at 3:47 am }

actually, Trey’s name is “Ernest Giuseppe Anastasio III”

25 lizzy { 06.20.08 at 4:11 am }

hey guess what dude? you’re a huge loser! just laugh at the people’s retarded names and thank the people who made it for doing so… tank you, people who made this list, for doing so.

26 Iris { 06.20.08 at 4:39 am }

Marilyn Manson is actually Brian Warner, not Bruce.

27 Alex { 06.20.08 at 4:54 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is Brian, not Bruce.

28 Dean George { 06.20.08 at 10:28 am }

Lou Reed’s real name is Lou Reed, the Firbank thing was a joke made by one of his biggest fans; rock journalist Lester Bangs in Creem magazine. Check wikipedia if in doubt.

29 Holly { 06.20.08 at 10:19 pm }

Marilyn Mansons name is Brian not Bruce. Also this list should be titled ‘Birth Names’ not ‘Real Names’ as many of these people have legally changed their names, making them REAL

30 Ann { 06.20.08 at 10:31 pm }

Clay Aiken had changed his name before he went on American Idol. Clay’s father, named Grissom, was physically abusive to his mother, so that Clay’s mother took Clay, when he was only a little boy, and ran away and hid from his father for years. She was afraid to let the man know where they were.

As he approached adulthood, Clay decided to take his mother’s maiden name as his own last name, Aiken. He never had anything to do with his father since his mother ran away from him. After Clay became famous, his father tried to get in touch with Clay, but Clay wouldn’t see him. Some time thereafter, the father died.

So Clay’s name change had nothing to do with vanity or stage names. It was a change driven by a desire to separate himself from a man who harmed his mother.

31 Nay { 06.20.08 at 11:14 pm }

Uh, Marilyn Manson’s birth name is Brian Hugh Warner. Not Bruce Warner, a simple google search would get you the right answer to that one.

32 Maye { 06.21.08 at 12:28 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is BRIAN Warner, not BRUCE.

33 tab1e { 06.21.08 at 2:48 am }

hey matt, you’re a dick

34 john { 06.22.08 at 4:24 pm }

Manson’s name is Brian Warner, not Bruce. Buried as inaccurate.

35 Lisaaaa { 06.22.08 at 5:34 pm }

ohh yesss i didnt no most of them !!!

coool tho

36 Jon O { 06.22.08 at 5:36 pm }

Interesting list! I know it doesn’t include every artist, but I had to mention one of my favorite musicians, MeShell Ndegeocello, whose birth name is Michelle Johnson. Also Sheila E. - born Sheila Escovedo.

37 billdave { 06.22.08 at 7:07 pm }

Some are kinda interesting, others, well, Ricky Martin is his name. the fact that he doesn’t use every one of his names and uses a diminutive version of Enrique isn’t taking a stage name, it’s just using the name he was called around the house by his parents. Robert Palmer is actually named JAMES Robert Palmer? So? many of us go by our middle names, have always been called by them, especially when named after parents or other relatives where having 2 or more Jameses would be confusing. So as i say, some are kinda interesting, many are just giving us the full given names of people who use their actual names.

38 cassandra { 06.22.08 at 9:46 pm }

Marilyn Manson is Brian Warner.

39 Ashleigh { 06.23.08 at 11:02 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner. Not Bruce.

40 Raja { 06.24.08 at 10:14 am }

One addition to the list, that I can think of is Alex Lifeson - Alexandar Zivojinovich

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42 Lara { 06.25.08 at 5:16 am }

Marilyn Manson’s name is Brian Warner

43 bigr3d { 06.25.08 at 1:59 pm }

Yeah matts right, also Marilyn Manson’s first name isn’t Bruce, it’s Brain, his second name is Bruce

44 Angryhuman { 06.25.08 at 5:29 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is not Bruce Warner. It’s Brian Warner. He had a band called Brian Warner and the Scary Kids way back in the day.

45 Angryhuman { 06.25.08 at 5:34 pm }

Correction: His band was the Spooky Kids, not Scary Kids.

46 Hamada { 06.25.08 at 5:38 pm }

Marilyn Manson is not Bruce Warner. It’s Brian Warner.

47 Anja { 06.25.08 at 6:41 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Hugh Warner and not Bruce Warner

48 Michael { 06.25.08 at 8:42 pm }

Marilyn Manson = Bryan Warner

49 Nate Wesley { 06.26.08 at 3:07 am }

I believe Miley Cyrus recently had her name made legally official too, not that she needed to.

50 Kristi { 06.26.08 at 5:57 am }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is not Bruce Warner. It’s Brian Warner.

51 Colin { 06.26.08 at 12:23 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian, not Bruce Warner.

52 Chelsey { 06.26.08 at 6:31 pm }

Marilyn Mansons real name is actually Brian Hugh Warner, just so you know.

53 Stuart { 06.26.08 at 7:32 pm }

A lot of these people have probably had their names legally changed, which doesn’t affect the name that appears on a birth certificate. So no, that doesn’t make their “real name” false.

54 Nicole { 06.26.08 at 10:26 pm }

Waste of time, half of these are not even legally correct, or true, search then all, you will not find any records of these people (most of them)

55 Shane { 06.27.08 at 12:49 am }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner, not Bruce. You can find it on almost any site, but the most trustworthy is his book he wrote The Long Hard Road Out of Hell.

56 ab { 06.27.08 at 7:15 am }

Marylin Manson’s real name isn’t Bruce, it’s Bryan.

57 Adrian { 06.27.08 at 2:24 pm }

You missed Beck. Original name being Bek David Campbell and then legally changed his name to Beck Hansen.

58 Marie { 06.27.08 at 4:03 pm }

Rick Springfield’s real name is Richard Lewis Springthorpe

59 Jack { 06.27.08 at 4:39 pm }

Marilyn Manson is Brian Warner not Bruce.

60 claire { 06.28.08 at 5:03 am }

yeah, that applies to a lot of these people.
“original name” would be more appropriate

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62 Andy { 07.01.08 at 6:27 pm }

#101 - Marilyn Manson. His real name is Brian, not Bruce.

63 Justin { 07.01.08 at 10:04 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner, not Bruce. And since this is so well-known I have to take into consideration that the rest of these “Real Names” might also be wrong. Do the research properly next time, or just stop being lazy.

64 Jono { 07.01.08 at 10:55 pm }

Fatboy Slim’s real name is “Norman Cook” not Quentin…

65 Andi { 07.01.08 at 10:57 pm }

Marilyn Manson’s real name is Brian Warner, not Bruce Warner.

66 DeafGeoff { 07.10.08 at 8:06 pm }

Fatboy Slim’s real name is Quentin Cook. “Norman” is a nickname he got in college, when they called him a “normal norman.” He never refers to himself as Quentin, though - his album credits always say Norman Cook, but Quentin is his real birth name.

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