# Best Rock & Roll Pseudonyms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839 "2011-08-24T00:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/21 "2011-08-24T01:33:48Z")
Ariel Bender Siouxie Richard Hell ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/22 "2011-08-24T01:35:14Z")
Rat Scabies. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/23 "2011-08-24T01:36:43Z")
Buck Dharma ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/24 "2011-08-24T01:39:25Z")
Lux Interior ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/25 "2011-08-24T01:45:58Z")
Captain Beefheart Zoot Horn Rollo Rockette Morton Drumbo The Mascara Snake Ed Marimba ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/26 "2011-08-24T01:48:52Z")
Then there’s the lead singer of the great Mexican rock (etc.) band Café Tacuba, who changed his name for every album. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/27 "2011-08-24T01:54:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Ed Marimba I prefer Ted Cactus, but to each his own. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/28 "2011-08-24T02:11:29Z")
Richard Cheese Jerry Only Jimmy Pop ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/29 "2011-08-24T02:13:47Z")
Teresa Nervosa (thanks, **punch line loser**!) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/30 "2011-08-24T02:16:29Z")
Muddy Waters Howlin’ Wolf (OK, they’re blues guys, but these are great stage names) Dr. John, the Night Tripper Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/31 "2011-08-24T02:19:51Z")
[Caesare](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080913/) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/32 "2011-08-24T02:20:52Z")
The Ox/Thunderfingers ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/33 "2011-08-24T02:23:40Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The Ox/Thunderfingers If we’re getting into _nicknames_ rather than full _pseudonyms_, allow me to offer **Brenda** , Keith’s put-down name for Mick. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/34 "2011-08-24T02:33:41Z")
Johnny Rotten Alice Cooper The Edge ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/35 "2011-08-24T02:38:52Z")
Gene Simmons (Chaim Weitz) Paul Stanley (Stanley Eisen) Elton John (Reginald Dwight) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/36 "2011-08-24T03:06:38Z")
Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison) Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne) Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison) Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. (Tom Petty) Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan) ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/37 "2011-08-24T03:13:35Z")
Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard) Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad) Does anyone in Rock actually use their real name? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/38 "2011-08-24T03:15:50Z")
Not R’n’r but Reggae: Yellowman. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/39 "2011-08-24T03:44:52Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Screaming Lord Sutch. > Joan Jett. > Meat Loaf. > > _Last edited by JKellyMap; Today at 08:08 PM. Reason: Turns out Sutch was a pretty bad rock’n’roller. Still a great name, though!_ It could have been worse, he could have entered politics. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-roll-pseudonyms/593839/40 "2011-08-24T03:45:16Z")
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