TAFKAP - For the win…
I can’t draw that frickin symbol, but that’s gotta be it.
Or Exene…
I always felt the greatest name in rock was Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead, but alas, that’s mostly his real name.
Mister Doctor
McGanahan Skjellyfetti
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond
Jane Drano
Members of Gong:
Bloomdido Bad de Grass
Dingo Virgin (a/k/a Bert Camembert)
Hi T. Moonweed
Shakti Yoni
Bambaloni Yoni
T. Being, Esq.
Worst rock & roll pseudonym:
The Dude of Life
Mr. Mojo Risin’ (anagram of Jim Morrison)
“Prince” is only so-so as a rock name. However, “the unpronounceable symbol formerly known as Prince” rules!
“Prince” is his birth name.
Holy shit. So it is.
I did not know that.
Kurt Vile
Mars Bonfire (from Steppenwolf)
Munch Universe (from Tenpole Tudor)
Zoot Money
The Reverend Horton Heat
Handsome Dick Manitoba (from the Dictators)
Ariel Bender (from Mott the Hoople; used his real name in Spooky Tooth)
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy (known to his fans as “Ledge”)
And venturing out of the arena of rock:
Moondog
Sun Ra
I was going to include Thelonious Monk but… that was his real name.
What, no love for Antennae Jimmy Semens?
Post #36.
Jake and Elwood Blues.
Hey, nobody’s mentioned Bo Diddley yet!
Another from the 50’s – Nervous Norvus.
Yup. His real name is Paul Hewson. Bono was, at one point, “Bono Vox”, a modification of “Bonavox”, Latin for “good voice”.
And, similarly, The Edge’s real name is David Evans.
Former Motorhead drummer Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor has a great name.
Axl Rose - an anagram of “oral sex.”
How in the world do you pronounce Alex’s real last name??
Throht-wawr-bler Mang-grohv. 
What’s so great about these pseudonyms?
Really? Seems a lot better than the names quoted above. And, as has been noted, it’s not even a pseudonym.
Yeah. Punk and metal are loaded with great pseudonyms.
Somehow I KNEW that would be the answer
*Sting *and The Edge aren’t much better, but who am I to judge?
Perry Ferrell is a play on “peripheral”…not as bad, eh?