The real names of 100 rock stars

Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks

Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović

'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'

Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker

John 5’s real name: John William Lowery

Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback

Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont

Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello

Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano

Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock

King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen

Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson

Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm

Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou

Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga

Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano

Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti

Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose

Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott

Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick

Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III

Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola

Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara

Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary

Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein

Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib

Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal

Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III

Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison

Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg

Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz

Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray

Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.

Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier

Slash's real name: Saul Hudson

Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard

Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona

Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson

Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer

Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones

Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler

Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks

Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell

Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen

Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton

Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan

Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black

Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister

John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin

Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin

Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp

Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion

Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth

David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones

Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman

Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie

Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley

Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank

Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor

Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld

The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans

Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday

Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico

Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne

Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi

Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini

Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis

Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson

Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner

Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad

Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler

Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo

Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel

Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield

Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks

Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch

Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk

Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira

Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)

Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt

Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan

Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke

Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford

M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders

Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett

Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine

Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls

Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews

Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis

Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum

Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain

Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder

Steel Panther’s real names

Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.

Lexxi Foxx’s real name: Travis Haley

Jet Black’s real name: Brian John Duffy

Buddy Holly’s real name: Charles Hardin Holley

Elvis Costello’s real name: Declan Patrick McManus

Rikki Rockett’s real name: Richard Allan Ream

Blackie Lawless' real name: Steven Edward Duren

Maxim's real name: Keith Andrew Palmer

Rat Scabies' real name: Christopher John Millar