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Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> Z

This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

Entries Beginning with Z

Pseudonym		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
Z'eV		Stefan Weisser				Bobo
Z.Z. Hill		Arzel Hill		Texas bluesman that was the inspiration of the name for ZZ Top.		blues
Zach Hanson		Zachery Walker Hanson		His middle name is his father's first name. Also, one of the lil hanson boys.		Chica11243
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		His middle name is James, not Jonathan like some people think.		lauren
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Zacky is NOT Travis Barker's brother. Know your information before posting.		Gab
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Zacky is not THE guitarist for A7X. He's A guitarist. Know your stuff. Syn is the LEAD GUITARIST! Duh. He's way hotter too.		Hailey
Zacky Vengeance		Zacky Barker		Travis Barker's brother		mat
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary James Baker		Zacky came up with his stage name "Zacky Vengeance" because he wanted to get back at all the people who doubted his success.		Travis
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Zacky is the best and hotest left-handed guitarist!		Danielle & Heather
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Born in 1981 on December the 11th, he is the left-handed guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold and his pet's name is Ichabod. C. Vengeance.		samsara
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Guitarist for the band Avenged Sevenfold		brittany
Zacky Vengeance		Zachary Baker		Guitarist, Avenged Sevenfold.		Kameron
Zager & Evans		Denny Zager/Rick Evans		Recorded "In The Year 2525" in 1968.		duo
Zakk Wylde		Jeffrey Weildant		Zakk Wylde was a name he says was given to him by Ozzy.		Tim
Zakk Wylde		Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt		Correct spelling of his surname		PeartNeal
Zakk Wylde		Zack Adams				Sandi
Zamfir		Gheorge Zamfir		Pan flute artist.		classic
Zan		William Aquart		R&B singer, debut release 1989 Warner Bros. Records, Gene-Riley productions		Semih Oezdemir
Zane Puff		Bryan Adams		This is the pseudonym he used when he was 16 and was the lead singer of the band Sweeney Todd. At the time, he had just dropped out of school. He chose this name because it was a name that he found on the Internet that he thought was funny. And yes, this is the same Bryan Adams who had solo hits with songs like "Heaven" and "Everything I Do, I Do It For You."		Rpollck
ZAP		Marco Mignini				Elena
Zed Bias		Dave Jones		British Garage superstar.		Bobo
Zendaya		Zedaya Maree Stoemer Coleman				Sheila Oh
Ziggy Stardust		David Bowie		Ziggy Stardust rocks!		Sierra
Zim Zum		Tim Linton		Ex guitarist of Marilyn Manson and now in the band Pleistoscene, Zim Zum is the Biblical term(Tzim Tzum)		Ewalt
Zombie Nation		Florian Senfter				Bobo
Zoogz Rift		Robert Pawlikowski				Bobo
Zoot Money		George Bruno Money		Singer and keyboardist with The Animals.		brit
Zoot Sims		John Haley Sims				bandleader
Zsa Zsa Speck		Perry Pandrea		Marilyn Manson's first keyboardist in 1989, he didnt stay for very long because he thought The Spooky Kids were too blasphemous for him.		Ewalt
Zucchero		Aldelmo Fornaciari		His nickname means "sugar" in Italian.		Al Dente
Zwei		Ayumu and Megumi Ueno				Lefty Lucy
Zwol		Walter Zwol		He had two hits: "New York City" in 1978, and "Call Out My Name" in 1979.		Candy Welty

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