If That Is Your REAL Name

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 2:43 p.m.

b'This is a show all about fake names\\u2026sure we could spend an\\xa0hour talking about how people like Courtney Love and Elton John and Madonna use fake\\xa0names on hotel registers\\u2026or we could go into how Bono\\u2019s real name is \\u201cPaul Hewson\\u201d and Deadmau5 has \\u201cJoel Zimmerman\\u201d on his driver\\u2019s license and that lorde is really Ella Yelich O\\u2019Connor\\u2026\\n\\nWe could talk about how singers and bands sometimes perform gigs under fake names to throw off the press\\u2026the Foo Fighters, The Arcade Fire, Metallica, The Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, REM, Kaiser Chiefs, Led Zeppelin, The Clash and hundreds of others have done that\\u2026\\n\\nBut no, we\\u2019re going to kick it up a big notch\\u2026we\\u2019re only interested in real bands\\u2014big bands\\u2014who have released albums under fake identities\\u2026or, at the very least, have tried to obscure their identities for whatever reason\\u2026they\\u2019re side projects, yes, but very special ones\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'