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Commonly in the music world, and especially those of heavy metal, punk rock, industrial and hip hop, musicians will rename themselves with names more menacing or striking than their birth names.

Rock music examples include Deuce, Davey Havok, Slash, Sting, Darby Crash, Marilyn Manson, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Zakk Wylde, Nikki Sixx, Spider One, Count Grishnackh, Necrobutcher, Blasphemer, Nivek Ogre, Rob Zombie, Dimebag Darrell, Trey Azagthoth and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein as well as every member of Avenged Sevenfold ( M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, and the late The Rev ).

Every member of the punk band The Ramones took the pseudonymous " Ramone " surname as part of their collective stage persona.

Being that those genres pride themselves on a larger-than-life quality, larger-than-life names are desirable.