It is for a lot of people. Who ironically would not have ever heard of him if he hadn't used his screen name. And that's no crime. He was marketing first and foremost to his audience which you aren't in. And that's okay. But it was also smart on his part.

I may be getting old enough to be in old man yells at cloud territory. But honestly hating on someone for a screen name etc is kind of. It's like, cmon man. Get with the sexagenarian kids on this. There was a guy named after a loaf of meat for gods sake. Anyone remember Simply Red? Is Pink still relevant? Iggy Pop, Jonny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Ziggy Stardust? Grand Master Flash, Run DMC, Salt and Peppa, Kid and Play, Hammer? Were Lux Interior or Poison-ivy Rorschach weird stage names? If that makes their music bad, I think I'd rather stay sick. It's all about branding. If it works it isn't stupid.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Right, and when the guy who played Ziggy Stardust did actual movies, what was he credited as? Oh yeah that's right...

Same with Meatloaf in Fight Club. Same as every Kid n Play movie....

[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

meat loaf was credited as meat loaf in the opening credits and meat loaf aday in the end credits

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago

Maybe he was, it's been years since I've seen the movie and was going based on memory.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

He was generally credited as David Bowie in most things. Which also wasn't his real name. Meatloaf on most billing was Meatloaf in large letters. I'm sure his name may have appeared in small letters at the end credits in a couple places. But when they wanted people's attention it was always meatloaf.

Honestly though I can't believe someone hasn't already made a game or an app that features all the real names of celebrities and you have to guess who it is. If they haven't I should make it.