Pop/Rock Music anagrams

This page covers a broad spectrum of music. It features names that include everything from light pop to hard rock and spans many decades of performers. As Galen continues to add names to the list, it will eventually be splintered into more specific sub-categories but this will not likely occur before late 2010.

Bryan Adams = A band’s army
This could be a reference to the fans.

Christina Aguilera = I hear cult sing aria

Clay Aiken = An icy lake

Beyonce = Been coy
See also Beyonce Knowles

Ritchie Blackmore = I climb the rock era
A good one for one of the founding members of Deep Purple. As of 2009, the 63 year-old journeyman English guitarist is still performing.

Michael Bolton = Lethal in combo

David Bowie = We avoid bid
                      = I'd abide vow

Chris Brown = Sir R 'n B chow

Toni Braxton = No tax on Brit

James Brown = Mr. Jawbones

Kim Carnes = Skin cream

Aaron Carter = An actor rare
= Ace narrator
Aaron is an actor.

Eric Clapton = Plectra icon
A wonderful find! Plectra is plural for plectrum which is a guitar pick. There are many Eric Clapton signiture guitar picks. It took many cracks at the name to find this one.

Kurt Cobain = Back in tour

Tom Cochrane = coach, mentor
= Come to ranch

Sheryl Crow = Howler’s cry

Miley Cyrus = Use my lyric
= My icy lures

Taylor Dayne = Lady to yearn

Celine Dion = No, I decline
= Line in code

Fats Domino = It’s food, man

Hilary Duff = I had fur fly
 
Bob Dylan = Nobly bad

Gloria Estefan =
Tale of a singer
Latinas go free
A longer fiesta
Lifer on a stage
I sang free a lot
Fare goes Latin
Lose fair agent
Gal's tone afire
There are many more decent anagrams in Gloria's name

Peter Frampton = Perform patent

Nelly Furtado = Artfully done
A good one for Nelly!

Sammy Hagar = Has a Grammy
Wow! He is indeed a Grammy winner.

George Harrison = Seen a gig horror
I'm sure virtually all live performing musicians have 'seen a gig horror' or two..

Whitney Houston = Showy in hot tunes

Michael Jackson = J-Lo's a mean chick
A recently found anagram for Michael that references Jennifer Lopez.

Elton John = Jolt no hen
John is always a really tough first name for anagrammatists and it's no easier as a second name, either.

Alicia Keys = A lake is icy

Beyonce Knowles = Knew ebony close

Cyndi Lauper = Nearly Cupid

Avril Lavigne = Vain villager

Tommy Lee = Motley me
Not bad for the former drummer of Mötley Crüe

Annie Lennox = Annex on line

Alex Lifeson = X-Files alone

Gordon Lightfoot = Forgot no gold hit

Courtney Love = Very cool tune
A nice rock music anagram.

Marilyn Manson = Only man in arms

Paul McCartney = Clean up my cart

George Michael = A glee choir gem
= Mega glee choir
These anagrams best befits his days in Wham.

Kylie Minogue = I like guy on me

Missy Elliott = Limitless toy
= O, my little sis

Olivia Newton-John = I want love-join, hon
                               = Ninja not who I love

Katy Perry = Perky, arty

Iggy Pop = Pig pogy
An anagrammatist is lucky to find anything in short names with difficult letters.

Elvis Presley = Severely slip
His last days did seem to echo the sentiments of this anagram.

Little Richard = Thrill ride act

Keith Richards = Rich kid’s heart
                      = Had thick riser
A riser is a platform on a stage used to elevate a musician.

David Lee Roth =
A red hod devil
Drive the load
Evil death rod
Had lover tied
Hard love diet
I had revolted
Heave old dirt
Lived the road
David's name is surprisingly fertile for producing anagrams. Lived the road would under normal circumstances be a meaningless anagram, but for a musician on a concert tour, it is very fitting.

Carlos Santana = Carnal sonatas
A sonata is a composition for a solo instrument.

Bob Seger = Beer bogs

Tupac Shakur = Cut up a shark
Tupac backwards is caput.

Carly Simon = Moan lyrics
Oh, Carly doesn't moan!

Ashlee Simpson = Man is hopeless
                           = Heaps on smiles
The 1st anagram is priceless. She smiles a lot, too.

Britney Spears = Betray in press
= Presbyterians

Bruce Springsteen = Spurn recent gibes

Paul Stanley = All tunes pay
All tunes pay when you're in a band like Kiss.

Rod Stewart = Started row

Michael Stipe = Emphatic lies
                      = Ice male's pith

James Taylor = A style major

Justin Timberlake = Burn mist like a jet

Tina Turner = Trainer nut
Tina, who will turn 70 in November 2009 is still performing.

Luther Vandross = Lovers had turns

Eddie van Halen = Need a live hand
Good one for the speedy guitarist.

Roger Waters = Wages terror

Amy Winehouse = He saw you in me
                           = A mouse in whey
The first anagram is very pronominal.

Steve Winwood = No wives to wed
A neat anagram but he IS married.

Stevie Wonder = Noted reviews

Neil Young = On-line guy