Anagrams of Pop & Rock Music Stars

Pop/Rock Music Anagrams

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Bryan Adams = A band’s army

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

Michael Bolton = Lethal in combo

James Brown = Mr. Jawbones
James died Christmas day 2006.

Kim Carnes = Skin cream
Bette Davis Eye's from 1981 was an international hit.

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

Eric Clapton = Plectra icon
Plectra is plural for plectrum which is a guitar pick.

Eric Clapton Guitar Pick

Kurt Cobain = Back in tour

Sheryl Crow = Howler’s cry

Elvis Costello = Close love list
= Cellos, violets

Miley Cyrus = Use my lyric
= My icy lures

Taylor Dayne = Lady to yearn

Celine Dion = No, I decline
= Line in code

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

Peter Frampton = Perform patent

Nelly Furtado = Artfully done

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

George Harrison = Seen a gig horror

Taylor Hicks = A sly rock hit
= Track is holy
Taylor won the fifth season of American Idol.

Whitney Houston = Showy in hot tunes

Michael Jackson = J-Lo's a mean chick
J-Lo is a nickname Jennifer Lopez.

Alicia Keys = A lake is icy
Strangely similar to Clay aiken's anagram

Beyonce Knowles = Knew ebony close

Lady Gaga = A glad gay
= A ‘G'day’ gal
The suitable 1st anagram is rather easy to find.

Adam Lambert = Blame mad art

Cyndi Lauper = Nearly Cupid

Avril Lavigne = Gal in revival
= Vain villager

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

Annie Lennox = Annex on line

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

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

Elvis Presley = Severely slip

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
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

Ashlee Simpson = Man is hopeless
= Heaps on smiles

Britney Spears = Betray in press
= Presbyterians
The second anagram is one of the longest known one-word celebrity anagrams.

Bruce Springsteen = Spurn recent gibes

Paul Stanley = All tunes pay

Rod Stewart = Started row

Michael Stipe = Emphatic lies
= Ice male's pith

James Taylor = A style major

Justin Timberlake = Burn mist like a jet
= Strike me jubilant

Tina Turner = Trainer nut

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

Steve Winwood = No wives to wed

Stevie Wonder = Noted reviews

Neil Young = On-line guy