Musicians get to make up some cool names for themselves.  Punk musicians have been especially creative.  Normal people can't really pull this off too gracefully.  A computer programmer with a name like Cheetah would just be a geek.

1. Rat Scabies - The Damned
2. Lux Interior - The Cramps
3. Lee Ving - Fear
4. Poly Styrene - Xray Specs
5. Cheetah Chrome - Dead Boys
6. Poison Ivy - The Cramps
7. Stiv Bators - Dead Boys
8. Jello Biafra - Dead Kennedys
9. Captain Sensible - The Damned
10. Tesco Vee - The Meatmen
11. Sara Lee - Gang of Four
12. Siouxsie - Siouxsie and the Banshees
13. Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols
14. Richard Hell - Television
15. Jimmy Zero - Dead Boys
16. John Doe - X
17. Billy Zoom - X
18. Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols
19. Steve Naive - The Attractions (Elvis Costello)
20. Iggy Pop - Stooges

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