What's in a Name?
September 23rd,
2008
As some of you are already aware, George Poe of GP3 is not his real name...well the George part is, but the 2nd half (the part with the Poe in it) is not. No one has ever been able to get a serious answer from George (or bandmates Lee and Matthew) for why they felt that this deception is/was necessary.
Their smart-aleck answers range from "We were
trying to get a gig at party for congressman
Ted Poe, and thought that would get us in
good with the event planner." or "George is in
the witness-protection program." or "It's the
name of Lee's hometown of
Poe, Indiana." or "It's a dollar from the
old Spanish currency: 'Pieces of
Eight." or "The lantern-carrying ghost
enemies of the
Legend of
Zelda games." More practical explanations
include: "It's easier for people to spell on the
check." and "It fit the graphic on the
band's sign better."
Wildly esoteric replies have been heard to
include "The
synthetic polymer HO-(CH2-CH2-O-)n-H
also known as Polyoxyethylene", "Portal of
Evil", and "It's an acronym for Power over
Ethernet." George has even been overheard
telling someone that the ghost of Wilhelm
Richard Wagner told them to call the group
George POE Trio. Click here to see more POEs
>
Regardless of its origin, George's moniker has stuck, and clients and supporters alike refer to this piano-playing prankster as 'Poe'. During their search for the 'true' answer for the name change, the team of GP3 investigators discovered many well-known celebrities have discarded their birth names for more accessible pseudonyms. Simply move your mouse cursor over the Stage Name to the Right of the Birth Name to reveal their more famous monikers.
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| Patricia Andrzejewski |
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| Marvin Philip Aufrichtig |
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| Francis Thomas Avallone |
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| Anthony Dominick Benedetto |
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| Jon Francis Bongiovi Jr. |
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| James Bruderlin |
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| Cornelius Crane Chase |
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| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
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| Nicolas Kim Copola |
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| Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo |
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| Timothy Allen Dick |
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| Diddy / P.Diddy / Puff Daddy |
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| Albert Einstein |
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| Vincent Damien Furnier |
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| Joseph Abraham Gottlieb |
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| Jay Scott Greenspan |
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| Clayton Holmes Grissom |
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| Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi |
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| David Robert Hayward-Jones |
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| Paul David Hewson |
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| Marguerite Johnson |
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| Melvin Kaminsky |
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| Roger "Verbal" Kint |
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| Allen Stewart Konigsberg |
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| David Kotkin |
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| Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre |
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| Gladys Leeman |
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| Thomas Cruise Mapother IV |
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| Declan Patrick McManus |
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| Maurice J. Micklewhite |
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| Thomas Michael Moore |
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| Marco Antonio Muniz |
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| Betty Joan Perske |
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| Bernard Schwartz |
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| Robin David Segal |
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| Billy Shears |
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| Dean Tanaka |
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| Darth Vader |
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| Art Vandelay |
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| Julia Elizabeth Wells |
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