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Get the AOL Radio WidgetStage Name Stories: Sting
Born: Gordon Matthew Thomas SumnerWhat's in a Name: Playing in a jazz band, the young Gordo once wore a black-and-yellow striped shirt that made him look like a bumblebee. "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting," he once joked, after being addressed by his given name. "Who is this Gordon character?"
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Reader Comments(1 of 1)
DJ Beatboxat 2-29-2008
Gordo doesn't have the same ring to it.
NAlba68at 3-25-2008
DID YOU KNOW....That Steve Bordon, the professional wrestler known as STING actually owns the rights to this name and NOT Gordon Sumner
watdafukat 4-03-2008
his children call him sting? what a dickhead
Jamesat 4-21-2008
I thought he got his name from the sword of Bilbo Baggins.
drwoowoocl2001at 11-30-2008
But didnt he have the name first?