The Artist Formerly Known as Vince.

The Artist Formerly Known As Cat

The Artist Formerly Known as Vincent "Two Ears" van Gogh.

The Artist Formerly Known As A Singer.

See also: John Squire - The Artist Formerly Known As A Guitarist.

The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.

Nicely recursive

The Artist Formerly known as Quince

The Artist Formerly Known as Pince

the artist formerely known as Marc Bolan.

sorry

Cher - The Artist Formerly Known As Bon Marché [you need a bit of French for this one]
Bread - The Band Formerly Known As Dough
Major Lance - The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Spear

And on a slightly different theme:
The Jam - a supergroup comprised of former members of the Raspberries and Sugar

the Artist Formerly Known as Live

if I hadn't already got me coat, I'll get it now.

The Artist Formerly Known as The Larvae

the group formerely known as Cream.

The band formally known as The Beatles.

The Artist Most Likely to Make Me Wince

Cornershop - the Artist Now Known As An Out Of Town Super Market.

Pulp - the Artist Formerly Known As Paper

The Rod formerly known as the Face

Furniture the band formerly knows as chintz.

Previously known as Blue Cheese At Bedtime

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Art Formerly known as Prints

or alternatively ....how many times have told you not to leave roller skates on the landing

The Artist We've Never Heard Of Since

Artist formerly known as Gareth Gates

Artist formerly known as Gary Glitter.

the actress formerly shown with a blue rinse.

Keanu Reeves -the actor seldom known to convince.

the band formerly known as the ancestral lands of the indigenous Potawatomi people of the great plains. See also Boston (nee Trimountaine) as well as “ the land stolen by Spanish from the Tequesta people Steve Van Zandt” and or Sound Machine. Oh see also Julie easily fordable bend in a former tributary of the Rhine so called London…..

Formerly Artists Known As Loving You, I Have Been Since

The artist of four million arse prints

The band formerly known as The Eggs. (Yggs?)

the artist who took four million asprins

the actress and ex-wife formerly known as Clint's

The artists formerly formed by flints

the artist formerly known as wanted criminal

the artist formerly known as Captain Trundlow's Sky Company

XTC the artist formerly known as The Helium Kids

Previously known as the Virgin Mary.

Previously known as mildly delusional.

Previously known as The Luddites.

Formerly known as Alisha's Attic

...formerly known as The Wedding Present

...previously The Faulty Slot Machine

formerly known as waterwheel

The artist formerly known as Yarmouth.

The dominant interior design aesthetic formerly known as chintz

- formerly known as The "I remember when this was all fields" Band

The Carpenters - formerly known as the Apprentices

Texas - formerly known as Mexico

Taj Mahal - formerly known as "How about we build it here then?"

etc

The artist formerly known as Jugendstil

Oh well, can't resist it: -

Sigue, Sigue, Sputnik, the artistes formerly dressed like c**ts.

formerly known as 'The Wobbly Stones'

prior to that known as 'Son, those stones are going nowhere.'

Originally named 'Dad, are you sure this hilltop is the best place to put these stones?'

The artists formerly known as 'Maybe, Maybe Not'

Prince-The artist formerly known