It all started with a black-and-yellow sweater! On The Howard Stern Show in 2016, Sting shared how a joke from his bandmates turned into one of the most iconic names in music. “They thought it was funny. They kept calling it to me and then they’d call my mother up and say, ‘Is Sting there?’… and then she ended up calling me Sting.” Now that’s a name with buzz.