what axl called himself before

[August 18th]

i've always kinda wondered if axl had another artist name besides axl. i know he's played in a few bands and he took his name from his band AXL, but at that time, did he use the name for himself, or did he call himself something else? or did he just use his regular name? i dunno, i've never read anything about it, because probably only those who know him and the people who knew him at the time know, so... still, would be cool to know.

[smith13]

bill

[August 18th]

jesus, i know the story.
i know that's his name was bill/william before but did he use it on stage?
read the post next time.

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

i heard a while back that axl used the name bruce when he first left lafayette.cant remember where i read it but bruce was written somewhere

[snakepiter]

bruce...............interesting no wonder they used to sound like iron maiden back in hollywood rose................

[August 18th]

um that's his middle name, so... but how do you know? did he take the name axl as late as in hollywood rose?

[2NaFish]

i've never heard of him taking the stage as bruce. that's just his old middle name.

[August 18th]

that's what i thought too. probably bullshit. but what do i know.

[Butch Français]

Im pretty sure he used Bill Bailey up to the point when he came up with the WAR name.
didn't he get the Rose name from his real father?
I read an interview or something where the dude mentioned Axl used Bill Bailey in his early LA days.
but who knows, he might have tried a few names before that, doubt it though.

[AdZ]

He used to call himself Bill Bailey.

[DoubleTalkingJive]

I never heard of Bruce either.  August do you mean before he made it?

[purplehaze1988]

He also used to spell his name Axel before he realised he could drop the "e" to make an interesting anagram from his name

[ppbebe]

I don't know about the stagename.
I've read that the name he wanted for his real name first was not Axl. But it was too fancy to be accepted by the registrar. Maybe BS.

[2NaFish]

He also used to spell his name Axel before he realised he could drop the "e" to make an interesting anagram from his name

anagram? RAW?

[August 18th]

He also used to spell his name Axel before he realised he could drop the "e" to make an interesting anagram from his name

anagram? RAW?

no, oral sex. just check, he's a smart dude you know.
yes DTJ, i mean his stage name, not his birth name.

[August 18th]

also, why did the people who posted that william bailey/rose was his birth name delete their posts? to make me seem like an asshole? or were you scared that people would see that you made a mistake not reading my post?

[odd1]

also, why did the people who posted that william bailey/rose was his birth name delete their posts? to make me seem like an asshole? or were you scared that people would see that you made a mistake not reading my post?

I am sure they were very scared!

[DoubleTalkingJive]

He also used to spell his name Axel before he realised he could drop the "e" to make an interesting anagram from his name

anagram? RAW?

no, oral sex. just check, he's a smart dude you know.
yes DTJ, i mean his stage name, not his birth name.

Well unless that is part my GNR history that I don't know, he changed his name legally before he got signed.  I don't know of any other name that he went by other than his birth name.   I am sure you know this, that he had a band called Axl, he decided how it should have been spelled.  I imagine that is where he got the idea to change his name to that.

[Butch Français]

I never heard of Bruce either.? August do you mean before he made it?

I think his original name is William Bruce Bailey, any takers?

[DoubleTalkingJive]

I never heard of Bruce either.? August do you mean before he made it?

I think his original name is William Bruce Bailey, any takers?

That's right, Bruce is his middle name, Thanks Hillel!!