Real Names of Music Stars

These performers weren't always known by their stage names.

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Photo By Matt Kent/Getty Images Fri, Jan 18, 2013 6:00 PM EST

Slash
The long-haired guitarist accompanied Fergie for the 2011 halftime show. His real name? Saul Hudson. A family friend gave him the nickname "Slash," because he was "always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another."
Slash
The long-haired guitarist accompanied Fergie for the 2011 halftime show. His real name? Saul Hudson. A family friend gave him the nickname "Slash," because he was "always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another."

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