Guns singer William Bailey. At the suggestion of Bailey, the group called themselves AXL They played their first gig at The Orphanage in North Hollywood and played a few more shows before changing their name to Rose, with Bailey changing his name to W. Axl Rose. The group soon changed their name, for the final time, to Hollywood Rose when Weber discovered that the name Rose was already being used by a New York band.
William Bailey, Guns singer, suggested the group call themselves AXL. They played a few shows before changing their name to Rose, with Bailey adopting the name W. Axl Rose. The band then changed their name again to Hollywood Rose after discovering another band was already using the name Rose.