Amazing Name Changes (1) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alice Cooper

A well loved protagonist of hard rock and heavy metal, Alice Cooper is known as a showman and often uses a boa constrictor in his stage performances, still performing strongly at over 60!

Answer: Meat Loaf

Ever the showman, Meat Loaf has had many ups and downs in his life, including bankruptcy a couple of times and heart problems! He passed away on January 20, 2022.

Answer: Elton John

Elton is a real favourite of the British monarchy and one of the top producers of recordings. He has sold in excess of 250 million records world wide.

Answer: Freddie Mercury

This artist was a great stage performer with the band Queen. His untimely death from the AIDS virus at age 45, left a big hiatus in the rock field.

Answer: Steve Tyler

He is known as The Demon of Screamin', is the father of Liv Tyler, and has fronted Aerosmith since 1970. He occasionally plays harmonica and keyboards for the group.

Answer: Slash

Slash is a noted British/American musician and songwriter, born in Hampstead, London in 1965. After leaving Guns n Roses, Slash co-founded the super-group Velvet Revolver, along with Duff McCagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner (of Wasted Youth), lead vocals was Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.
He got the nickname 'Slash' from Seymour Cassel, a family friend, who said 'he was always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another'

Answer: Axl Rose

Axl was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1962 and is a noted singer/songwriter and musician.
He learned to play several instruments (piano, synthesizer, percussion, guitar and drums) as well as being a great singer and front man for Guns'n'Roses. "NME" and "Rolling Stone" have named him as one of the greatest singers around.

Answer: Bono

Bono was born in Dublin in 1960 as Paul David Hewson. He is an Irish singer, musician and humanitarian as well as U2's main songwriter and front man.
Many of his songs have a political, social or religious theme. Away from U2, Bono is widely known for his activism concerning Africa, for which he has co-founded several pressure organisations, also organising and playing in several benefit concerts. He has met with influential politicians and people.
He has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and been awarded an Honorary Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth 11, as well as being named Person of the Year in 2005, by Time Magazine.

Answer: Bob Dylan

Dylan was born in Duluth in Minnesota, in 1941, of East European Jewish extraction. In September 1959, Dylan enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where his early preference for rock and roll, changed to an interest in American folk music. He dropped out of college and moved to New York in 1961, where he hoped to visit his idol Woody Guthrie who was in hospital suffering from Huntington's Disease.
Dylan also played at various venues around Greenwich Village, where he was noticed by Robert Shelton, who wrote a good review in the New York Times, and was noticed by the producer John Hammond who signed him up to Columbia Records.
Dylan has been a major influence in music since the early 1960s and many artists have named him as the one musician who has influenced their style of music most.

Answer: Sting

Sting was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. He qualified as a teacher, but during school breaks, he played in local bands (Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit). He got his nickname 'Sting' after he performed a set with the Phoenix Jazzmen, wearing a black and yellow striped sweater, which the band leader, Gordon Solomon, said 'made him look like a bee!'
Of course he later went on to form the band, The Police, a very successful 1980s band.