Why did Slash change his name?

Question

it alwasy accured to me.

Answer 1

because he didnt like saul.

Answer 2

Why does any performer change his or her name?  To appeal to the masses with the money for a particular form of entertainment.  Music is particularly commercially competitive and distinctive names breed familiarity or at least curiosity to learn what else they have to offer.

Answer 3

Saul Hudson needed a better stage name than Saul.  He was given the nickname "Slash" by family friend Seymour Cassel, according to whom Saul "was always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another."  It stuck.