Good Band Name Ideas: A Band Ain't A Band Unless You Have One
Need Awesome Band Name Ideas?
Welcome to my huge list of band name ideas.
This list was actually started several years ago when four friends and I bought some used musical instruments at a garage sale—we were convinced we were going to be the next Rolling Stones or AC/DC. Even though we sounded terrible, we spent hours trying to come up with a good name for the band and our little notebook became quite full of possibilities.
Certain things happened in our lives that derailed that dream (fate, perhaps), but I kept the notebook as a memory. Years later, I found it while digging through some things, and those memories came pouring back. Now, instead of throwing the band names back into storage, I've decided to share them with the rest of the world. I hope visitors will find this article useful and while you may not find the perfect band name, maybe the least you'll get from the list is some inspiration to come up with a good name. After all, any band knows that a band ain't a band unless it has a good name, right?
Good luck!
Feel free to add "the" in front of any of the band names below, make them plural, or put numbers in front of or behind them. Experiment.
An Extensive List of Band Name Ideas
Band Names 0-10, A-H
| Band Names H-P
| Band Names Q-Z
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|---|---|---|
007 Plus One
| Heatstroke
| Q2
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1000 Frames
| Hellbound
| Qabalah
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4 Roses
| Hiding In Plain Sight
| Quadrant
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5 Angry Women
| Holy Gamblers
| Quake Covered
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16 by Nine
| Hot Mess
| Quarter Life
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90 Proof
| Human Torso
| Quest Forever
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Action Slow Down
| In Between
| Queen Bees
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Admin
| In Debt
| Quicken
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Adult Insects
| Insane Sardines
| Quick Trilogy
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After The Apocalypse
| Instant Irregularity
| Rag Picker
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Agnostic
| Invisible Lover
| Random Dancing
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Ahead Full
| Iron Lightning
| Rated R
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A Is For Aftermath
| Jackaroo
| Reckless X
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Albino Love Slaves
| Jabberwocky
| Re-dress
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Algorithm
| Jam Blackberry
| Rubber Ducks
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A Little Disorganized
| Jar of Flies
| Sandwich Kings / Queens
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Area 52
| Jelly Smooch
| Sanitarium
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Bad Dog
| Just Beautiful
| Santa Clause Is Dead
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Bambi's Group
| K-9 Cat
| Sheep Eaters
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Battle Sequence
| Killing David
| Show Off
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Better Than Us
| Knight's Darkness
| Shutter
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Black Light Dreams
| Laugh Track
| Six Outlaws
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Blood Bath
| Last Knight
| Slap From A Loser
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Bloodlust Angels
| Lateral Move
| Smoking Gun
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Blooper
| Leader In The Making
| Soda Preachers
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Blue Fairies
| Leech
| Soiled Doves
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Born Victim
| Leftovers
| Something Strange
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Brick City
| Left Turn
| Spoon!
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Buzzkilled
| Leviathan Unlimited
| Stormtrooper's Lament
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Candy Corn
| Little Finger
| Strawberry Lumps
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Captivated
| Machine Gun Villains
| Sunset Patrol
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Cast Iron Cornbread
| Major Kronos
| Tabora
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Caterpillar
| Martyrs Henchmen
| Techno Eagle
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Celtic Ozone
| Mermaid Attraction
| Tease
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Checkmark
| Miami Hitmen
| The Third Coming
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Citrus Extract
| Mirror Racial
| Think Tank Threshold
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Clean Sweep
| Mob Rule
| Time Warp
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Cold Stare
| Molecular Muscle
| Triage
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Country Witch
| Monks On Call
| Twice The Action
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Crimson Carnation
| Mr. T's Mowhawk
| Twilight Stuntwork
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Crunch Dandies
| Mudflap
| Two Pair
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Crutch Offensive
| Naked Daydreams
| Uneven Emotion
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Daily Nightmare
| Narcissus
| Uniform
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Dark Horse
| National Anthem
| Union Of Evil
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Dead Skin
| Nebula
| Unisex
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Death Trap
| Necromancer
| United In Cause
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Devil In The Hallway
| Necronomicon
| Unkind Smile
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Diarrhea Explosion
| Needle Envy
| Unprepared
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Digital Divide
| Negative Whiplash
| Unwanted Hair Machine
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Dirty Pillows
| Neighbors You Know
| Upper Management
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Disco Confetti
| Neptune Nerd
| Using Sarah
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Doom Lagoon
| Never Mind The Damage
| Vagabond
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Drops Of Water
| New Dawn
| Vampire Vixens
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Earthworm
| Nuclear Nation
| Vaporized
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Editor Of The Game
| Number Plug
| Variation 5
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Ego Multiplied
| Object Lesson
| Vaseline Fix
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Electric Ham
| Object Of A Verb
| Vegetarian Carnivore
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Eight By Eight
| Oblivion
| Vikings In Training
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Equilibrium
| Observing Mallory
| Walnuts, The
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Facade
| Occupational Hazard
| Watermelon Surprise
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Fade To White
| Ochre Eights
| WD-41
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False Alarm
| Often Wrong
| Wet Paint
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Final Event
| Old Colony
| Wingers' Devils
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Flush
| Onto Land
| X-Ray Undercover
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Flying Piranha
| Outbreak
| Yank The Cover
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Forever Clean
| Out of Control
| Yapper
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Four O'Clock Mix
| Pacified
| Yard Birds
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Franchise Alice
| Perforated
| Yawning Maniacs
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Friction
| Pink Barbies
| Yearning For Perfection
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Front Of The Line
| Pitchfork
| Yellow Jackets
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Future Gluttons
| Planet In Limbo
| Young Decay
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Glowing Darkly
| Platonic Allegory
| Youth Capable
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Greek Infection
| Playing Mantis
| Yuppy Commanders
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Groovy
| Pluggers
| Zealot Zodiac
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Gross Anatomy 108
| Pluto's Return
| Zelda And The Green Hornets
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Gung-Ho
| Private Property
| Zenith
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Gypsy School Girls
| Prophecy Kings
| Zero Effect
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Hard Times
| Protoplasm
| Zesty Zoo
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Hazmat
| Puppets For Hire
| Zombie Killers
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Heading For Two
| Put Up Wet
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Band status?
Have any band names that you'd like to share? Please do, below!
Such a great lens, I love it! I think I will come back with some ideas :)
How about Namaste Ninjas
underneath hearty
big dogs
The purple rose... of death or red tape
Cold feet
Disapproving Glare
well actually i came here because im starting a band but oh well.
i think maroon 5 is an awesome band name!
Taking Back Sunday is a great name (but obviously currently in use)
What do you guys think of
Downfall??
i came here to ask that haha that's currently our band name well the band that i created been a success
and please someone tell me if tehre is already a band name like that
Zero gravity
No Evidence
Mainstream
Scenario 3
Virtually There
Backyard Rejects
Inavailable
Greater outlook
Point of Youth
Rising Dream
Amplified Beliefs
4seen
Unmanageable
Half Classy
Vintage 39
Which one should I use for a female pop trio?
Feel free to use them after you tell me! :P
@anonymous: i'd go with vintage 39
Sweet lens.
Ultimate Zero
Rock Bottom.
Paul Atreides.
Double-Dog Dare
Astro Cat and the Coliseum Lovers
The Fit Glory
Me and my friend are starting a band and we came up with Twice the Action.
My band (in our mid 20s-early 30s) is a blend of all genres basically (mostly indie/alternative)- any ideas for us?
masqurade
no turn on red or damaged goods - i am in a band and we didn't select one of those, but somebody should. for us it was an opportunity lost lol!
Noticed you had "Yardbirds" listed,are you kidding?Surely you know The Yardbirds was Eric Claptons' old band!
4 Roses is taken, or at least 4 Ruusua, which is their name in finnish.
@anonymous: The band that i am in has been called downfall since 2010
@george williams 3: no turn on red is now my band name thanks!
@anonymous: I think you should choose No Evidence
One Art
It's important, but I think people make it more difficult by thinking too much about it. The thing to remember is something simple. That way it can stick out in a person's mind. Which is what a band should want, and what promoters do want. I think your ideas for brainstorming are good. It's easier to do if its fun.
Forgetting our sorrow is a good name for a punk band
@anonymous: Zero Gravity is Drake's favorite band from Drake and Josh. You could use it, but then you'll have to hack your way through all that copyrighting red tape.
beautiful nightmares AND perfect imperfections
October Red......midnight blue.....killer carisoul.......light leader...white dragons.......20 locked doors......moonlit mirror just made these up at the top of my head
@anonymous: Tornado Puppets -
if I had a band it would be named that, let me know if you would like to use it : )
Tornado Puppets (if I had an indie band it would be named that)
The Sharps
Purulent Discharge (has to be a heavy metal band to use that one lol)
DEATHREAT (again, heavy metal)
kindly let me know if any of these get used
---todd
Gigahertz
Lokust Swarm
Hit The Deck
Martha's Revenge
Smile Inc.
Killing in Suits
Punk Mafia
The Re-Doubts
Thy Bloodyheart
Zodiak
Morbiscent
which one i should choose guys???
@anonymous: i really like hit the deck, smile inc., punk mafia, and the re doubts
What about The Crimson Curse
im starting a one person DEATH METAL band wat do u guys think of **faith trust and pixie dust** as my bands band name :) would appresheate ur advice thnx xoxo Anna
need a name for 4 guys and a girl band
Love HOT MESS for hot girls like my band
Need a name for My band.. We are 6 pieces female
amputee cherub
I Have New Dawn..need more ideas
screaming cucumbers?
Uhh I don't know what to pick
why are you putting the band name if you don't want anyone to take the band name
Loded Diper
lost souls or lone tragedy
Hello jacket
4 roses is a good band name
How about unbelievable love 009
this really helped me
UrbanXTREME
I need a name like constellation
IN MY SCHOOL,WE ARE HAVING A TALENT SHOW BY THURSDAY AND my. Group of five are auditioning and we can seem to think of a group name,we are in 5th grade,any help please??
I have a good name idea but i might use it it's The Fallen Moon but im gonna use it lol
sabertooth lion lady
Stinky Pinky
secret hearts or the alchemists or vanilla static
i'm 14 and in a band with my cousin we will mainly do rock and alternative any suggestions ?
Bad Dog is only half way respectable name on that list. Yard Byrds has been done. ''Out of State Billionaires." Sorry I wouldn't use any of those lame word combos in a song lyric, much less go see a band that uncreative.
the skelatons
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