My own list of
Band Names
It's a relatively easy art form. If Nirvana and Jefferson Airplane could do it, so can you. Anyone can make up a cool name for a band, just get a little zany and start mincing words together. So if you're a garage band ensemble struggling through the naming process, here's some surefire ways to get a great band name, and some names my friend Flo and I have thought up ourselves. Numbers 30-39 are courtesy of my friend John and his ingenious band name technique. Tell me some names you've come up with and I'll post 'em.
Tips for making your band name-
  • Try placing your favorite precious stone or gem together with your favorite condiment. Worked for Pearl Jam.
  • If you are going to be a thrash metal, hard alternative, or rock/rap act and you have a "c" in your name ... get rid of it! "C"s are wimpy and curvy. Opt for the striking angst of a "K" like Limp Bizkit and Korn did.
  • Find a great synonym for smelly. For instance, Rancid.
  • Pick an obscure character from a cult movie or childhood classic. Verucca Salt is from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Duran Duran is from Barbarella.
  • Having a schizophrenic friend is like finding the motherlode of band names. Listen in for some strange word juxtapositions. A friend high on pot will do as well.
  • Spin a globe and have your drummer stop it with his index finger. Listen to him try to pronouce the country/city he landed on and then have your bassist write how she thinks it's spelled. Aim for Africa and stay out of Russia.
  • If you're a DJ, for godsake, don't use your first name. There's nothing quite like the lameness of being DJ Bob. At least choose a nickname.
  • Do as my friend John does and use the two alphabetical guidewords on the spine of encyclopedias (see below 30-39).

    Band Names We've Come Up With

    1. Big Tree, Little Car
    2. Sacrificial Rachel
    3. Nair the Cat
    4. Random Fries
    5. Cruël
    6. Green Bamboo
    7. Ziploque
    8. Petrified
    9. Lunch for Frances
    10. Gazebo
    11. (please print)
    12. 15 Fake People
    13. Cliché Hair
    14. puppyfish
    15. 2xism
    16. Pop Hooker
    17. Apple God
    18. Faith Shaker
    19. And Now
    20. Mosquito Suave
    21. Severe Underwear
    22. Clip Paper
    23. Girl Up Front
    24. Tut
    25. Ho and Bum
    26. Ditcher
    27. The Belated
    28. Get Pretty
    29. Precious Butler
    30. Artic Biosphere (*John 30-39)
    31. Chicago Death
    32. Decorative Edison
    33. Education Evolution
    34. Excretion Geometry
    35. Islam Life
    36. Light Metabolism
    37. Pre-Columbian Sacrifice
    38. Safety Solution
    39. United Zorastrianism
    40. Terminal Illness (*Shannon 40-56)
    41. Three Gnomes
    42. Grapesicle
    43. X Static
    44. Flammable Goldfish
    45. Lunchmeat
    46. Experimental Laundry
    47. Rainbow Brite
    48. Sentinel
    49. Aphrodite
    50. 12 Noon
    51. Welcome To Bulgaria
    52. The Itchy Lizards
    53. Gondola
    54. Jinx (taken)
    55. Malice in Funderland
    56. Metermaids on Strike
    57. Murder the Modem (*Morgan 57)
    58. Saucy Love Weasel
    59. The K
    60. Take Canada
    61. Leggo My Ego
    62. Caucasian Dog
    63. Almost Gadget
    64. No Fair
    65. Solo Project
    66. Evil Cookie
    67. My Afghani Grandma
    68. Sunshade
    69. The Horizontal Zombies
    70. Orphan Easter
    71. Speed Eraser
    72. Perfect Switch
    73. Crystal Cliche (*Elisabeth 73 -Guestbook)
    74. Baleen
    75. A Bad Case
    76. Empty V
    77. Mamma Said
    78. Super My Sonic (*Alan 78 -Guestbook)
    79. Echoes of Nothing (*Sarah 79 -Guestbook)
    80. Grandma's Thong (*Tyler 80 -Guestbook)
    81. Semi-Automatic Flamingoes (*Keenan 81 -Guestbook)
    82. Never No
    83. Honesty Bear
    84. Corporate Villains
    85. Bad Ramen (* Flo 85)
    86. Go Gravy
    87. Pregnant Safari
    88. The B-sides (*Rasmi 88-90)
    89. Siamese Cherry
    90. Yam Trumpet

If you want to use one of these names, go ahead, just send me a link to your band's Web site in the Guestbook. I apologize if you are already in a band using one of these names. If you have names you've come up with or if you think these names suck like the name Sixpence None the Richer, just pop over to the Guestbook and Let me know. Or just Pop On Home