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Whenever I hear a cool phrase somewhere, I like to exclaim "That would make a cool band name". This page is a list of such names.

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The A** Bandits This is what Backstreet Boys should be called. if you ever have a gay band, this is their name. Prian White
A** Cabbage This guy saw a girl with a nice a** and said, "That's some good a** grabbage." So, my friend didn't hear him correctly and said, "A** cabbage?" Lyle Lanigan
A** Fault It's kinda like asphalt like the concrete stuff so I thought it was a cool band name. diego smith
A**traffic I was thinkin of the word astronaumic (If thats how u spell it) Keith
A-Deman I thought of the band Adema and saw a movie with a demon in it and I put them together. You probably think thst name really bites, but it doesn't. I think it is cool. soul1
The A.D's  langt
A.G.A.N. No idea what it really stands for, but it'd make a cool name for an indie-rock band. The Mole
A.I. Is The Devil My friends and I are always talking about how Artificial Intelligence will one day destroy mankind. You know, like The Matrix. Josh:Valos
A.I.R. (American Idol Rejects ) I was bored one day after I didn't make it through the first round of tryouts for American Idol in Cleveland, Ohio and I thought it would be cool if some people that got turned down for American Idol come up with a band by this name Dan McCarty
A.K.A Its kool cauz it means also known as! and it sounds kewl Kristen
A.K.A 47 It's cool for rap artists 'cause it sounds like AK 47, they love to sing about da guns and capping people.  Johan
A.K.A. (Another Knockout A**kick) YEAH!! al of u wonder
A.K.A. the Devil I saw a bunch of names that said AKA on this page, and also the word devil, so, 2 and 2, right? Cpt. Neeb
A.S.A.P. A band could use this acronym to mean Acoustic Sound Of Portland (or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia). Barney Flute
A/V Auxiliary Just looked down at the receiver one day when it was on A/V... Seems like it's pretty cool. Unsichtbar
A4dable Affair I came up with the name. It was really random. my friends and I were coming up where to throw a party and someone said McDonalds. So someone else said that would be affordable (haha they were kidding about it). So then I thought it would be a cool band name.  A la Boom
Aaaaaaaaaabc If people look up bands alphabetically, you'd be the first one! Jordan Lucas
Aardvark Smile this is a personal joke between me and a friend but what happened is that she said my teacher who is really mean smiled like an aardvark (when she occassionally smiled!!!) and i thought it was soo funny then when i thought about i thought it might be a really cool name for a punk rock band, cos its really different and has a witty edge. Azza & Nazza
Aaron In Stereo My friend aaron is deaf in one ear. In college, he was having surgery and had a 50/50 chance of restoring his hearing in his deaf ear. I told him I wanted to be one of the first people to see his reaction when listening to a (good) song through headphones. He's still deaf in one ear. We used the band name for awhile but we're on a hiatus. KYLE
AB/CB A name after AC/DC. But AB/CB means After Boys/Comes a Bunch. Amy
ABAND A name describing what you are. NICKI
Abandoned Well hmm makes u think...the abandoned polluted wells, or were you abandoned in a good fashion? lol, just think about it. Morgan
Abattoir Abattoir is cool, because it's the correct term for slaughterhouse. My friends and I came up with this when we were hungry for (pork). Zvon Hichendschleim
Abbabette This name should ensure that it is first. Punkalunatic
Abby Normal You mean a line from a classic comedy like "Young Frankenstein" (said by the late Marty Feldman) isn't cool enough for a band name? movie
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ It's cool because if names were in alphabetical order, you'd have to be split up to be in different letters. Funny cool name. I think it stupid too cause it sounds like a kids band. Made up girl pop band. LOL they didn't care! William
Ablaze Ablaze means 'on fire', a name for a rockin band david
About Blank Internet pop-ups always say it. Sounds cool. The_Dreamer
Abscissa Garden Garden metaphors for music-making have been used before. Abscissa sounds like a kind of flower, although it isn't. In fact it sounds like a fine flower to have an inordinate amount of in said garden! Tess O. Gosset
Absence Of Presents "Presents" is a wordplay on "presence", but it's also what bad kids get on Christmas, other than a CD from this band. one-hit
Absolute Moron Taken from a joke said by comedian Jasper Carrott... I would love to be able to say I'm an Absolute Moron. Elle
Absolute Zero A temperature so cold that everything would stop moving if it ever happened, but it sounds like a heavy metal band. Bonus points if you put an umlaut on the U. Amanda
Absolutely Nothing I like this name b/c my friend has a thing on her computer where you can make your own songs, and one day we created one and we called it absolutely nothing. It was just something that came to mind. Greenith
Abstract Asylum Abstract is different for some people who don't understand it, and the asylum is where people go for help... and its some what catchy FreakDeaky
The Absurd Gyros The French Author Albert Camus most notably wrote of absurd heros. The proper greek proununciation of Gyro is Hero...so there you go, a thinking man's band name. Ian Thomas
Abubu Sadiki and The Armadillios We were doing a mock trial in government class, and we named the defendent Abubu Sadiki cuz we thought it sounded like a stupid foreign name. The Armadillos comes from this inside joke I have with a couple friends. Becca
ABWNIRL Since most band names seem random like "A Band Whose Name Is Random Letters?" Bob
Abyss This name means bottomless depth. I think its cool because its only 1 word. Hannah
Abzanguinaut A friend of mine told me that 'Abzanguinaut' means cool, or hipster in French. You could call it 'Abzan' for short, too. vanguard720
AC (or Acronymically Challenged) I thought it would be cool because an acronym is the first letter of each word in a phrase, so Acronymically Challenged would be funny and like an oxymoron. Louis/FLYINDEVIL
AC-Feces Well me and my brother were thinking of band names that had the word "feces" in them. We also thought about "The Rolling Feces". Mitch
Access All Areas Because most bands have these badges with this on there, so people can get to restricted areas. Though it would be cool to have it all over there promotions.  Sherry
Access Denied I was just trying to come up with some cool names. This popped up. Use it if you want just email when you the next big thing. sam
Accidental Evils I had to read Julius Caesar for English and it says something about accidental evils... I thought it'd make a cool band name! Nikki
The Accidentals i just randomly thought of this name!!! Henry
The Accrylics My sister thought of this name for her band that she was designing JENNY
Ace of God I figure if He holds and deals all the cards, we should hope to be the aces in His hand. R. D'Angel
Ace Of Spades I think its cool because the Ace of Spades is a death card. Chris
Ace Up My Sleeve This would be a good band name if the people in the bands like to play poker. Ryan C.
Acetone I was removing fingernail polish with fingernail polish remover, and then I was looking at the ingredients. And I was like sweet if i ever have a band were gonna be called Acetone. Ashley
Achmed The Witch My grandma was doing a really bad impersonation of Achmed the Dead Terrorist, which my dad thought sounded like a witch. Rachel
achtentachtig Because no one can say it (its 88 in Dutch) me
Acid This is a great name, I was suprised that no one has this name. Acid as in the acid that eats through stuff, its an awesome name for a really heavy/death metal rock band. Korgyn
Acid Anthropoid It's cool because they are synonyms of "Heavy Metal Monkeys". I went to www.thesaurus.com and looked up Heavy Metal, and it said "acid rock", so I got acid from there, and I searched "monkey", and I got anthropoid ape, so it struck me as an awesome name. Tommy
Acid Breakdown My science teacher was talking about the digestive system and how the acid in our stomachs breakdown the food. He combined the words and said if he had a band that would be the name of it. switchfootfreak
Acid Enema I thought this would be a great name for a death metal band... talk about the ultimate pain one could go through. That, or Dull Blade Castration. Bob Marley Protege
Acid Graffiti Acid is cool, and graffiti is art. Probably a good punk band name. Toxic Midget
Acid Kiss Well, I saw Acid Love, Acid Rainbow and thought, why not? After all it makes sense if you break her heart watch your back!  Rebecca
Acid Love I saw Acid Wire Heart and Acid Tears and I just got thinking that this would be a good band name. Darby
Acid Rainbow I can't recall the circumstances, but my wife & I feel this is the ultimate good/evil combo, or just good imagery on what acid rain might look like drenched in sunlight.  gerry
Acid Soda WELL, SODA IS FULL OF ACIDIC GAS, BUT THIS DRINK SOUNDS DEADLY............... GOTH GIRL
Acid Tears Thinking about acid rain one day, and then thought about how cool it would be if you could cry acid. Acid Tears the inimitable
Acid Wire Heart Your heart is acid wire...toxic...you try to get near to the heart and you get burned. I came up with it after i accidentally burned myself in chem class and the it ended up looking like a heart...oddly enough i just went through a break up which was quite ironic. the girl who ran away
The Acidapples A kid in my class said it a lot jonnyboy
Acidify This I hate Chemistry. And I was thinking that. And acids are in Chemistry which I hate. Therefore, I said, "[Insert band name]." Milly
Acier Blue Nabi This is the name of my band, and I came up with it because I thought of Dir en grey and how their name is a combination of German, French, and English. I thought “it would be cool to have our name like that” so I changed the Japanese version (it easer for me in Japanese) of Steel Blue Butterfly into 5 different languages (original Japanese, German, French, English, and Korean) and put together three combinations of each and I liked the sound of that one so I choose it. I came up with “Koutetsu Ao Chou” because it sounded cool to have a blue butterfly covered in steel. Acier is French Blue is English and Nabi is Korean. It will take a while for us but watch for us!! Ok! You will not be disappointed by our sound! Keiten Tokushin
ACK! Actually acronyms for the Japanese words 'Anata Chibi Kuso!'. Which translated means 'You Littile S***!'. Zelda
Acme Gas If only Wyle E. Coyote had bought some gas from the Acme Company to catch up to that pesky Road Runner... Opie M.
Acne Ridden Youth We got this name from a friend of ours who had this really bad acne, resulting in a load of pock-marks over his face. My friend just came out with the phrase, 'memories of his acne ridden youth', great name for a band I said. Eek
Acousticore I was looking for a new screen name, and I thought up "acousticore". But I don't play the instrument, so it's useless to me. Good band name though. Connor
Acoustika I wanted to start up an acoustic band .. only 2 guitarists who sing  Theo
Acoustipranx Name for an acoustic band whose schtick is to do parodies of songs. K2studio
Acquired Taste I just thought it was kool cuz its acually kinda true if ya think about it.. every person as an individual has "acquired taste". julie
Across America This would be good for those kind of people like Anti-Flag, bands against the government. I came up with it when I was making songs for my band, and I thought it could be used as a band NAME. Connor
Acrylic Kiss I got it from this youtube video. lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJA4Wy6s9fc Alpha
The Acrylic Poncho Generation Inspired by the recent resurgence of Bohemian fashion, and what happens when you try to recreate Woodstock. Cessi
The Acryllic Ameobas Sounds just like it would be a psychodelic 60s garage band. Jackson
Act of Union, 1841. This is the thing that turned Canada into two colonies and made us what we are today. phamilto
Action 52 Action 52 is a 1991 NES release/1993 Sega release. This cost $199, which sounds like a horrible deal, until you realize it is less than $4 a game, and then you realize it actually was a horrible deal since all 52 games suck big time. Why not make it a Sum 41/Blink 182-esque band name? JeReMy
Action Junkies  India
Active God When I was a kid, I used to think that this was the correct spelling of the phrase "Act Of God". I think this is cooler. KevK
Acts of Violation I was reading our school rule booklet. Then I saw the rule that stated, "Do not attempt to do any of these things that will be an act of violation". Michael
Actual Size Thought of it from a home movie with my sister saying things were "not actual size" because of the camera. Matt
Acushla Acushla is a term in Gaelic which either means 'Darling' or 'Beloved'. I thought it'd be pretty cool for a girl band. BunnyKiller
Ad Nausem It means something like 'till it makes you sick' in Latin. I thought it would be cool as a band name, in an ironic kinda way. sighkotika
Ad(*)hd I was just thinking that it would be fun to have a band that would go with my personality. So I chose this cause I`m always HYPER. I would like to have music that I'm Mint with. If we are good enough, and if I get a record deal, it would be called "Sugar Free MAY Ad(*)hd" Live on!!! Zezee Babe
AD/BC Cool name for a hard rock christian band WellPoint
AD/HD I think the population of us kids with Attention Deficit Disorder is getting big enough for everyone to get a kick out of name like this. Being an AC/DC fan and a person with a lot of friends, it just came to me ... enjoy :) pun on nerds
ADAC ADAC is a German mobile car patch and motor car insurance. It would be a cool name, because it reminds me of AC/DC. Cynthia Carui
Adam 812 A name for an angry all-girl rock band (after all, it wasn't just Eve who ate the forbidden fruit...). I admit, it was the name of a real band, but that was 30 years ago in the pubs of Dundee, Scotland. Adam
Adam And Evil It just sounds cool. Just think, it's almost Adam And Eve. But 'Adam and Evil'. In "Batman and Robin", Mr. Freeze randomly says it. It sound like a great death meatal/black metal band name. ian
Adam And The Tore Back Moose Knuckles It just sounds Good, some of the guys and I at work one day where just screwing around and one of the guys says my favorite words are toreback and moose knuckle( a very large camel toe), so he started calling me Adam and the Toreback moose knuckle Adam Miller
Adam Loveless and the Jet City Cavaliers  My friend, Adam, is always bitching about not having any chicks. Jet City is what people call a town near us (next to an airforce base) and our highschool football team is the Cavaliers. It also has a nice ring. ColinMoore.com
Adam's Orange instead of Adam's apple switch it with orange enwmy909
Adamant Evil Kind of like Adam and Eve but more realistic. RevengeFromMars YouTube
Adaniyah It sounds like what Nirvana is saying at the end of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Peter (the Reader)
Adapt Everything in life you adapt to. So adapt to us. Zach
add miss, spelled... +x because you can spell it using the plus sign and an x, like this... +x  steph
The Addicted Lab Rats I was listening to some report on the radio about drug testing on lab animals, and this was the only phrase that I really heard. EggieChan
Addicted To Pessimism It's just gurrd :) And I think that half the population are addicts to the drug nowadays, so yeah =/ Dan Anonymous

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