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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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O.J. Concentrate Get it? Orange juice concentrate such as Minute Maid (which could also be a cool band name). ole
O.K Street I came up with this when i was watching ncaa basketball. it was oklahoma state but it was abbreiviated as OK ST. At the time me and my buddss were thnkin of band names and i said O.K Street. It sounds kewl to me. Braden Staudacher
O.P.M.F.S.(Orange Purple MOnkeys From Space) We Were Thinking of a band name that was long And i LIke to talk non-sence so i also always say something like that And then i said it and we were all like "YEA" "That Rules" Ryan A.G.
The Oathtakers This is the band of all the people who were forced to join the school parliament but refused, for greater things. So in the true sense we are the real Cabinet, but cabinet sounds boring. Therefore, OATHTAKERS.  Neeti Nayak
OBCT This band is full of over-weight people. OBCT. Which also stands for Over-weight bodies covering toes. Jingle Bells
Oberfeldwebel I used to know a guy who called himself Oberfeldwebel. Technical sergeant in German, I think. I just guess any name over 12 letters is usually good. Chris W
Objects In The Mirror I was sitting in the car one day, and you know that little sticker message that says "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear"...? Well, I thought it sounded cool... goofy monkey child
Oblivious Revenge My friend and I were really mad at my cousin because she is so controling. So we made a little band thingy, and this was going to be are name.  Justin
Oblivious Society I guess it's because a lot of the society today is unaware what is happening, like at schools and stuff. skye
Obnoxious Jellybeans I have this thing for thinkin up lil bands in my head and for some reason I can totally imagine this being a popular band's name, even though it sux! jessica
Obscenity Plurals Some bands (usually punk rock) have names which are in this format (Sex Pistols, Butthole Surfers, etc). I think it's an excellent idea to poke fun at those names. Bold Yelper
Obscure I came up with it when I was listening to Blur. I want to start a band based around Blur because they rule. I shall bring back British pop! And I thought, "Hmm, what's another word for Blur? I ended up with Obscure!! Damon albarn is god!!
Obscure Reference I was looking for one (obscure reference) for a band name and decided it worked on it's own. psychedelicategirl
Obsidian I was looking in the dictionary and doing my English homework. I saw it and thought it would make a pretty sweet band name. It's said the means was "a dark volcanic piece glass or black metal".  Mario
Obvious I came up with obvious by thinking about all our traits. It's obvious we're a pop band, it's obvious we're girls, and it's obvious we're all great! [Ed.'s note: It's obvious that that last statement is an opinion by your band and some of those that have actually heard you play.]  a.saunders
Obvious Door A group of us were writing a script, and someone remarked "The set needs to have an obvious door." I made a note of that - "need obvious door" - and it struck me that Obvious Door just sounds good in phrases like "Please welcome our next act... Obvious Door!" Red Tim
Occam's Razor I heard this term being used on "The Simpsons," and I thought it'd make a cool band name. "The simplest explanation is probably the correct one." Olvan The Terrible
The Occasional Wives Some chick band could use this as a name...a friend showed a list of funny country songs, and "Occasional Wife" struck me as a good band name for some reason. Jeff
Ocean Carvers It has a tropical "theme,sound" to it and it would definetely grab my attention! KeLsEy
Ocean's Suicide I randomly thought of it after seeing a pic of a girl sitting on a rock in the ocean with slit wrists and blood in the water. Linkin Park Soldier
Octane As in high octane gas? A high energy rock band. Indy Gent
Octavious It sounds SO tite. It is the name of this one guy who was a roman. and he was like, caesar. it would be good for a heavy, gothic type rock band. Emilee
October Day It was halloween so me and friends were sitting and talking about different bands and stuff and I came up with this name, I think it's cool though. Cody
Octopus Sphyncter My mom came up with this name. We were watching "Iron Chefs". They always make weird stuff on this show and my mom was like, "what are they doing with that octopus sphyncter?" I don't know, I thought it was a good name. supa fly
The Odd Ogres Of Opera This would be a group made op of ex band members of "Hunchback" and "Quasi Modo". badboybear
Odd One Out I was playing a mini game on X-Box. One of the levels was named 'odd one out'. Jordan Vandamme
Odium it means hatred, so its kinda cool jonnyboy
Odobenus Rosmarus The scientific name of the walrus. ROCK ON WALRUS! quickstep
Odyssey I was in a car wash and me and my friend were trying to think of a band name. We were looking all over, oily surface, LustraSheild, then finally gave up. A couple minutes later after looking straight ahead for a couple minutes, we both went ODYSSEY. The car ahead of us was a Honda Odyssey. Thus, a band was born. Bryce
Off Limits I think ths would be a sweet name, because it would be so easy to make a symbol, and it sounds awsome! how come
Off The Rocker Just a play on words; taken two different ways, this name could suggest either that your band is a little bit crazy or that you are a one-man Norse guitarist. People would probably enjoy any combo. Alex
Off-Season Santa and the Constipated Elves This was actually a combination of two things that were said by one of my ex-girlfirends. The first was with regard to a pedestrian we saw who looked similar to the Christmas fellow. The other arose from her criticism of a Keebler commercial. Together - what a name! Scott Bendle
The Offbrands  (This is my band's name) It's perfect for a band that has just started and not too popular. Perfect for an Indy band. (Copyright) JK
Oh Lord The Pleasure of Sex Well, the guy is reading out "Tonight!! Oh Lord The Pleasure Of Sex". Oh, I need to get out more. groupie101
Oh Pygar! From Barbarella patiperro
Ohiowa I was watching The-N and "Taking Back Sunday" was talking about the fact that they have no sense of direction and hoped that Ohio and Iowa would become one super state called "Ohiowa" and it sounded pretty cool! *Dia*
Old #7 Some friends and I were sitting around getting drunk talking about starting a band. We looked at the label of the bottle and saw the little seal with "Old #7" written on it and we figured that it had kind of a southern rock/metal feel to it which is the type of music we all listen to.  Roger Lee Sills Jr.
Old Doctor Young Was the character name of the radio physician whose series Mary Ann listened to on "Gilligan's Island". She had a dream about it after some misinformation led her to believe that she ate poisonous mushrooms. (It turned out her boyfriend wrote a Dear Jane letter from home, and she didn't like him anyway.) oldtimer
Old Grandma's Lunchbox seriously think about it...who is cooler than grandma....she makes you food...gives you money and gifts...the occasional ride now and then...and we all know grandma's food is the best so...that is where the whole lunchbox thing came into play...it is just the coolest bandname.... rENeN
Old Guy With a Death Wish All of the country singers in Australia are really, really OLD. green
Old Jeans Forgive From my college days-when we were comforted to see our jeans still fit after self-induced, alcohol-induced bloating. Melissa
Old Men Die In New Suits I thought this was cool, as most old people are richer than younger people. It's different. Alison*
Old Moldy Apples (OMA) I left an apple in my locker after lunch one day and forgot about it. I visited my locker again a few weeks later with my friend Wes, and he pointed out the old, moldy apple in my locker. At the time we were discussing band names. It could work. DaTDawgg
Old People Anthems well i opened a book and just put my fingers and some words and i got it! joopider drummer
Olde Nasty Plastique Babies my band name. we thought old ratty baby dolls would be a cool grungy rock icon. also if there plastique you can blow them up. thats always cool. tom
Olive One Martini Zero This is my description of a horrible martini. The olive always comes through, and if you are keeping score...... this makes sense. dave miller- manny
Olive U. F***ov Just another punk rock name, never used, up for grabs. hamtramckmike
Oliver Clothesoff Just like the play on words: "Take 'Oliver Clothesoff'". Gideon McCain
Oliver Klozov If you read it carefully it speaks for itself. It's actually the name of an X-rated model website, but it's still a wicked name. OOglebooze
Olivia Neutron Bomb Olivia is da bomb. hugh askew
Ollie-Gator The name Ollie-Gator was made up not by me, but by my step mom. She thought up this name when she created an e-mail address for me. Although, Ollie-Gator is only 99% origanal because I heard that a long time ago there was a cheesy cartoon character apparently called Wally Gator. But still, don't you think that would be an awsome band (possibly rock) name?  Oliver
oMega it's the last laten letter it is like the letter "z" maryanne
The Omega Imperative I've thrown around this name as the name of a band I was forming, but it doesn't work for alt/metal, it's more for electronic hardcore. killer_roach
Omega Power A guy in my class invented it and in the end of the school year everyone kept repeting it even though we still don´t know what the hell it means. SaRa
omga code its really cool beause it makes me think of this one movie thats way cool charlotte
omiflippingod How I felt when I found out that our first single was going to sink without a bloody trace. Dammit. I should try again sometime. Exocet
On Hold Again My friend made up this band name. When she told me I immediately thought "awesome band name!" It's got rhythm and could totally awesome as plain initials too...OHA molly
On Hold Since 1993 I think it's cool, just because it tells how the world makes you wait even when your ready. Marcopolo21
On Silence you would think of something silent as being off.... like a radio or tv or a nagging wife for that matter... but when silence is on, that's when you're creative thoughts are at their best, cause all you hear is the silence that is on in your head... does that work?? brad
On The Brink This name represents the band that wants to be different from all the other typical bands. They are on the brink of discovering a new sound and a new meaning behind their music. Izgottfro
On The Fiddle Suitable for a folky/trad/acoustic band, especially one without a fiddle player...but don't tell the Benefits Agency. John
On The Line Me and my friends entered a battle of the bands and our drummer (who vomitted up before the gig) said, "There's a lot on the line". We thought he was talking to us calling us "On The Line". Before that, we were called Dr. Scrote And The Stoats, so a slight improvement! Antler
On The Other Side WEll, i thought it sounded interesting... Everyone always thinks if just "that one thing" was different, life would be so much greater, but you will never by truly happy. I CAN SEE IT...... Band name: On the other side, debut album "The Grass is Always Greener".... i know its cliche, but its something everyone needs to realize..... we'd be a mellow punk-pop-ish band..... Jesyka
Onautumn Okay, when me and my band were looking for a name, we were really running out of ideas. I'm a real Offspring fan, so as a joke I said "How 'bout Onautumn" (The exact opposite to the Offspring). Yes I do know what Offspring really means, but I just thought this way was better. No Hero
Oncoming Traffic My hard rock band, (bringing it back to real rock 'n' roll, 70s stuff, AC/DC, etc.) is called Oncoming Traffic. It is just cool. We almost lost a drummer because of oncoming traffic. My fault. Long story. Remember this name, you'll hear someday. Rock on!  AC/DC rules
One Bottle Of Wine And A Cheeta I have theese unfinished C02 cars and one of them looks like a bottle of wine and my Home Ec. teacher [who will be mentioned in a different band name] told me that my other C02 car should be painted like a cheeta.  phamilto
One Crow Sorrow I got it from the movie The Crow: City of Angels. In the movie, Ashe recites a poem with this line in it.  The Crow
One Dollar Bill Blink-182 went on a tour that cost only one dollar. So I came up with the name one dollar bill. smiley
One Headlight my friend and i listened to a song over and over that was about a girl who comit suicide, and the refrane went "we could drive it home with one headlight". we were trying to figur out what it ment, and i thought that it ment the girl comit suicide `cuz she only had one headlight, and all the guys teased her =) Nikke
One Hundred Percent Less Napier This was printed on the cover of our slacker tabloid "Nuvo" about 6 years ago. (Jeff) Napier was a columnist who took the title personally and quit right after this issue went to press. Well, not all publicity is good publicity, especially for the ones covering it. Indy
One Knuckle Head After Another Rotten Ricky came up with this one at work one day, talking about the clients we had to deal with was like dealing with "one knuckle head after another". Sounded like a cool band name to us. Indigo Dan
One Man Empire I was gonna name my band this 'cause I liked the sound of it, but then in all the exitement of playing shows and what no, it just slipped my mind...damn. grizzy-b
One Night In Paris It would just sound awsome for a punk or indie band. People would come see you just for the name. cjb043
One Single Rose I just think it sounds like a good name for some band with a female singer (named Rose?), and the rest of the band guys. mdpsinger
One Step Down i just thought of it on a bus when i was coming home from rugby practise Sam McCourt
One String Missing I was using the crapper and realized that my buddy was playing on a guitar that had only five strings. One of the strings were broken so I just thought it as a band's name. I might use it for my band. heh!  Emo
One Versus World I thought about it at church one day thinking that to live for God, you must keep yourself from becoming a part of the negative, and slowly but sadly un- Christian world where religion is a thing of the past. This name really rises above the rest I think, mainly because you're on your own when living and representing Jesus Christ in a world of chaos, and you must identify yourself seperately. Zach J.-Magnolia, TX
Oneforfour I have three best friends, so in all we're four. I chose a slight spin off of the 3 Musketeers ("all for one and for all"). But instead one for four! Camden
ONEOFOUR Its just a thing that stuck with me because it was the first three digits of the license plate # of a chick I deflowered in her Ford Explorer. head stomp
The Ones That Got Away Has anyone ever heard of Lady and the Tramp 2? That was the Tramp's nickname, 'the one that got away'. It would be for a band like Snow Patrol. I made it up sitting here! Umiyuri
Onestone Onestone - for obvious reasons. but also a cool analogy for 'once stone(d)'. Meghdutt
Oni i heard it,, some where. Oni means i think Diablo, or a gang somewhere in japan Carl Ramos
The Only Alternative and the Other Possibilities I thought it up in the 60s and hearing a lot of other acid-inspired wacky band names. I'm not sure of their repertoirs, but all of their songs make a very positive pro-choice statement and that's definitely cool. slyfox1
Only Heaven Knows When someone doesn't know the answer, they say "Only Heaven knows" sometimes right? It's a good phrase. Aly McGugan
Onward Crispin Glover Who doesn't remember the actor Crispin Glover?!?! I was walking up the street one day, and saw some dude with a t-shirt that said, "Onward Christian Soldier," and the name Crispin Glover just popped in my head. A good name for a punk band, don't you think?  Elizabeth
Onyx Toll I went through the thesaurus looking up synonyms for two words. (If you can guess them you win an interwebz cookie.) It came out with Onyx Toll, which is a cool name all by itself. LordBlumiere
OOM! I read it off my friends top in a mirror, with a picute of a cow on it :) it's just the coolest Enid
The Oopses How many bands were ever good? These guys were accidents. Ian
Oozing Pus Wouldn't this be a cool name for a metal band? Maybe what would happen to your ears from listening to them? Mr. Tinkles
Opal Gauntlet The name of an enchanted piece of armor in the video game "Final Fantasy," plus the expression "running the gauntlet" means going through a series of ordeals. The possibilities for this band name are limitless. Olvan The Terrible
Oparuffa It's off of The White Stripes song 7 Nation Army. It sounds awesome! Guitar Gy
Open Eyes this boy in my class sits next to me and i lost my pen (it was in front of me and i didnt know that) i asked him were my pen was and he yelled "OPEN YOUR EYES....simplifyed to Open Eyes" Delphia
Open Mike Knight PLAY ON WORDS HIPPI CHIC
The Open Pull Push Handle Kinda catchy? Well I think so anyway. I read it on a sign on a bus and changed it all around a bit!  Gatesy
Open Rebellion Sounds cool Cpt. Neeb
Open Shutter When I think of shutter I think of shut, but if this is an open shutter, it's unique. Kevin
Open-Minded Twin Sister think dating a twin is cool? imagine the possibilities hamofthegray
Opening Page While I was browsing this site, I look down the status bar and saw OP... and the rest is in my history button. my name?
Operation Star Well in math we were talking about operations. (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) My teacher was making tables, and for one of them he made up an operation he called "star." Then he said something about the table and referred to the operation as "Operation Star." I thought it would make an interesting pop-rock band name. amanda
Operation: Japanese Hippos No, not from Master of Disguise. I was watching a local performance called 'Mirage' and one of the characters was talking on the phone...he said something about hippos in Tokyo, so...here we go. therealdeepblue

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