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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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Rebecca Riots The Rebecca riots were a bunch of farmers who protested against something, (I forget what?) during the Industrial Revolution, by dressing up as women and rioting, which is pretty anarchic and cool My name is a mystery, mwahaha
Rebel Lackey I heard a song, and it was about rebels, and then I was thinking of this one really annoying dude that I call Lackey... Daisypicker6@cox.net
Rebellion Is Futile well, no reason, really. it just came to me when i was sittin here lookin at these names...and besides, i'm a massive star trek/star wars fan. so yeah. The rebellion and the borg.  Saoclaphael
The Rebels of the Sacred Heart Song name from a really cool band named Flogging Molly. The isn't so bad either. Corey-O
Rebirth its cool because it is a name for a band that comes back. i came up wit this name when i was in the bathroom. cool000
Rebresca Uniden When I was in school we had to make up some really cool words. So I saw the word Rebel and then I was drinking Fresca soda so I put those together and got Rebresca and Uniden is the name of my phone company so yeah.  Kayla :]
Recently Discovered Fame its a rip off of New found glory and it sounds cool rico suave
Recessive Inheritance Doing a science project. saw this on a site. I figured it'd be a cool name for a hardcore band but its w/e (if anyone uses this then repost the name and type in who you are and all that) Dylan Caccamesi
Reckless Endangerment A punk band with four law school graduates? Olvan The Terrible
Reckless Endangerment our friend mark is really fat so we said he is a reckless endangerment when he walks around in public. he got mad when we said it to him but its a good band name none the less Guy
The Reckless Pedestrians It conveys unpredictability and action-oriented images. It's a derivative of a line used in the Steely Dan song "Don't Take Me Alive". The line is "agents of the law, luckless pedestrian.  Jeff Stehr
Rectal Thermomindad We were drinking, and coming up with band names. Somebody suggested it. I spit beer out my nose. JimBob
Rectal Tuning Forks Me and asome buddies in college used to come up will all sorts of wacky band names, and this one was a favorite. Kind of rolls off the tongue, if ya know what I mean. Kevin
Rectify It means "to make right". Rachel
Rectum Loaded In the last and worst stage of tubercolosis you can't pee or crap anymore. My friend new a guy who died of tubercolosis and his autopsy read "cause of death: Rectum Loaded" . Balck Metal band Ophelia
The Recurring Nightmares A really great name that screams "Listen to us, we rock!" I would suggest a metalcore band like Trivium could use this name.  adam todes
RED 94 R= Resonating E=Electronical D=DEvices Makes sense because those are what guitars are....Resonating electronical devices.....94 was just our birthdays added up or something.... Granga
Red Blood Static (RBS) I used it as a screen name once, and I thought in my head of what the band would like like. Maybe an emo or hardcore metal band could use it. Connor
Red Cedar Siding Our house had this really bad red-orange cedar siding. Its was the only one like it in the whole neighborhood. Whenever we had pizza delivered, we would just tell the delivery guys to look for the ugly orange house. My landlord insisted on calling it "attractive red cedar siding." Shabo
Red Death We were learning about the red death plague in history class and I thought it sounded cool. emo girl
Red Devil Inc. Me and my friends like to watch wrestling (WWE). And The Undertaker has a name on the side of his pants. It is Deadman Inc. And he is also called the Red Devil. So we decided to name the band Red Devil Inc. Josh Brunner
Red Fetish I sort of have a fetish for redheads, so I thought I could surround myself with redheads who can play instruments (though it does sort of beg the question "what's that brunette doing on stage?") Miss B
red fuzzy kiwi it just funny tekiwi
Red Hair and a Limp A guy I know fits this description. It just sounds like a Blink-182-type group. Their 1st single: "Where's My Dye" kaz
The Red Hot Chili Fingers This play on the name Red Hot Chili Peppers was inspired by a couple's attempt to sue Wendy's based on their false claim of the woman finding a detached finger in her chili.  Renard
The Red Hot Mini Cheddarzz I thought it was quite funny because I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and there was this games I liked called "The Mini Cheddar Game". So I started to make up names like, "My Red Hot Cheddar", etc.  joe fleming
Red Knight Cue Kind of a rip off of Green Day (red night(knight)). Then my friend wanted a 'Q' (cue) in it. Alex
Red Lexus I thought of a gamer tag I used for a while (red eagle) and thought of a lexus. Jeff
Red Light It is what my cousin said he would call a bands, and I thought, that does sound like a good band name Joeydubbs
Red Mayhem I was bored and someone on a comercial said the word Mayhem and I was wearing red so I put it together. Ashley
Red Peppers I was looking out the window and saw a restaurant called Red Peppers. I thought, "Hey, peppers are hot and spicy, what a cool band name!" Plus red is a cool color. Sierra
Red Scare Cold War reference.  Tigger
Red Tetsusaiga In the anime/manga series "Inuyasha," the title character can use his sword, Tetsusaiga (tet-SYE-gah), to penetrate magical barriers. This could be a good name for a band known for songs about tolerance. Even for people who aren't familiar with "Inuyasha," it still sounds cool, right? Da Phoenix
Red Thorns We are Christian heavy metal! We are trying to bring back the sound of great bands like Living Sacrifice. We got our name after finding a wristband with red thorns on it. tj driskell
Red Town Just trying to think of cool band names and thought it would be cool if we used a saying like "painting the town red". Hence.... W.D.S.L.
Redd Hotts The first candies my friends and I ever ate together were red hots, but I added an extra "d" and a "t" to make it look unique!!! steelergrl
Reddiwhip Lifted this from a Spider Robinson novel. Reddiwhip is a garage band that only plays Cream covers. Bucky Goldstein
The Redemption It is like paying for what you have done. It is a really cool name for an emo/metal band. Tyler
RedFare This is cool, because the band i'm in, took two of our most influential influences from the past two years, and put them together. The influences are RED wine, because it's cheap, and bus FARE, because we never have enough money for the bus! Jon
RedKaps Evil fareis in scottish folk legend. lame or what? john
Redmund Blanks I'm supposedly a very good story writer (though I hate writing). I was thinking of a character and came up with Redmund Blanks. I thought it would make a cool band name. Col#35
Redneck Jedi Probably for a band that has the strange combination of bad southern accents and an undying love of the Star Wars films. james worth
RedRum From the movie 'The Shining'. It was in the film because REDRUM is 'MURDER' spelled backwards. Hmm...then the name would have by either a thrash band or a rapper... Alia
redruM It`s murder backwards, and it would be awesome for a metal band. Only with the last letter capitalized. Willdood
Redshift I was in an astronomy class. We discussing the movement of stars. Redshift is the term used when a star is moving away from Earth. Mustang Dave
Reduce Speed Now It's cool because it is the name of my band! And because anything written on a sign has to be cool right? Pollypocket56
The Reed of Walter My boyfriend is in the army, And he was at Walter Reed in Washington, DC, and I used to visit him there. One day. my supervisor asked me if I was going to "The Reed of Walter", and I just thought it sounded cool. Maybe this band could consist of former war veterans! Carla Bisagni
Rees Smells Play on "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?" by Megadeth. My boyfriend's name is Rees, and he is a massive Megadeth fan. So I wrote "Rees smells... but I'm lying" on the diary he takes to work with him for everyone to see. Alice
Reficul Natas I came up with this band name because Reficul is Lucifer backwards, and Natas is Satan backwards. Shredder
The Refiner's Fire This band name in particular is what I found in the Bible. It flows and the meaning is cool. MJK
Reflectus Juice That's what I misheard when The Godfathers were singing "I kissed Margaret Thatcher's shoes." A great name for hip-hop or nu-metal band. britrock
The Reformed Storm Troopers After the collapse of Empire, the four suviving storm troopers had no option but to form a band relating to the struggles and insanity of war. Adam James
The Refuse Nephews It's interesting because it rhymes, and it's a downbeat name; see, pronounced "REF-yooz", the middle word means "trash", so basically you're saying you're a bunch of young men who don't think very highly of themselves--so, it might be particularly good for an emo/punk or metal band. (Note: also, I considered at on point slightly changing the name to "Nephews OF Refuse", which would suggest that your relatives are not nice people, heh heh.) Jonathan S.
The Regal Beagles Three's Company can be mined for much coolness... Sparky
Regardless It would be a cool name for a rock band who simply don't give a damn about anything. Tareena
Regicide Peace It comes from an essay by Edmund Burke--so you have the intellectual snob factor. I think it flows very well. Aaron
Registered Members I saw it at the top of the this page. It sounds like you were all accepted into the band because you were really good. French toast
Regurgiburp It's cool cause everyone has done it at least once in their lives. REGURGIBURP is what happens when you burp and get a little acid reflux action as a bonus. I dubbed it while explaining to others what just happened to me. RobXob
Reigel 7 Based on the Dairy Queen commercial, where the announcer explains what would happen if their milkshakes were called "The Galaxy's Best". 'Reigel 7' was the planet that would wipe out Dairy Queens if their restaurant employees found out about it. IMHO, Steak 'n' Shake has "The Galaxy's Best" milkshakes.:D Commercial
The Reigning Riddle The question of our day from the wiseman who can answer the age old question, "Why are we here?" This has become the grail or the mother of all questions. Thus, it is what I called the Alpha & Omega of riddles. Does anyone have a true answer? Well, I do. We are here, "For His pleasure".  Gary Gray
Reissdorf Reissdorf is a beer here from Germany. It's so tasty; If want to spell it, joo should spell it like: "Rise, Dwarf!" without the letter "w" --->Darf try it.........sry my english isn't so well........ stay cool ghoul Niklas
Rejections from Perfections  Tressa
Rejic It's cool because it means "gold lady" in russia it's the name of my cat it would definitly be a techno band.  hamp
Reluctant Gargoyles Title of an old episode of "Gumby" which was extremely cool for pinheads and whatnot back when Devo and the Ramones were in diapers. Good name for an obnoxious college town synthesizer band I think. Ray Kiraruta
Remains of Jade I was squished in an AIM conversation once and became the remains of Jade. I said, "Oh my god! Remains of Jade! That could be...a Dir en grey song!" But eventually, I decided that a better tribute would be an actual BAND name! Hahaha... Jade Eyes
Remedy For Lies Well, I thought of it just listening to my music when I heard a lie in it. So I thought of Remedy For Lies. jonathan richards
Remember That One Time? Sometimes me and my friend Rey will be in a conversation with a bunch of people, and all of a sudden we start a dialogue that completely confuses people. It goes like this: Josh: Hey Rey, you remember that one time? Rey : Yeah that was awesome. Josh : Yep, sure was. The other people have no idea what we're talking about (of course neither do we) Josh:Valos
Remember To Forget just in case u remember it....... crazyteen
Remmington I don't know, its just really cool. It could be Remington with one m too. I saw it on the box for my friend's chainsaw. :D Joe Schmo
Remnants Of Allison Based on current events. When Hurricane Allison hit Texas a month ago, the news stations talked about the remnants, which brought on even more devastation. A definite heavy metal thrash band. oppenheim
Remote Kings I came up with it when I saw my friend sign in on MSN and his name was "King". I looked to my right and there I see my remote control. groupie101
remotely queued just got told my song waiting to download was being 'remotely queued' whatever that means and i instantly thought it was a great name for a trip hop folk act or something electric,  Peterpan
Remus Nash It sounds like a disease. Cool for a death metal band. I came up with it whilst i was browsing a name book to change my name. Simosis
Renegade Oppressionists Metal/pop/dunno. It sounds catching. People will always ask for the deeper meanings. Pedrokovic
Renegade Strands The band members all had a bad hair day when they met... Y'z Cracker
Renesis Doesn't have a meaning, but it's the name of an engine and an awesome band name.  Pete
Renovation It means "renewal" and people's teenage years is where they change their beleifs to something more firm. Good for a Christian-based band like Switchfoot's. Sammy the Bull
REO Speedealer I mean, how cool can you possibly be? fred
Report On The Exploration I was reading the Bible one day, and it was a story headline! I just thought it was kinda cool. Brandon
Reptile It's just bad ass. It could be a snake, could be a lizard but it's sneaky, scary and scaley. Captain Beefheart
The Republic of Cardboard Balloons During my freshman ELP class, we had to come up with the name for a fictional "country" to govern. My friend Shannon was my partner and requested that I create a name . . . well, my habit of creating random phrases took over and we decided on (out of several choices) "The Republic of Cardboard Balloons". Elfie
the republic of cardboard baloons  i fink dis is a cool name cox it gefies da laws of phisics and the fun fing is is sounds awsome !!! lol :D alison johnson
Republican Gators My friend Maryann loves alligators and her not-exactly friend is VERY Republican. So I guess it kind of works out for both of them.  micah_punkergirl
Repulsive Magnetism Kind of like a magnet that repels, and as repulsive you like go away from it. U know what i mean... john
Requiem I originally got the idea from the title of the movie "Requiem for a Dream". Requiem has a nice dark, depressing sound for the perfect emo band. Not to mention it's actual meaning (A song for the dead) relates to the lyrics of the best emo bands out there. Cornelius
The Required People will actually think the band you hear is required. Corey-O
Reset It's what Simple Plan used to be called. They have two albums, no worries and no regrets or something. Matty
Resident Evil I saw the movie. After it, I thought that it would make a great name for a band. Luis Figo
Resin i dunno this mite already be a band name, but i was just sittin when i was little and i looked up my brother's weed pipe and it saw the resin and i was like what's that brown crap and he was like that's resin. ata
The Resistance I am actually in this band. I came up with it one day by playing the game G.U.N., because in that game there is a group of robbers called The Resisters. I just kept on thinking and eventually i just thought The Resistance. Adam Kuhlman
Resistance Force This came to me after playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault. This could be a cool Punk/Grunge/Slipnkot style Metal band. A cool name for one of thier singles could be, "Fall Back to the Frontline". Guitarpunk989
Resisting Forward I think this is a cool band name, because it sounds like resisting change and not trying to conform to what other people want you to be. TarrynMckalle
Respecto Asi Para Usted Respecto Asi Para Usted...RAPU for short...you know like an abbreviation (don't forget to roll your r's!)...it's actually stupid, but hey it sounds cool. I got it from the moral code of conducts schools use. persona
Restricted This is why i love the name. Now, when you see signs on important places, it has RESTRICTED printed on a sign, which means NO ONE can come in unless they are an important person for that buisness. Well, a rock band, Restricted means only the best people can be in, and obviously means were not losers. Matt (Mattis Kool)
Restricted Tendencees Umm its my friends band name, but i thought of it... Kinda' lame i know.. The kid in Wisoconsin(sarah..)
RESTRICTION It sounds cool! Guy
Results May Vary Cool name for a cover band, because you never know what you're gonna get. Stevo
Retarded Newts Read it in "Brian's Song". Junior
Retarded Riots It came to me in a dream.  Teddy Bear Rocker
The Reticanes Comes from a misheard lyric in Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets", where it sounds like he says "Oh, Bennie, she's a reticane." I heard it that way for years. Although I never had any idea what a "reticane" might be, it always seemed a cool, intriguing, and mystic word to me! Lucille Ball sized hail

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