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Names -> New Names for Bands -> Latest Entries
This is a list of replacement names for existing band names.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 1525 New Band Names entries on the site.
New Name | Original Name | Description: | Submitted by: | |||
| Urbana Dance Squad | Urban Dance Squad | Urbana, a city in Illinois | Lance Crackers | |||
| Celtic Women | Celtic Woman | Should be plural, since it's a group, not 1 person | Ed | |||
| Blues Travelers | Blues Traveler | So that it indicates more than 1 person (a band). | Gus | |||
| The Targets | The Arrows | What'd they be without targets to shoot them at? | Mads. | |||
| Hats Without Men | Men Without Hats | Turnabout's fair play! | Richard Wetfuss | |||
| The Vestibules | Radio Free Vestibule | A real example; they changed it to this in 1997. | Gigi | |||
| Bend Folds Five | Ben Folds Five | sounds similar; bend is a synonym for fold | Miss Elanius | |||
| Godzillaz | Gorillaz | More impressive if named for a fictitious monster. | Paula Bland | |||
| Tamela Womann | Tamela Mann | this artist is female | Travis | |||
| Stoat | Mink | Another type of weasel. | Brionna | |||
| Night Stallion | Night Horse | This band is all guys; stallion is a male horse | Greg | |||
| Sally Oilfield | Sally Oldfield | What I mistook her name for at first | Courtney Mears | |||
| Night Mare | Night Horse | If the band were females instead of males. | Courtney Mears | |||
| Electric Dark Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | When they decide to turn 'em off and retire? | Stu L. Pigeon | |||
| Boiling Sky | Iced Earth | It's the exact opposite of "Iced Earth". | Chan | |||
| Little Boys | Little Girls | This band consists of males, not females. | Gus | |||
| MTM | M2M | As in MTM Enterprises, Inc. | Isac | |||
| Candy Station | Candi Staton | what the name reminds me of/how I misread it | Max E. Padd | |||
| Frank Elaine | Frankie Laine | Sounds virtually the same as original name! | Lucy Crosland | |||
| Monogamy Rush | Mahogany Rush | Rushing into monogamy could make more sense. | Harriet Henderson |
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| Robert D. Arndt Jr. (site rank #5) | 171 |
| Cassandra | 42 |
| Rachel (site rank #33) | 29 |
| Travis (site rank #41) | 28 |
| Isac (site rank #34) | 27 |
| Larcen Tyler | 22 |
| Joe (site rank #25) | 21 |
| Bob | 20 |
| Mac | 18 |
| Opie M. | 17 |
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