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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 1536 New Band Names entries on the site.
New Name | Original Name | Description: | Submitted by: | |||
| Lester Sharpp | Lester Flatt | Changing to opposite musical sign, misspelled | Megan Tereon | |||
| Imagine Dragoons | Imagine Dragons | If there were "Add a letter" for band names | Megan Tereon | |||
| Paper Jam | Pearl Jam | A common problem in printers | K.N. Pepper | |||
| Kim Tayme | Kim Wilde | The opposite of "wild" misspelled | Sheila Oh | |||
| Gulf War Kids | Cold War Kids | A later war | Rock Maninoff | |||
| Taryn Northern | Taryn Southern | Opposite direction | Rachel | |||
| Big Audio Dynamite II | Big Audio Dynamite | Real example of a temporary rename (early 1990s). | Gus | |||
| Vanilla Bean | Sunflower Bean | Vanilla pods ARE called beans (inaccurately). | Carlito Syrichta | |||
| Coffee Bean | Sunflower Bean | Coffee's seed IS called bean (inaccurately). | Ava Murphy | |||
| Pineapple | Sunflower Bean | Pines no more make apples than sunflowers do beans | Megan Tereon | |||
| Warranty | Warrant | If only there were Add a Letter for band names | Alexandria Oyamaha-Cortez | |||
| 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 | To indicate more than 1 person, as this is 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 |
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| Robert D. Arndt Jr. (site rank #5) | 171 |
| Cassandra | 42 |
| Rachel (site rank #33) | 30 |
| 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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