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Names -> New Names for Bands -> L
This is a list of replacement names for existing band names.
Entries Beginning with L
New Name | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Lady A | Lady Antebellum | A real example. They shortened it in 2020 | Brionna Secret | |||
| A Belle and Two Beaus | Lady Antebellum | LA is 1 girl + 2 guys, so here are Old South terms | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| The Confederates | Lady Antebellum | Play on the "Antebellum" South and they are a trio | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| People Antebellum | Lady Antebellum | Lady Antebellum is a group, not a solo female act. | Editor's Note | |||
| Lady Cosmos | Lady Gaga | Self-proclaimed "Queen of the Universe" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Mistress GooGoo | Lady GaGa | Mistress=Lady, and GooGoo and GaGa are baby talk | Rachel | |||
| Moon Goddess | Lady Gaga | Split her catsuit in concert while bending over! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Goggle | Lady Gaga | If she wore certain eyewear while performing | Bob | |||
| Lady Gargoyle | Lady Gaga | IF she gets the surgical horn implants! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Blogger, Lady Tumblr, Lady Twitter | Lady Gaga | Gaga blogs, tumbles, & tweets more than music! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Pasta | Lady Gaga | Her weight gain blamed on Dad's Italian cooking! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady GagMe | Lady Gaga | She makes people gag! | Snozzberries | |||
| Lady Non-Grata | Lady Gaga | After her snub for this year's VMA ceremony | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Gaudy Gaga | Lady Gaga | For her flashy, garish, loud, & tawdry outfits | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lazy Gaga | Lady Gaga | Continued weight gain out of control | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Shady Gaga | Lady Gaga | For all her endless shades (sunglasses) worn | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Missy Grow-up | Lady Gaga | Talented Megastar, yet she still acts immature | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Gala | Lady Gaga | Her appearance at Gala events supporting charities | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Gag-Gag | Lady Gaga | Self-explanatory. | Mitch | |||
| Lady Agog | Lady Gaga | For the excited anticipation she causes | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Blah-Blah | Lady Gaga | For people who think her lyrics are lame | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Racy Gaga | Lady Gaga | Her sexual nature | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady CaCa | Lady GaGa | She sings like crap. | Percy Fingertips | |||
| Lady Lala | Lady Gaga | She's in her own world (aka La-La Land) | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Crazy Gaga | Lady Gaga | Her antics... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady MooLah | Lady Gaga | Not only for her income, but her charity giving | Brianna Smith | |||
| Lady HaHa | Lady Gaga | Her ridiculous appearances make us laugh!!! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lefty Gaga | Lady Gaga | Only tattoos on her left side | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lusty Germanotta | Lady Gaga | Her real last name mixed with "lusty"... | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady GodMa | Lady Gaga | Godmother to Elton John's child Zachary | Brianna Smith | |||
| Lady Rah-Rah | Lady Gaga | Reminds me of a demented cheerleader! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lady Nah-Nah | Lady Gaga | For those who don't like her music | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Reich Rock | Laibach | For their awesome "Iron Sky" Nazi spoof soundtrack | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Laser Guns Risky | LAZYgunsBRISKY | Certainly makes much more sense! | Marjorie Danvers | |||
| Leah Stuns | Leah Jung | With her beautiful body art | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Leah Sung | Leah Jung | Her aspiration to become vocalist | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Red Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | If amiright had "Change a Letter In A Band Name". | Opie M. | |||
| Lead Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | I used to think they spelt it like the substance | Idont Haveaname | |||
| Leroy Parnell | Lee Roy Parnell | A likely misinterpretation of his name | Jake Eastbrook | |||
| Lemur | Lemar | What it reminds me of | Secret | |||
| Lioness | Leona Lewis | Leona name origin is female for lion (Fr) | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lester Sharpp | Lester Flatt | Changing to opposite musical sign, misspelled | Megan Tereon | |||
| Level 1 | Level 42 | No matter how good they are, they never got that high did they? | Auto2112mbe | |||
| Stage 42 | Level 42 | Stage is another video game term for a level. | Larcen Tyler | |||
| Gameplay | Level 42 | Gamers have to reach various levels as goals | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| LOL | LFO | That's what I want to do when I hear LFO's music, I want to laugh out loud because it sucks so bad. | Tiffany | |||
| UFO | LFO | Would work well for 'Change a letter in band name' | Butch | |||
| Wifehouse | Lifehouse | If any of the band's members are/were married | Calvin Amari | |||
| Deathhouse | Lifehouse | If they became a death metal band. | Opie M. | |||
| Bow Wow | Lil Bow Wow | Real example; dropped 'Lil' when he got older | Guy | |||
| Lil' Mo With A Gimpy Leg | Lil' Mo | A ''Home Alone 2'' reference. | Tony The Tiger Woods | |||
| Soggy Cookie | Limp Bizkit | Limp = Soggy, and Bizkit (biscuit) = Cookie. | 2:49 AM | |||
| Shrimp Basket | Limp Bizkit | It would undoubtedly attract seafood fanatics. | Buzz | |||
| Limp Biscuit | Limp Bizkit | Their music is like one... | Zombie Girl | |||
| Soggy Bizkit | Limp Bizkit | Why the hell not? It's practically the same thing. | Krista | |||
| Limp Triscuit | Limp Bizkit | Ok its not that i dont like Limp Bizkit but i was with my friends once and we were eating Triscuits and she dropped one in her pop and it got soggy and it was like 4 AM and she goes "Look its a Limp Triscuit!" | Meagen | |||
| Gimp Bigits | Limp Bizkit | Their lyrics are both lame and racist. Plus they don't know how to spell. | independent | |||
| Limp Business | Limp Bizkit | That's what they're doing | Your Mom | |||
| 1337 81ZK17 | Limp Bizkit | What would Limp be like if Durst was a hacker? He'd be 1337, j0! | killer_roach | |||
| The Hot Dog Flavored Water Band | Limp Bizkit | People may think that their new name sounds tastier! | Devin | |||
| Pimp Trizkit | Limp Bizkit | Cuz they are pimps and stale like crackers | becky | |||
| Lindsay Low-Hand | Lindsay Lohan | An appropriate description/sounds like actual name | Harlow Goobley | |||
| Lindsay Drive-ban | Lindsay Lohan | Her recent driving offenses | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lindsay Felon | Lindsay Lohan | When is she not in trouble with the Law? | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Porsche Demon | Lindsay Lohan | Blows probation with lie about car accident | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Stinkin Park | Linkin Park | People who hate their music might think this way. | The Dude | |||
| Krap Niknil | Linkin Park | Spelling the name backward gives a hidden message! | Mac | |||
| Parkin Link | Linkin Park | it just sounds cool | Francesca | |||
| Blinkin' Dark | Linkin Park | Their music is Dark, man | Mazotti | |||
| Lionel Itchy | Lionel Richie | Because his music makes my knuckles itch! | Scratchy | |||
| Lionel Rich-Tea | Lionel Richie | For all you good old british folk who are well acquainted with this time-old biscuit (The Rich Tea), this will be mildly amusing, I'm certain. Anyone for cucumber sandwiches??? | Mae | |||
| Liquor People | Liquid People | Would describe some real people more aptly. | Alicia Sturdivant | |||
| Liquid Paper | Liquid People | Also known as whiteout! | Marty | |||
| Lovely Angel | Lisa Whelchel | Sings Christian Pop very well | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Elysia | Lisa Whelchel | Latin word for heaven, as in Lisa's angel voice | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lisa's Gospel | Lisa Whelchel | If she dedicated herself to Christian music | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Snotty Rich Girl | Lisa Whelchel | Due to her role as Blair Warner on "Facts of Life" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Little Weasel | Lisa Whelchel | If she kept her Blair persona and sang pop music | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Holy Vessel | Lisa Whelchel | A devout Christian who puts God above all else | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Lita Bentley | Lita Ford | Ford is American car, but Lita was born in England | A. Person | |||
| Little Feet | Little Feat | If they were a kids group! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Little Boys | Little Girls | This band consists of males, not females. | Gus | |||
| Little the 1009th | Little Mix | If we interpret his last name as a Roman numeral | Lucinda Blair | |||
| Dead | Live | Are they still playing? | Opie M. | |||
| Living With Eating Dinosaurs | Living With Eating Disorders | How I initially misread the name. Funny! | Lauren Overstreet | |||
| LMNO | LMNT | Since O (not T) comes after N; keeps the sequence | Archie C. | |||
| Lame Mutant Ninja Turtles | LMNT | What some people might think it stands for | David Sari | |||
| Good Lord! | Lorde | Her singing is atrocious | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | |||
| Los Loony Boys | Los Lonely Boys | just because it sounds cool | Random Madeupperson | |||
| Lost Lonely Boys | Los Lonely Boys | If we had 'Add Letter' for band names, this'd work | Orville Beddenrocker | |||
| The Garza Brothers | Los Lonely Boys | That's what they are: Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza | Sol Diablo | |||
| Los Chicos Solitarios | Los Lonely Boys | This way the name is consistently in Spanish. | Tiffany | |||
| Lophostropheus | Lostprophets | A dinosaur whose name theirs always reminds me of | Chelsea Turtle | |||
| Foundprophets | Lostprophets | We should clearly find them somewhere | Michael Millward | |||
| Haterboy | Loverboy | If these guys hated each other | Opie M. | |||
| Lovergirl | Loverboy | A boy needs his girl! | Larcen Tyler | |||
| Lover?!! Oh, Brother! | Loverboy | Has anyone ever seen a loverboy in Canada (where the band is from)? | united | |||
| Linus Diamond | Lucy Pearl | Different Peanuts character; different gem | Future Backer | |||
| Ludichris | Ludacris | Maintains original spellings of ludicrous & Chris. | Mr. Critic | |||
| Ridikulis | Ludacris | Ludicrous=Ridiculous, duh! | Rachel | |||
| Lunacy | Luna Sea | What the name probably intends to suggest | Roxanne Drake | |||
| Luni Tunz | Luniz | This rap act would pay tribute to classic cartoons | The Unfunny Man | |||
| Wino | Lush | Another slang term for the noun lush. | John Phillips Screwdriver | |||
| Drunkard | Lush | That's what a lush is (as a noun). | Leo Cook |
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