cool band names actually used by bands

[LongHairFreak]

I've always thought Frigid Pink sounded cool. I like the sound of Motley Crue too.

Not that we were known by anyone, but I was in a band called The City Apes. I still dig the sound of that one.

 

[S. Katz]

Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys

 

[Super Dwarf]

Pissed Jeans
The Mothers of Invention

 

[M0ses]

Iwrestledabearonce is a sweet name. I hate the music, though.

 

[Deleted member 92857]

We get a lot of comments on our band name:

The Smokin' Toasters

There was a band in the southeast US in the 1990's called
Mr. Resistor and the Incapacitors

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[SPSD Ross]

What you're favorite band name that's actually used?

my favorites:

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start (LONG!)
Solar Powered Sun Destroyer
I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Yearbook

yours?

WHOA!!! Awesome! Thank you for liking our name. I am a total gear nerd and as a band we are total tone dorks, so I find myself reading talkbass ALL the time, but never thought we would ever get a mention on here.

 

[shaggy45]

best band name ever is "the band"

 

[Eater_of_Birds]

Wolves in the throne room. also an awesome band.
Burnt by the Sun
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE (lulz)

 

[osv]

Queensryche
The Wildhearts
Galactic Cowboys
Dumpster Juice (not a fan, just like the name)
Def Leppard
Led Zeppelin
The Who

 

[capnsandwich]

Chocolate Fetus is one of my faves.

 

[stingray96191]

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its mine and its awesome.

 

[byronkowalski]

clitoral defecation

 

[StipeC]

Al & his coholics

 

[PimasterPearson]

I briefly had a band called Mister Falcon. Origin:

Some other favorites:

The Black Keys
The Dusty Jackets
Flogging Molly
Mama's Cookin'
mewithoutYou
Mofro
Mutemath

 

[ShredderMaximus]

Slayer=Best name for metal

 

[Socalef9]

butt hole surfers is one of my favs

 

[slipitin]

Revolting Cocks

Right on!

 

[Georynn]

Jesus Chrysler Supercar

 

[Ursus Tyrannus]

Behemoth
Barton Fink
F.K.Ü (Freddy Kruger's Ünderwear)
Gorilla Monsoon
Man or Astro-man?
Mastodon
Oomph!
Orange Goblin
Scissorfight
Send More Paramedics
Skinny Puppy
Steel Pole Bath Tub
Suicidal Tendencies
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Zombie Apocalypse

And my all time favorite band name (and one of my all time favorite bands)

Killdozer

 

[AmieLouHat]

Dananananaykroyd
Tokyo Sex Destruction
We Still Love You, Boris Yeltsin
It's Not Not

I'm in a band called Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo