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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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Entries Beginning with O, Page 1
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Name | Origin | Submitted by: | ||
| O.J. Concentrate | Get it? Orange juice concentrate such as Minute Maid (which could also be a cool band name). | ole | ||
| O.K Street | I came up with this when i was watching ncaa basketball. it was oklahoma state but it was abbreiviated as OK ST. At the time me and my buddss were thnkin of band names and i said O.K Street. It sounds kewl to me. | Braden Staudacher | ||
| O.P.M.F.S.(Orange Purple MOnkeys From Space) | We Were Thinking of a band name that was long And i LIke to talk non-sence so i also always say something like that And then i said it and we were all like "YEA" "That Rules" | Ryan A.G. | ||
| The Oathtakers | This is the band of all the people who were forced to join the school parliament but refused, for greater things. So in the true sense we are the real Cabinet, but cabinet sounds boring. Therefore, OATHTAKERS. | Neeti Nayak | ||
| Oatmeal And Windmill | In childhood, before I clearly learned to distinguish between similar-sounding words, "mill" and "meal" ran together, especially as roots in compound words like the two in the name I've submitted. I suspected some mystical connection between between oatmeal and windmill, hearing "meal" equally at the end of both. As a band name, this could be a tribute to such mystical appearances of connections. | Richard Wetfuss | ||
| Oaty Tea | Looked through an expressions page and, if said out loud, this says OTT (aka Over The Top). | Charlie | ||
| Obama The Golden Walrus | I was lying in bed thinking and it just came to me! | Pugscute | ||
| OBCT | This band is full of over-weight people. OBCT. Which also stands for Over-weight bodies covering toes. | Jingle Bells | ||
| Oberfeldwebel | I used to know a guy who called himself Oberfeldwebel. Technical sergeant in German, I think. I just guess any name over 12 letters is usually good. | Chris W | ||
| Objects In The Mirror | I was sitting in the car one day, and you know that little sticker message that says "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear"...? Well, I thought it sounded cool... | goofy monkey child | ||
| Oblivious Revenge | My friend and I were really mad at my cousin because she is so controling. So we made a little band thingy, and this was going to be are name. | Justin | ||
| Oblivious Society | I guess it's because a lot of the society today is unaware what is happening, like at schools and stuff. | skye | ||
| Obnoxious Jellybeans | I have this thing for thinkin up lil bands in my head and for some reason I can totally imagine this being a popular band's name, even though it sux! | jessica | ||
| Obscenic Route | This band's CD will definitely have one of those "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" tags on it. | RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Obscenity Plurals | Some bands (usually punk rock) have names which are in this format (Sex Pistols, Butthole Surfers, etc). I think it's an excellent idea to poke fun at those names. | Bold Yelper | ||
| Obscure | I came up with it when I was listening to Blur. I want to start a band based around Blur because they rule. I shall bring back British pop! And I thought, "Hmm, what's another word for Blur? I ended up with Obscure!! | Damon albarn is god!! | ||
| Obscure Reference | I was looking for one (obscure reference) for a band name and decided it worked on it's own. | psychedelicategirl | ||
| Obsidian | I was looking in the dictionary and doing my English homework. I saw it and thought it would make a pretty sweet band name. It's said the means was "a dark volcanic piece glass or black metal". | Mario | ||
| Obvious | I came up with obvious by thinking about all our traits. It's obvious we're a pop band, it's obvious we're girls, and it's obvious we're all great! [Ed.'s note: It's obvious that that last statement is an opinion by your band and some of those that have actually heard you play.] | a.saunders | ||
| Obvious Door | A group of us were writing a script, and someone remarked "The set needs to have an obvious door." I made a note of that - "need obvious door" - and it struck me that Obvious Door just sounds good in phrases like "Please welcome our next act... Obvious Door!" | Red Tim | ||
| Occam's Razor | I heard this term being used on "The Simpsons," and I thought it'd make a cool band name. "The simplest explanation is probably the correct one." | Olvan The Terrible | ||
| The Occasional Wives | Some chick band could use this as a name...a friend showed a list of funny country songs, and "Occasional Wife" struck me as a good band name for some reason. | Jeff | ||
| Ocean Carvers | It has a tropical "theme,sound" to it and it would definetely grab my attention! | KeLsEy | ||
| Ocean's Suicide | I randomly thought of it after seeing a pic of a girl sitting on a rock in the ocean with slit wrists and blood in the water. | Linkin Park Soldier | ||
| Octane | As in high octane gas? A high energy rock band. | Indy Gent | ||
| Octavious | It sounds SO tite. It is the name of this one guy who was a roman. and he was like, caesar. it would be good for a heavy, gothic type rock band. | Emilee | ||
| October Day | It was halloween so me and friends were sitting and talking about different bands and stuff and I came up with this name, I think it's cool though. | Cody | ||
| Octopus Sphyncter | My mom came up with this name. We were watching "Iron Chefs". They always make weird stuff on this show and my mom was like, "what are they doing with that octopus sphyncter?" I don't know, I thought it was a good name. | supa fly | ||
| The Odd Ogres Of Opera | This would be a group made op of ex band members of "Hunchback" and "Quasi Modo". | badboybear | ||
| Odd One Out | I was playing a mini game on X-Box. One of the levels was named 'odd one out'. | Jordan Vandamme | ||
| Oddball Baseball | I thought of it while playing baseball | young | ||
| Oddz or Evenz? | So I was talking to my girlfriend during this sex ed thing and this creppy teacher was standing behind us he's like follow me he sits me down and says "odds or evens ramirez? (my last name)" | Stevie | ||
| Odium | it means hatred, so its kinda cool | jonnyboy | ||
| Odobenus Rosmarus | The scientific name of the walrus. ROCK ON WALRUS! | quickstep | ||
| Odyssey | I was in a car wash and me and my friend were trying to think of a band name. We were looking all over, oily surface, LustraSheild, then finally gave up. A couple minutes later after looking straight ahead for a couple minutes, we both went ODYSSEY. The car ahead of us was a Honda Odyssey. Thus, a band was born. | Bryce | ||
| Of Mice And Minstrels | good Emo band name, play on Of Mice And Men. | Calvin | ||
| Of Pandas and People. | Of Pandas and People is a book about the theory of Intelligent Design, but I thought I sounded cool for a technical hardcore (mathcore) band. | ObeseBrutality | ||
| Off Beat Kids. | Luke.. | |||
| Off Eater Zane | I have no idea what it means but my friend's grandma said it to me after she left while we were playing basketball at the park at night. She says nonsensical words all the time (Ed: I think she said "Auf Wiedersehen" which is German for "goodbye".) | Joe S. | ||
| Off Limits | I think ths would be a sweet name, because it would be so easy to make a symbol, and it sounds awsome! | how come | ||
| Off The Rocker | Just a play on words; taken two different ways, this name could suggest either that your band is a little bit crazy or that you are a one-man Norse guitarist. People would probably enjoy any combo. | Alex | ||
| Off-Season Santa and the Constipated Elves | This was actually a combination of two things that were said by one of my ex-girlfirends. The first was with regard to a pedestrian we saw who looked similar to the Christmas fellow. The other arose from her criticism of a Keebler commercial. Together - what a name! | Scott Bendle | ||
| The Offbrands | (This is my band's name) It's perfect for a band that has just started and not too popular. Perfect for an Indy band. (Copyright) | JK | ||
| Offense Intended | The opposite of "no offense intended". Any band intentionally trying to shock people would do well with this name. | RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Officer Carl Lewis | On TruTV's Top 20 Most Shocking, a police officer said that he "didn't run fast, but ran like Carl Lewis that day", when saving a man who had fallen off a train platform. | JeReMy | ||
| Oh Lord The Pleasure of Sex | Well, the guy is reading out "Tonight!! Oh Lord The Pleasure Of Sex". Oh, I need to get out more. | groupie101 | ||
| Oh My God Charlie Darwin | Perfect i know, its blasphemy and funny, just imagin the tee shirt designs.wow | Keenen | ||
| Oh Pygar! | From Barbarella | patiperro | ||
| Ohiowa | I was watching The-N and "Taking Back Sunday" was talking about the fact that they have no sense of direction and hoped that Ohio and Iowa would become one super state called "Ohiowa" and it sounded pretty cool! | *Dia* | ||
| Okra | The name of a rather hideous-tasting vegetable. | GlamRockNinjaLord | ||
| Old #7 | Some friends and I were sitting around getting drunk talking about starting a band. We looked at the label of the bottle and saw the little seal with "Old #7" written on it and we figured that it had kind of a southern rock/metal feel to it which is the type of music we all listen to. | Roger Lee Sills Jr. | ||
| Old Doctor Young | Was the character name of the radio physician whose series Mary Ann listened to on "Gilligan's Island". She had a dream about it after some misinformation led her to believe that she ate poisonous mushrooms. (It turned out her boyfriend wrote a Dear Jane letter from home, and she didn't like him anyway.) | oldtimer | ||
| Old Grandma's Lunchbox | seriously think about it...who is cooler than grandma....she makes you food...gives you money and gifts...the occasional ride now and then...and we all know grandma's food is the best so...that is where the whole lunchbox thing came into play...it is just the coolest bandname.... | rENeN | ||
| Old Guy With a Death Wish | All of the country singers in Australia are really, really OLD. | green | ||
| Old Jeans Forgive | From my college days-when we were comforted to see our jeans still fit after self-induced, alcohol-induced bloating. | Melissa | ||
| Old Men Die In New Suits | I thought this was cool, as most old people are richer than younger people. It's different. | Alison* | ||
| Old Moldy Apples (OMA) | I left an apple in my locker after lunch one day and forgot about it. I visited my locker again a few weeks later with my friend Wes, and he pointed out the old, moldy apple in my locker. At the time we were discussing band names. It could work. | DaTDawgg | ||
| Old People Anthems | well i opened a book and just put my fingers and some words and i got it! | joopider drummer | ||
| Old People In Bags | Its cool because i came up with it with my friend on a way to a show. yeah, dont use it for yourself... please | Tyler | ||
| Olde Nasty Plastique Babies | my band name. we thought old ratty baby dolls would be a cool grungy rock icon. also if there plastique you can blow them up. thats always cool. | tom | ||
| Olee Akakio | It's yodeling that doesn't make sense | Brionna Secret | ||
| Olive One Martini Zero | This is my description of a horrible martini. The olive always comes through, and if you are keeping score...... this makes sense. | dave miller- manny | ||
| Olive U. F***ov | Just another punk rock name, never used, up for grabs. | hamtramckmike | ||
| Oliver Clothesoff | Just like the play on words: "Take 'Oliver Clothesoff'". | Gideon McCain | ||
| Oliver Klozov | If you read it carefully it speaks for itself. It's actually the name of an X-rated model website, but it's still a wicked name. | OOglebooze | ||
| OliveSmell | I like olives and the smell of them | Andy | ||
| Olivia Neutron Bomb | Olivia is da bomb. | hugh askew | ||
| Ollie-Gator | The name Ollie-Gator was made up not by me, but by my step mom. She thought up this name when she created an e-mail address for me. Although, Ollie-Gator is only 99% origanal because I heard that a long time ago there was a cheesy cartoon character apparently called Wally Gator. But still, don't you think that would be an awsome band (possibly rock) name? | Oliver | ||
| oMega | it's the last laten letter it is like the letter "z" | maryanne | ||
| The Omega Imperative | I've thrown around this name as the name of a band I was forming, but it doesn't work for alt/metal, it's more for electronic hardcore. | killer_roach | ||
| The Omega Males | In Greek, alpha is the first letter while omega is the last. So this band is the opposite of "the alpha males". | RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Omega Power | A guy in my class invented it and in the end of the school year everyone kept repeting it even though we still don´t know what the hell it means. | SaRa | ||
| omga code | its really cool beause it makes me think of this one movie thats way cool | charlotte | ||
| Omididi | Simply cool and unpredictable | aldy rizaldy | ||
| omiflippingod | How I felt when I found out that our first single was going to sink without a bloody trace. Dammit. I should try again sometime. | Exocet | ||
| On Hold Again | My friend made up this band name. When she told me I immediately thought "awesome band name!" It's got rhythm and could totally awesome as plain initials too...OHA | molly | ||
| On Hold Since 1993 | I think it's cool, just because it tells how the world makes you wait even when your ready. | Marcopolo21 | ||
| On Silence | you would think of something silent as being off.... like a radio or tv or a nagging wife for that matter... but when silence is on, that's when you're creative thoughts are at their best, cause all you hear is the silence that is on in your head... does that work?? | brad | ||
| On Stage | I think On Stage would be a cool name for a band that plays a lot of live shows, because it describes where they're performing. | Yvette Bristle | ||
| On The Brink | This name represents the band that wants to be different from all the other typical bands. They are on the brink of discovering a new sound and a new meaning behind their music. | Izgottfro | ||
| On the Edge of Forever & Never | I really don't know why I like it, but it just came to me. | Good Heritage | ||
| On The Fiddle | Suitable for a folky/trad/acoustic band, especially one without a fiddle player...but don't tell the Benefits Agency. | John | ||
| On The Line | Me and my friends entered a battle of the bands and our drummer (who vomitted up before the gig) said, "There's a lot on the line". We thought he was talking to us calling us "On The Line". Before that, we were called Dr. Scrote And The Stoats, so a slight improvement! | Antler | ||
| On The Other Side | WEll, i thought it sounded interesting... Everyone always thinks if just "that one thing" was different, life would be so much greater, but you will never by truly happy. I CAN SEE IT...... Band name: On the other side, debut album "The Grass is Always Greener".... i know its cliche, but its something everyone needs to realize..... we'd be a mellow punk-pop-ish band..... | Jesyka | ||
| On The Sidewalk Bleeding | Read a story with the title and thought it was sorta a sick band name. | Travis | ||
| Onautumn | Okay, when me and my band were looking for a name, we were really running out of ideas. I'm a real Offspring fan, so as a joke I said "How 'bout Onautumn" (The exact opposite to the Offspring). Yes I do know what Offspring really means, but I just thought this way was better. | No Hero | ||
| Oncoming Traffic | My hard rock band, (bringing it back to real rock 'n' roll, 70s stuff, AC/DC, etc.) is called Oncoming Traffic. It is just cool. We almost lost a drummer because of oncoming traffic. My fault. Long story. Remember this name, you'll hear someday. Rock on! | AC/DC rules | ||
| One Bottle Of Wine And A Cheeta | I have theese unfinished C02 cars and one of them looks like a bottle of wine and my Home Ec. teacher [who will be mentioned in a different band name] told me that my other C02 car should be painted like a cheeta. | phamilto | ||
| One Crow Sorrow | I got it from the movie The Crow: City of Angels. In the movie, Ashe recites a poem with this line in it. | The Crow | ||
| One Dollar Bill | Blink-182 went on a tour that cost only one dollar. So I came up with the name one dollar bill. | smiley | ||
| One Eyed Monsters | J_Col | |||
| One For The Gipper | After the Notre Dame running back George Gipp. When he was dying of cancer, Gipp told coach Knute Rockne to instruct his teammates to "Win one for the Gipper". So one for the Gipp would be like a victory song or anthem. | Rocky | ||
| One Headlight | my friend and i listened to a song over and over that was about a girl who comit suicide, and the refrane went "we could drive it home with one headlight". we were trying to figur out what it ment, and i thought that it ment the girl comit suicide `cuz she only had one headlight, and all the guys teased her =) | Nikke | ||
| One Hit Wonder | I wish I'd thought of it but I didn't. I just saw this is a real band listed on a synthpop album compilation called Spacesynth Revolutions on Amazon. It's quite clever really. When someone says they're a "one hit wonder" they can say yes we really are. Somebody should've thought of this years ago. | Edward | ||
| One Hundred Percent Less Napier | This was printed on the cover of our slacker tabloid "Nuvo" about 6 years ago. (Jeff) Napier was a columnist who took the title personally and quit right after this issue went to press. Well, not all publicity is good publicity, especially for the ones covering it. | Indy | ||
| One Knuckle Head After Another | Rotten Ricky came up with this one at work one day, talking about the clients we had to deal with was like dealing with "one knuckle head after another". Sounded like a cool band name to us. | Indigo Dan | ||
| One Last Sundown | Thought it was pretty cool :L thats all really :) | Harrison | ||
| One Man Empire | I was gonna name my band this 'cause I liked the sound of it, but then in all the exitement of playing shows and what no, it just slipped my mind...damn. | grizzy-b | ||
| One Night In Paris | It would just sound awsome for a punk or indie band. People would come see you just for the name. | cjb043 | ||
| One Night Stand | it has several meanings on different levels - mostly becaus I thought that once we spend the night at your place , we probably would never be invited back.. | art b |
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