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Long band names

Some bands go long on purpose: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queens of the Stone Age, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. A long name is easy to own and tells a little story, as long as fans can shorten it.

Here are the best-known long band names, then original long names, many of them sentence names in the emo and post-rock tradition.

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Famous long band names

Notable acts from Wikidata, ranked by the number of Wikipedia language editions about them.

  1. Creedence Clearwater Revival 1968 · country rock · US
  2. Queens of the Stone Age 1996 · stoner rock · US
  3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1968 · soft rock · US
  4. New Kids on the Block 1984 · contemporary r&b · US
  5. Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway 2002 · alternative metal · US
  6. Selena Gomez & the Scene 2008 · pop rock · US
  7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1983 · experimental rock · Australia
  8. Sly and the Family Stone 1967 · psychedelic soul · US
  9. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 2007 · electro house · Belgium
  10. Booker T. & the M.G.'s 1962 · soul · US
  11. La Oreja de Van Gogh 1996 · emo subculture · Spain
  12. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1976 · heartland rock · US
  13. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 2010 · alternative rock · UK
  14. Country Joe and the Fish 1965 · psychedelic rock · US
  15. KC and the Sunshine Band 1973 · funk · US
  16. The Presidents of the United States of America 1993 · pop-punk · US
  17. Bob Marley & The Wailers 1963 · reggae · Jamaica
  18. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1963 · blues rock · UK
  19. Big Brother and the Holding Company 1965 · psychedelic rock · US
  20. Bill Haley & His Comets 1949 · rock and roll · US
  21. Galantis Dilshadilu07celebrity's 2012 · future house · Sweden
  22. Paul Revere and the Raiders 1958 · frat rock · US
  23. Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz 2000 · indie rock · Georgia
  24. Quicksilver Messenger Service 1965 · psychedelic rock · US
  25. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 1978 · hip-hop · US
  26. Huey Lewis and the News 1978 · doo-wop · US
  27. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2010 · stoner rock · Australia
  28. Original Dixieland Jass Band 1916 · jazz · US
  29. 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor 1990 · eurodance · Netherlands
  30. Al Bano & Romina Power 1975 · disco · Italy
  31. Between the Buried and Me 2000 · metalcore · US
  32. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 2005 · indie folk · US
  33. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis contemporary r&b · US
  34. The Plastic People of the Universe 1968 · underground · Czech Republic
  35. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 1985 · new-school hip-hop · US
  36. Epic Rap Battles of History 2010 · battle rap · US
  37. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 1994 · art rock · US
  38. Super Junior Donghae & Eunhyuk 2011 · synth-pop · South Korea
  39. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe 1988 · progressive rock · UK
  40. Cute Is What We Aim For 2005 · power pop · US
  41. Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows 2010 · alternative rock · US
  42. Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 1968 · rock · US
  43. Ewert and The Two Dragons 2009 · indie folk · Estonia
  44. Lilly Wood and the Prick 2006 · pop · France
  45. Los Bunkers y le ron james 1998 · rock · Chile
  46. Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band 1989 · rock · UK
  47. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 1972 · rock · UK
  48. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 1967 · pop rock · UK
  49. The Good, the Bad & the Queen 2005 · alternative rock · UK
  50. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul musical play · US
  51. Blood on the Dance Floor 2007 · crunkcore · US
  52. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2004 · indie rock · US
  53. Quintette du Hot Club de France 1934 · gypsy jazz · France
  54. Wolves in the Throne Room 2004 · atmospheric black metal · US
  55. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 1961 · pop rock · UK
  56. Gary Lewis & the Playboys 1964 · rock · US
  57. Gladys Knight & the Pips 1952 · soul · US
  58. New Riders of the Purple Sage 1969 · country rock · US
  59. Pete Rock & CL Smooth 1991 · jazz rap · US
  60. The United States of America 1967 · experimental rock · US
  61. Archie Bell & the Drells 1966 · funk · US
  62. Bohren & der Club of Gore 1992 · jazz · Germany
  63. Does It Offend You, Yeah? 2006 · dance-punk · UK
  64. Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung 1977 · pop rock · Austria
  65. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 1954 · rhythm and blues · US
  66. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates 1959 · rock and roll · UK
  67. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster 2004 · southern metal · US
  68. Nick Jonas & the Administration 2009 · blue-eyed soul · US
  69. Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi 2020 · k-pop · South Korea
  70. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 2007 · indie pop · US
  71. Tommy James & the Shondells 1959 · pop rock · US
  72. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats 2009 · occult rock · UK
  73. We Are the In Crowd emo pop · US
  74. A Place to Bury Strangers 2004 · noise rock · US
  75. Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson schlager · UK
  76. Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995 · folk metal · Czech Republic
  77. G. Love & Special Sauce 1992 · alternative hip-hop · US
  78. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam 1985 · contemporary r&b · US
  79. Little Anthony and the Imperials 1958 · adult contemporary · US
  80. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch 1991 · pop rap · US
  81. Richard Hell and the Voidoids 1976 · art punk · US
  82. The Lords of the New Church 1982 · gothic rock · UK
  83. Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1979 · dancehall · Jamaica
  84. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 1988 · space rock · US
  85. England Dan & John Ford Coley 1970 · pop rock · US
  86. I Don't Know How But They Found Me 2016 · dance-rock · US
  87. I Set My Friends On Fire 2007 · electronicore · US
  88. No Party for Cao Dong indie rock
  89. Of the Wand & the Moon 1998 · neofolk · Denmark
  90. Simon Dupree and the Big Sound psychedelic rock · UK
  91. The Claypool Lennon Delirium 2015 · indie pop
  92. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1972 · rock · UK
  93. Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus 1997 · heavy metal · Finland
  94. A Rocket to the Moon 2006 · alternative rock · US
  95. Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra 1982 · pop · Turkey
  96. Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo happy hardcore · Netherlands
  97. Creedence Clearwater Revisited 1995 · rock · US
  98. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico 1962 · salsa · US
  99. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 2015 · hardcore punk
  100. Generations from Exile Tribe 2011 · contemporary r&b · Japan

Long band name ideas

Sentence names and long phrases, screened against 120,000+ notable artists. Original ideas, screened against 120,000+ notable artists when this page was built. Check your favourite before you use it. Generate more →

  1. Nobody Told the Heartaches
  2. this is how the hourglass ends
  3. Your Moon, My Curfew
  4. Still Honest on Saturdays
  5. Everything Is Unlit Now
  6. Walt Forgets the Oyster
  7. i kept the half-light
  8. We Used to Be Coastlines
  9. A Sleet Above the Android
  10. Until the Neon Breaks
  11. Wildflowers Over the Comet
  12. And Then the Transmission
  13. We Lost the Thunder
  14. Saints of the Gridline
  15. We Were Hollows Once
  16. Orchards of the Vostok
  17. Ballads of the Aurora
  18. When the Pier Went Quiet
  19. Signals from the Coastline
  20. The Hound We Were Promised
  21. How Strange, the Hologram
  22. Children of the Antenna
  23. Letters to a Cosmic Echo
  24. Rivers of the Cloudburst
  25. Everything Under the Parallax
  26. Hammer of the Server
  27. Architects of the Iceberg
  28. Ghosts of the Laser
  29. Daughters of the Snowdrift
  30. Prophets of the Cog
  31. Rooms of the Circuit
  32. Legion of the Telescope
  33. I Am the Onslaught
  34. From Iron to Infernos
  35. Before the Cinder Breaks
  36. From Artillery to Chainmail

Questions

What is the longest band name?

Joke bands have used names with dozens of words, but among well-known acts names like "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" and "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" are famous for their length.

Is a long band name a bad idea?

Not if it shortens naturally (Queens of the Stone Age becomes QOTSA) and fits on a poster. Long names are easier to own in search than single words.

Can I use one of these real band names?

No. The names in the notable-bands lists belong to real, well-known acts, so using one would confuse fans and could infringe their rights. Use them for inspiration, then generate an original name and run it through the band name checker.

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