Mexican bands

Mexican band names

Mexican bands span rock en español (Maná, Café Tacvba, Zoé), Latin pop (RBD, Reik), rap (Control Machete), metal (The Warning) and the huge regional scene. Searches for Mexican band names grew sharply in 2026.

Here are the best-known Mexican bands by global fame, then ideas. For names in Spanish, see our Spanish generators for norteño, cumbia and rock en español.

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Famous Mexican bands

Ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions cover each band.

  1. RBD 2004 · pop · Mexico
  2. Control Machete 1996 · gangsta rap · Mexico
  3. The Warning 2014 · hard rock · Mexico
  4. Maná 1986 · latin alternative · Mexico
  5. Molotov 1995 · rap rock · Mexico
  6. Rodrigo y Gabriela 2000 · rumba flamenca · Mexico
  7. Los Panchos 1944 · bolero · Mexico
  8. Big Flow Music 2013 · gangsta rap · Mexico
  9. Hocico 1993 · electro-industrial · Mexico
  10. Reik latin pop · Mexico
  11. Vázquez Sounds 2011 · pop · Mexico
  12. Belanova 2000 · synth-pop · Mexico
  13. Café Tacvba 1990 · samba · Mexico
  14. Zoé 1997 · alternative rock · Mexico
  15. Jesse & Joy 2001 · pop · Mexico
  16. Caifanes 1987 · rock en español · Mexico
  17. Morat 2015 · folk rock · Mexico
  18. Camila 2005 · latin pop · Mexico
  19. Timbiriche latin pop · Mexico
  20. Here Comes the Kraken 2007 · deathcore · Mexico
  21. Los Tigres del Norte 1969 · norteño · Mexico
  22. Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio 1985 · rock en español · Mexico
  23. Panda alternative rock · Mexico
  24. Pandora 1973 · latin pop · Mexico
  25. Amduscia 1999 · electro-industrial · Mexico
  26. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán son jaliscience · Mexico
  27. Santos Bravos latin pop · Mexico
  28. CD9 2014 · pop · Mexico
  29. Instituto Mexicano del Sonido 2006 · electronica · Mexico
  30. Los Ángeles Azules cumbia · Mexico
  31. Panteón Rococó ska · Mexico
  32. Playa Limbo 2005 · pop · Mexico
  33. Tijuana No! 1992 · ska punk · Mexico
  34. El Tri 1983 · rock · Mexico
  35. Jeans 1994 · teen pop · Mexico
  36. La Arrolladora Banda El Limón 1997 · banda · Mexico
  37. Le Butcherettes 2007 · indie rock · Mexico
  38. Nortec Collective 1999 · electronica · Mexico
  39. Sin Bandera 2000 · latin pop · Mexico
  40. Zurdok 1993 · grunge · Mexico
  41. Allison 2002 · power pop · Mexico
  42. Anabantha gothic metal · Mexico
  43. Austin TV 2001 · post-rock · Mexico
  44. Flans post punk · Mexico
  45. Hello Seahorse! 2005 · independent · Mexico
  46. Jaguares mexican rock · Mexico
  47. Los Temerarios 1978 · latin ballad · Mexico
  48. Lost Acapulco 1996 · surf rock · Mexico
  49. Magnet 1983 · latin pop · Mexico
  50. Mœnia electronica · Mexico
  51. Nikki Clan 2005 · pop rock · Mexico
  52. Plastilina Mosh 1996 · alternative rock · Mexico
  53. Porter 2004 · experimental rock · Mexico
  54. Transmetal 1987 · death metal · Mexico
  55. Belafonte Sensacional 2009 · outsider · Mexico
  56. Botellita de Jerez 1983 · rock · Mexico
  57. Calibre 50 2010 · regional mexican · Mexico
  58. Cuca 1990 · hard rock · Mexico
  59. Descartes a Kant 2001 · experimental rock · Mexico
  60. Eme 15 2011 · latin pop · Mexico
  61. Kinky 1998 · alternative rock · Mexico
  62. La Barranca 1994 · rock · Mexico
  63. La Gusana Ciega 1993 · rock en español · Mexico
  64. Little Jesus 2012 · pop rock · Mexico
  65. Los Alegres de Terán regional mexican · Mexico
  66. Los Dug Dug's 1964 · psychedelic rock · Mexico
  67. Los Teen Tops rock and roll · Mexico
  68. Los Tres Reyes 1958 · bolero · Mexico
  69. Lu latin ballad · Mexico
  70. Matisse 2014 · pop · Mexico
  71. OV7 1988 · teen pop · Mexico
  72. Resorte 1995 · rap metal · Mexico
  73. Santa Sabina 1988 · funk · Mexico
  74. Son Rompe Pera 2017 · mexican folk · Mexico
  75. Trío Calaveras 1931 · bolero · Mexico

Mexican band names by genre

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

Mexican rock bands

  1. The Warning 2014 · hard rock · Mexico
  2. Maná 1986 · latin alternative · Mexico
  3. Café Tacvba 1990 · samba · Mexico
  4. Zoé 1997 · alternative rock · Mexico
  5. Caifanes 1987 · rock en español · Mexico
  6. Morat 2015 · folk rock · Mexico
  7. Camila 2005 · latin pop · Mexico
  8. Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio 1985 · rock en español · Mexico
  9. Panda alternative rock · Mexico
  10. El Tri 1983 · rock · Mexico
  11. Le Butcherettes 2007 · indie rock · Mexico
  12. Zurdok 1993 · grunge · Mexico
  13. Anabantha gothic metal · Mexico
  14. Jaguares mexican rock · Mexico
  15. Lost Acapulco 1996 · surf rock · Mexico

Mexican pop bands

  1. RBD 2004 · pop · Mexico
  2. Vázquez Sounds 2011 · pop · Mexico
  3. Belanova 2000 · synth-pop · Mexico
  4. Jesse & Joy 2001 · pop · Mexico
  5. Camila 2005 · latin pop · Mexico
  6. Santos Bravos latin pop · Mexico
  7. CD9 2014 · pop · Mexico
  8. Playa Limbo 2005 · pop · Mexico
  9. Jeans 1994 · teen pop · Mexico
  10. Allison 2002 · power pop · Mexico
  11. Magnet 1983 · latin pop · Mexico
  12. Nikki Clan 2005 · pop rock · Mexico
  13. Little Jesus 2012 · pop rock · Mexico
  14. Matisse 2014 · pop · Mexico
  15. OV7 1988 · teen pop · Mexico

Mexican hip-hop & r&b bands

  1. Control Machete 1996 · gangsta rap · Mexico
  2. Molotov 1995 · rap rock · Mexico
  3. Big Flow Music 2013 · gangsta rap · Mexico
  4. Resorte 1995 · rap metal · Mexico
  5. Santa Sabina 1988 · funk · Mexico

Mexican electronic bands

  1. Hocico 1993 · electro-industrial · Mexico
  2. Amduscia 1999 · electro-industrial · Mexico
  3. Instituto Mexicano del Sonido 2006 · electronica · Mexico
  4. Nortec Collective 1999 · electronica · Mexico
  5. Mœnia electronica · Mexico

Band name ideas with a Mexican feel

Original names, 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. Forty Outlaws
  2. The Roadside Hitchhikers
  3. Block Kestrel
  4. Spark 1984
  5. Moon Lassos
  6. Hailstone 9
  7. Late-Night Lips
  8. The Terminals
  9. School of Bourbon
  10. Moonshore
  11. Wolfgrave
  12. The Blistering Curfews
  13. Ultraviolet Rattler
  14. Stormborn
  15. The Overgrown Cadences
  16. Mintside
  17. Smoldering Choirs
  18. The Feral Wildfires
  19. Sleepless Dusk
  20. Rhymeside
  21. Porch Tumbleweeds
  22. Raining Fingerprints
  23. Analog Passenger
  24. Sundown Saloon
  25. The Unlit Subways
  26. The Wayward Jackknives
  27. Combusting Mustangs
  28. Crosstown Streetcars
  29. Blowing Amplifiers
  30. Dusklight
  31. Stone Meadows
  32. Vinyl Windchimes
  33. Honey Switchblades
  34. The Constellations
  35. The Untamed Falcons
  36. Synthetic Neon

Questions

What are famous Mexican bands?

Maná, Café Tacvba, Zoé, RBD, Molotov, Control Machete, The Warning, Reik, Belanova, Jesse & Joy and Los Panchos are among the best known worldwide.

Where can I find names for a norteño or cumbia group?

Our Spanish-language generators make names for grupos norteños, bandas sinaloenses, cumbia and tropical groups with correct Spanish grammar.

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