Best Mainstream Rock Band Names

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1) Heart

“touching!”

“Heart is the best name for a band, 1#!!!!!!!”

2) X-Japan

3) Daft Punk

4) Bon Jovi

“totally awsome”

5) Led Zeppelin

“i would of never thought of a band name that good.”

Tito

“beeeeeeeeesssssssssstttttttttt”

“huh! bet the people said that they’ll crash, ate their word!”

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6) Avenged Sevenfold

7) Red Hot Chili Peppers

“They Are The Best. They Simply Rock.”

“they’re crunchy on the outside hot on the inside”

“The greatest band EVER!!!!”

8) Cheap Trick

“Not only one of the best names, but one of the best groups. They’ve influence a ton of bands.”

FearlessFreep

“And to think they used to call themselves "Sick Man of Europe. "”

“Awesome name. Wish I thought of it for my band.”

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9) AC/DC

“the best ever”

“So disaponited they didnt get any higher
anyway
AC/DC ROCKS”

10) Metallica

“Best band ever! 8 great albums”

LeperMessiah

“the best damn band ever
GOT IT”

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11) Nirvana

“cool and simple... just the way I like it...”

Overdose

“Nirvanna is the Greatest name, nobody can say that Nirvanna is not by far the best name for a band, period.”

“how cant this be in the top ten”

12) My Chemical Romance

13) The Smashing Pumpkins

“With Smashing’s double meaning as either a verb or an adjective (whether or not you use ’The’), this is the best band name of one of the 90’s best bands.”

Zahveed

“Woohoo! I voted them into top ten (and their like, number 5 or 6 or something!) Greatest band ever!!!!!!!!”

14) Queen

“1#!!!”

biscuits

15) The Beatles

“Must have the best name...most successful band of all time.”

16) Aerosmith

“Aerosmith is a really cool name for a band”

LimoZeen

17) Audioslave

“some may have trouble understanding the name, but most musicians should”

18) + 44

19) Pink Floyd

20) U2

21) Backstreet Boys

22) Van Halen

“DUDE COME ON,BEST BAND NAME EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!”

23) Bullet For My Valentine

24) Wolfmother

“love the name. love the band. love the music.”

koolkat

“cool”

Wolfmother

25) The Killers

“The Killers have a cool brand of music that speaks to teens problems.”

Homestarmy

26) Tool

27) Rage Against the Machine

“killer dude”

28) Guns N Roses

29) Primus

30) Pearl Jam

31) The Velvet Underground

“The Velvet Underground is such a good name for a band, totally.”

32) Jonas Brothers

“It just the greatest band ever in the history of the world. by far, very far.”

Tito

33) 3 Days Grace

34) Megadeth

“That name scares me”

Nibbles

35) Iron Maiden

36) The Ramones

37) Slayer

38) The Who

39) Incubus

40) The Clash

41) DragonForce

42) 311

“there name has had so much controversy over the years, from them being named for a police code in ohmaha nebraska for running thru the streets nude, to being a racial thing... 11th letter of the alphabet being "k" and the 3 11’s...

they’ve held strong over the years and kept true to themselves and their name.

and they’re quite an amazing band. with unbelievable live concerts. TWO thumbs up here.”

rjhusmc

43) Mika

44) Interpol

45) The White Stripes

“simple but awesome
”

46) Panic at the Disco

“I really wish that a good band could have used this name. but on this list it’s about the names.”

“number 1 in my book”

“Great Name.”

47) No Doubt

48) Black Sabbath

49) New Kids on the Block

50) Sonic Youth

“A great band with a good name and good music”

Tito

51) The Arctic Monkeys

52) Barenaked Ladies

53) Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

“nyah! its cool! common!”

54) Nine Inch Nails

“Awesome Band”

55) Bad Company

“The best band Ever... They are awesome!”

56) Thrice

“Kick ass band”

57) CSS

58) Children Of Bodom

“very nice name..”

59) Downplayed

“Thats my band name I got it off of kudos rock legend that was my kudos band name too it used to be brainwired... dumb name. huh? lol”

60) Muse

“from aincent greek mythology, this name is simple and rocks!”

61) Green Day