As anyone who has ever tried to start a band knows, perhaps the hardest thing—more than playing guitar, keys, drums, more than writing songs or getting people to come out to shows—is landing on the perfect band name.
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Members have been known to debate dozens and dozens of possibilities. A certain music journalist who once played in a band in Seattle, Washington, was known to even suggest “Word Document” as a possible moniker. Indeed, it gets grizzly fast.
So, here at American Songwriter, we thought it might be smart, or at least a bit inspiring, to ask ChatGPT for some fake band name suggestions. Perhaps one or three would stick out as great options. Perhaps it would just get the wheels turning. Hey, if it worked for Childish Gambino and the Wu-Tang name generator, why not here, too? Find 30 band names below.
30 AI-Generated Fake Band Names
- Electric Octopus
- The Cosmic Quasars
- Velvet Nebula
- Sonic Prism
- Lunar Serenade
- The Quantum Jammers
- Hypersonic Hooligans
- Stardust Revolvers
- Neon Avalanche
- Solar Flare Syndicate
- Midnight Mirage
- Echoes of Eternity
- Gravity Groove
- Chromatic Cyclones
- The Psychedelic Whirlwinds
- Interstellar Funk Squad
- Aurora Borealis Brigade
- Celestial Chameleons
- The Retro Rockets
- Harmonic Haze
- Nebula Navigators
- Sonic Spectrum
- Galactic Groove Machine
- Radiant Resonance
- Sonic Stardust
- The Binary Beats
- Nebula Nightfall
- Electric Aurora
- Sonic Quarks
- Cosmic Cadence
Final Thoughts
The fake band names that caught our eye include Hypersonic Hooligans, Neon Avalanche, Midnight Mirage, The Psychedelic Whirlwinds and The Retro Rockets. While the ones we didn’t like include Aurora Borealis Brigade, Nebula Navigators, Sonic Spectrum and Nebula Nightfall.
It can be easy to go wrong with a band name. They can be derivative or sound simply too cheesy. But that’s when some help from AI mixed with your own sense of sifting out can really get the creative juices flowing.
Which names above, if any, would you pluck out for your next project? Let us know.
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