We Asked AI to Create 30 Fake Band Names – Check Out the Results

July 26, 2023 9:00 am

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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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