70s Band Name Generator

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Band names that sound like they came off a 1970s tour poster: arena rock like Wichita Lightning, prog like Procession of the Equinox, funk and disco outfits like Dayton Groove Authority and Polyester Philharmonic, plus glam, soft rock, southern rock and early punk.

About 70s band names

Seventies band names sort neatly by genre, which is what makes the decade so easy to evoke. Arena rock acts favored a single heavy word or a place on the map: Boston, Kansas, Journey, Foreigner. Progressive bands reached for myth, astronomy and literature, and did not mind a long name. Funk groups often sounded like organizations (Parliament, Tower of Power, Kool & the Gang), and disco records were regularly credited to an orchestra or a studio project, as with the Salsoul Orchestra and the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

The list follows the same split. There are arena names such as Wichita Lightning and Afterburner, prog names like Procession of the Equinox and Kepler's Dream, funk outfits like Dayton Groove Authority, disco ensembles like Polyester Philharmonic, glitter-dusted glam names such as Lipstick Astronauts, soft rock duos and coastlines (Hadley & Marsh, Topanga Sunrise), southern rock built on rivers, counties and brothers (Chattahoochee Drifters), and early punk in the mold of the Clash and the Damned (The Bus Fares, The Blank Stares). A last group covers front-person acts such as Rusty Calhoun & the Sidewinders.

These are period-style inventions, not a roster of real 1970s acts. Band names get reused all the time, though, so search any name you like before you gig or release music under it.

How to choose 70s band names

  • Choose the genre before the name. A power trio, a ten-piece funk band and a disco studio project were named in completely different ways in the 1970s, and the right pattern does half the work.
  • Use the small words on purpose. "The" plus a plural noun reads as punk or pub rock, "Band" or "Brothers" at the end reads as southern rock, and "Orchestra" or "Connection" reads as disco.
  • For a cover band or a themed party act, pick a name that announces the decade at a glance. Leisure Suit Symphony, Shag Carpet Symphony and Wide Lapel Orchestra tell the audience what kind of night to expect.
  • Writing a novel, screenplay or game about a fictional 70s act? Picture the name on a gatefold sleeve and a tour shirt, then give the band an equally period album title to go with it.
  • Say it like a radio DJ back-announcing a single. If the name is a mouthful at speed, shorten it the way real bands did, down to one strong word.

Frequently asked questions

What did 1970s band names sound like?

It depended on the genre. Hard rock liked one heavy word or a city, prog liked myth and long phrases, funk and disco liked names that sounded like companies or orchestras, and punk brought back the short "The" name. From this list, Monolith, Tapestry of Hours, Uptown Rhythm Commission and The Paper Cuts show four of those styles.

What are good names for a 70s cover or tribute band?

Names that signal the era work best on a poster: Polyester Philharmonic, Leisure Suit Symphony, Feathered Hair Affair, Bean Bag Brigade or The Platform Boots. For a classic rock set, a straight-faced arena name such as Steel Horizon or Full Throttle fits better than a joke.

Are these real 1970s bands?

No. The names are written in the style of the decade and are not a list of acts that existed. With short, punchy words there is always a chance that some band somewhere has used one, which is another reason to search before you adopt a name.

Can I use one of these names for my own band?

Yes, they are here to be used. Before you print shirts, search the name on streaming services, social media and live listings in your area, and look into the legal side yourself if you plan to release music commercially.

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All 500 70s band names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 14 names

  • Afterburner
  • Akron Steel
  • Albion Sundial
  • Alchemist's Daughter
  • Always on the One
  • Amber Evening
  • Aphelion
  • Apollo's Chariot
  • Aquarian Clockwork
  • Aspen Glow
  • Asphodel Meadows
  • Astrolabe
  • Avenue A Dropouts
  • Avocado Sunrise

B: 37 names

  • Backseat Starlet
  • Bayou Lightning
  • Bean Bag Brigade
  • Big Earl's Boogie Band
  • Big Iron
  • Big Jim Tolliver's Roadhouse Band
  • Big Sky Country
  • Big Sur Sunday
  • Bin Liner
  • Blacktop
  • Blackwater Bridge
  • Block Party Brass
  • Bloodhound Choir
  • Blue Ridge Backfire
  • Bluebird Canyon
  • Bluetick
  • Bobby Rae & the Freeway Band
  • Boiler Room Brass
  • Boll Weevil Boogie
  • Bolt of Satin
  • Bottom Heavy
  • Boulder Creek
  • Boulevard Dandies
  • Boulevard Strut
  • Bourbon Creek
  • Bowery Rats
  • Boxcar
  • Breezeway
  • Brewster & Lane
  • Broad Street Rhythm Orchestra
  • Broadside
  • Broadsword
  • Brother Thunder & the Low End
  • Bubblegum Blitz
  • Buford & the Backroads
  • Bus Stop Dancers
  • Buttercup

C: 43 names

  • Calloway, Reed & Finch
  • Candyfloss Commandos
  • Cane Syrup Brass
  • Canyon Wren
  • Captain Marv & the Houseboat Band
  • Captain's Table
  • Carmel Valley
  • Carnaby Comets
  • Carolina Pine Tar
  • Catamaran
  • Catfish Hollow Band
  • Cathedral of Glass
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Champagne Express
  • Charon's Oar
  • Chattahoochee Drifters
  • Cheap Seats
  • Cheyenne Line
  • Chip Shop Heroes
  • Chrome Cherubs
  • Chrome Horse

C, continued

  • Cinnamon Road
  • Clavinet City
  • Coast Highway One
  • Coat Check Girls
  • Cold Steel
  • Cold Sweat Committee
  • Colossus
  • Comet Kids
  • Continental Dance Band
  • Cookie Laverne & the Crumbs
  • Copernicus Rising
  • Copperhead Creek
  • Cosmic Collard Greens
  • Cosmic Dandy
  • Côte d'Azur Connection
  • Council Flat Five
  • Coupe de Groove
  • Crimplene Dream
  • Crosswind
  • Cruise Ship Casanovas
  • Curb Feelers
  • Cypress Knee

D: 17 names

  • Daedalus Workshop
  • Dance Floor Democracy
  • Dayton Groove Authority
  • Dead End Jobs
  • Delaware Avenue Strings
  • Delta Freightliners
  • Detention Hall
  • Detroit Iron
  • Deuce and a Quarter
  • Discotheque Deluxe
  • Doc Hollister's Medicine Show
  • Dockside
  • Dole Queue Darlings
  • Dottie Mae & the Truck Stop Angels
  • Dreadnought
  • Driftwood & Dunes
  • Dry Ice Dancers

E: 13 names

  • Eagle Pass
  • Earthmover
  • Eastside Rhythm Machine
  • Easy Breeze
  • Eddie Malone & the Night Owls
  • Elastic Groove Theory
  • Eldorado Horns
  • Electric Pierrot
  • Electric Tiara
  • Elysium Gate
  • Eviction Notice
  • Extended Play Orchestra
  • Eyeliner Express

F: 21 names

  • Fairchild & Rowe
  • Fanzine
  • Feather & Foil
  • Feather Boa Constrictors
  • Feathered Hair Affair
  • Feedback Squeal
  • Fever Pitch Orchestra
  • Final Demand
  • First Mate
  • Flagship
  • Flathead Catfish
  • Flywheel
  • Foil Wrapped
  • Foundry
  • Freightline
  • Friday Fish Fry
  • Front Porch Funk Co.
  • Full Boil Orchestra
  • Full Throttle
  • Funk Ordinance No. 9
  • Fuzzy Dice Five

G: 12 names

  • Garage Sale Guitars
  • Get Down Delegation
  • Glitter Gulch Orchestra
  • Glitter Kid Parade
  • Gold Medallion
  • Goldenrod
  • Granite
  • Grease Trap Revue
  • Green Man's Parade
  • Grist Mill Rhythm
  • Gus Tibbs & the Tailgaters
  • Gutter Sparkle Gang

H: 21 names

  • Hadley & Marsh
  • Hammerfield
  • Hank Dupree & the Levee Breakers
  • Harbor Lights
  • Hard Road
  • Harlequin Heels
  • Harlequin's Court
  • Headwind
  • Heartbeat Unlimited
  • Hi-Hat Society
  • Hierophant
  • High Sierra
  • Honey & Oak
  • Horn Section Nine
  • Hot Asphalt
  • Hot Rollers
  • Hot Skillet Assembly
  • Hot Springs Holler
  • Hot Tinsel
  • Hourglass Parliament
  • Hyperborea

I: 6 names

  • Icarus Descending
  • Infinite Staircase
  • Iron Cruiser
  • Ironclad
  • Ironwood
  • Isle of Glass

J: 10 names

  • Jackhammer
  • Jessup County Brothers
  • Jester Boots
  • Jester's Lament
  • Jetstream
  • Johnboat
  • Johnny Velour & the Wide Lapels
  • Juniper Ridge
  • Jupiter Jets
  • Juvenile Hall

K: 5 names

  • Kepler's Dream
  • Key West Sunset Club
  • King's Road Runaways
  • Kodiak
  • Kudzu County

L: 22 names

  • Lamé Lightning
  • Lanthorn
  • Larkspur
  • Lava Lamp Logic
  • Le Club Privé
  • Leisure Suit Symphony
  • Lemon Tree Lane
  • Leopard Print Limousine
  • Levee Road
  • Leviathan Suite
  • Lido Deck Dancers
  • Lightning Rod
  • Lights Down Low
  • Lipstick Astronauts
  • Little Archie & the Overtones
  • Lost Atlantis Survey
  • Low Country Boil
  • Low Simmer
  • Lower East Side Static
  • Lowrider Brass
  • Lyonesse
  • Lyre of Pythagoras

M: 30 names

  • Mach Two
  • Mack Diesel
  • Macramé
  • Magnolia Thunder
  • Major Arcana
  • Malibu Pier
  • Mama Pearl's Rhythm Revue
  • Manhattan Shimmer
  • Marcy Bell & the Ringers
  • Marina del Sol
  • Mascara Bandits
  • Mellotron Cathedral
  • Memphis Mule Train
  • Mendocino Moon
  • Merlin's Apprentice
  • Midnight Satin Orchestra
  • Milwaukee
  • Ministry of Bump
  • Minotaur's Waltz
  • Mirror Star
  • Mirrored Labyrinth
  • Mobile Bay Boogie
  • Molasses
  • Monolith
  • Monte Carlo Motion
  • Monterey Fog
  • Moonlit Ferryman
  • Moonshot
  • Motor Avenue
  • Motor Mouth

N: 10 names

  • Nadine Monroe & the Marquee
  • Natchez Trace Band
  • Neptune's Nephews
  • Night Flight to Rio
  • Night Shift Horns
  • Nightfreight
  • Nightrider
  • Ninth Planet
  • No Encore
  • Nocturne in Seven

O: 12 names

  • Obelisk Garden
  • Odd Meter
  • Okefenokee Stomp
  • Omaha
  • Open Collar Club
  • Open Hearth
  • Oracle at Dusk
  • Orpheus Ascending
  • Orrery
  • Out of Tune & Proud
  • Overdrive Avenue
  • Ozymandias Suite

P: 26 names

  • Pacific Coast Harmony
  • Pandora's Music Box
  • Panhandle Pickers
  • Pantomime Panthers
  • Parallax
  • Pastel Afternoon
  • Payday Friday Band
  • Payload
  • Peach State Turnpike
  • Pensacola Heat
  • Penthouse Strings
  • Pepper Sauce Caucus
  • Perihelion
  • Persephone's Return
  • Photocopy Youth
  • Piccadilly Peacocks
  • Pile Driver
  • Piney Woods Express
  • Pogo Stick Riot
  • Polyester Philharmonic
  • Pontoon Saints
  • Portofino Players
  • Pressure Cooker
  • Procession of the Equinox
  • Promethean Fire
  • Ptolemy's Map

Q: 1 name

  • Quadrivium

R: 18 names

  • Rattlesnake Ridge Band
  • Razor Wire Choir
  • Red Canyon
  • Red Clay Revival
  • Regatta
  • Rent Strike
  • Reverend Otis Greer & the Choir Loft
  • Rhinestone Renegades
  • Riviera Rhythm Section
  • Rocket Sled
  • Rockslide Revue
  • Roller Palace Band
  • Rolling Mill
  • Rouge & the Rockets
  • Rubber Gloves
  • Ruby Jean & the Jukebox Saints
  • Runway 27
  • Rusty Calhoun & the Sidewinders

S: 61 names

  • Safety Pin Parade
  • Sal Marino & the Supper Club
  • Saltwater Taffy
  • Santa Ana Winds
  • Satin Jackals
  • Satin Jacket Society
  • Satin Spacemen
  • Sausalito Morning
  • Savannah Moss
  • Sawmill Road
  • Schooner Wharf
  • Sedona Sundown
  • Sequin Society
  • Sequins & Sawdust
  • Seven Eight Time
  • Seventh Street Strutters
  • Shag Carpet Symphony
  • Short Sharp Shock
  • Shreveport Shuffle
  • Side One Long Version
  • Silver Eagle Express
  • Silver Jumpsuit
  • Sister Lorraine & the Testimony
  • Skip Lawson & Friends
  • Skyhawk
  • Skyline Rhythm Orchestra
  • Slap Bass Congress
  • Slip 42
  • Smoke Machine
  • Smoky Mountain Overdrive

S, continued

  • Soft Focus
  • Soho Starlets
  • Soul Kitchen Cabinet
  • Sour Mash Saints
  • Southside Horn Exchange
  • Spangle
  • Spanish Moss Ramblers
  • Sparrow & Pine
  • Spinnaker
  • Spokane
  • Stack Heel Stompers
  • Standing Stones
  • Starboard
  • Stardust Tigers
  • Starliner
  • Steel Horizon
  • Still House Hollow
  • Stone Circle
  • Stoop Session
  • Strobe Light Serenade
  • Studio 9 Connection
  • Substation
  • Sundance Meadow
  • Sunday Hammock
  • Sunset Boulevard Strings
  • Suzie Supernova & the Afterglow
  • Swampwater Symphony
  • Sweet Potato Pie Band
  • Sweet Tea & Gasoline
  • Sweetgrass
  • Syzygy

T: 98 names

  • Tahoe Blue
  • Tales from the Observatory
  • Tangent Universe
  • Tangier Express
  • Taos Turquoise
  • Tapestry of Hours
  • Tartan Tearaways
  • Telluride Sky
  • The Alabaster Procession
  • The Almighty Horns
  • The Amp Blowers
  • The Backbeat Union
  • The Backchat
  • The Bedsit Kings
  • The Blackpool Lights
  • The Blank Stares
  • The Bleach Blondes
  • The Broken Strings
  • The Bus Fares
  • The Cornbread Conspiracy
  • The Crystal Cartographers
  • The Dalton Creek Band
  • The Day Jobs
  • The Donna Faye Band
  • The Fern Bar Five
  • The Fire Hydrants
  • The Four on the Floor
  • The Frankie Doyle Showband
  • The Gator Alley Band
  • The Gobstoppers
  • The Grail Knights
  • The Greasy Spoons

T, continued

  • The Groove Ministry
  • The Holloway Brothers
  • The Hustle Bureau
  • The Kipper Ties
  • The Knock-Offs
  • The Latchkey Kids
  • The Lenny Katz Combo
  • The Lonnie Vance Group
  • The Loudmouths
  • The Lurex Boys
  • The Mirrorball Commission
  • The Nervous Wrecks
  • The Oiks
  • The Overdue Notices
  • The Paper Cuts
  • The Peacock Revolution
  • The Platform Boots
  • The Pocket Protectors
  • The Remix Committee
  • The Rip-Offs
  • The Ripped Tees
  • The Seventh Meridian
  • The Shoplifters
  • The Skint
  • The Sneers
  • The Sparkle Brigade
  • The Spit Takes
  • The Stencils
  • The Stone Cold Steppers
  • The Subway Tokens
  • The Suspended
  • The Syncopated Seven
  • The Tallahatchie Brothers Band

T, continued

  • The Tarot Players
  • The Tea Breaks
  • The Thirteenth Hour
  • The Tight Pockets
  • The Tower Blocks
  • The Truants
  • The Twitch
  • The Wind-Ups
  • Thick as Honey
  • Thick Gravy
  • Third Ward Horns
  • Three Chord Mob
  • Three Guitars, No Waiting
  • Thunderhead Pass
  • Tiller & Keel
  • Timberwolf
  • Tin Foil Tiaras
  • Tinnitus Tuesday
  • Tinsel & Thunder
  • Tinsel Toes
  • Tintagel
  • Toffee Apple Riot
  • Tony Bellucci & the Turnpike
  • Top Hat Tommy & the Glitterbugs
  • Topanga Sunrise
  • Trotline
  • Tulsa Flyer
  • Tupelo Freight
  • Turbine
  • Turpentine Creek
  • Tuscaloosa Tremolo
  • Twelve Inch Mix
  • Two Minute Song

U: 2 names

  • Uptown Hustle Machine
  • Uptown Rhythm Commission

V: 4 names

  • Velvet Rope Orchestra
  • Velveteen Queens
  • Venus in Sequins
  • Vinnie Russo & the Boardwalk Kings

W: 13 names

  • Wah-Wah Junction
  • Whippoorwill Junction
  • Whiskey Bend
  • Whitewall Rhythm
  • Whitewater
  • Wichita Lightning
  • Wicker Chair
  • Wide Lapel Orchestra
  • Wildflower Junction
  • Windchime
  • Wizard's Almanac
  • Wood Panel Wagon
  • Wrecking Yard

Y: 3 names

  • Yacht Club Drive
  • Yellowhammer
  • Yukon

Z: 1 name

  • Zenith Transit