Psychobilly Band Name Generator

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Find a psychobilly band name among 500 ideas that mix 1950s rockabilly with creature-feature horror: plurals like The Hearse Draggers and The Zipper Backs, frontman names like Rex Mortis and the Pallbearers, pulp titles like Voodoo Flathead and Ghost Flames, and B-movie spoofs like Night of the Living Quiff.

About psychobilly band names

Psychobilly is 1950s rockabilly played at punk speed with a horror-film imagination: a slapped upright bass, a twanging hollowbody guitar, a tall quiff and lyrics about graveyards, monsters and fast cars. The names follow the music. They borrow the forms of the 1950s, when every group was 'The Somethings' or a frontman 'and the Somethings', and fill them with hearses, crypts and creature features instead of sweethearts.

This list keeps to that register. There are plural gang names (The Hearse Draggers, The Lagoon Goons, The Zipper Backs), frontman forms (Rex Mortis and the Pallbearers, Rusty Nails and the Tetanus Shots), two-word pulp titles (Voodoo Flathead, Ghost Flames, Coffin Bop), spoofs of B-movie titles (Night of the Living Quiff, It Came from the Garage), tiki and carnival names, names built on the gear and the haircut, and one-word coinages such as Hearsepower.

The neighbors sound different. Straight rockabilly names stay with cars, cats and jukeboxes and leave the monsters out. Horror punk keeps the monsters and drops the 1950s, so its names are darker and plainer. A psychobilly name needs both halves: something from the garage or the sock hop, and something from the late-night creature feature, with the horror kept camp.

How to choose psychobilly band names

  • Put one word from each world in the name. Hot rod plus horror (Chrome Coffin, Hexed Hemi) or sock hop plus horror (Malt Shop Monsters) reads as psychobilly at once, while two horror words alone read as metal or goth.
  • Use the 1950s forms. 'The' plus a plural, or a stage name 'and the' plural, tells people the band swings before they hear a note. A name like Rex Mortis and the Pallbearers also hands the singer a stage name.
  • Keep the horror camp. Rubber suits, fog machines and drive-in double features fit the scene's sense of humor far better than real crime or cruelty.
  • Think about the logo and the bass. Short names such as Ghoul Fuel or Coffin Bop fit a kick drum head, a jacket patch and the side of an upright bass.
  • Search before you print anything. The scene is full of small bands, so look up your favorite on the streaming services, on social media and in gig listings for your region first.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a band name sound psychobilly?

A mix of 1950s Americana and B-movie horror. Names such as The Hearse Draggers, Voodoo Flathead and Werewolf Speedway pair a car, a haircut or a dance with a monster or a graveyard, usually as a plural or a pulp title.

How is this different from punk, goth or rockabilly band names?

Punk names are blunt and often political, goth names are mournful and romantic, and rockabilly names stay with cars and cats. Psychobilly sits between them. It keeps rockabilly's hot rods and frontman forms and adds camp horror, as in Hot Rod Harlan and the Headers or Bull Fiddle Boneyard.

Are any of these names already used by a band?

Some may be. The famous psychobilly bands were left out on purpose, but nobody has looked each name up, and there are many small bands around the world. Search your shortlist before you book a show or order merchandise.

Can I use these for a horror punk or rockabilly band?

Yes, with a little sorting. A horror punk band can take the creature-feature names such as The Crawling Things or Invasion of the Greaser Ghouls. A rockabilly band can pick the lighter gear and sock hop names such as Saddle Shoe Stompers or Hiccup & Howl.

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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: 3 names

  • Abominable Al and the Snowmen
  • Atomic Annie and the Fallouts
  • Attack of the Fifty Foot Pompadour

B: 25 names

  • B-Side Bogeyman
  • Back Row Bloodsuckers
  • Bamboo Coffin
  • Banshee Burnout
  • Barker Bill and the Sideshow Bones
  • Baron Von Rumble and the Castle Stompers
  • Batmospheric
  • Bats & Burnouts
  • Beach Blanket Boneyard
  • Beast from Twenty Thousand Garages
  • Belfry Bill and the Bat Colony
  • Betty Banshee and the Keeners

B, continued

  • Bigfoot Bob and the Blurry Photos
  • Blood on the Bowling Shoes
  • Bloodshot Jalopy
  • Blowfish Lamp Boogie
  • Bobby Sox Banshees
  • Body Shop of Horrors
  • Boneshaker Bop
  • Bonesy McGraw and the Marrow Men
  • Boot Hill Bop
  • Bowling Shirt Banshees
  • Bride of the Hot Rod
  • Bull Fiddle Boneyard
  • Buzz Saw Benny and the Sawdust

C: 43 names

  • Cadaver Cha-Cha
  • Cadaver Dave and the Toe Tags
  • Calliope of Doom
  • Candy Apple Casket
  • Captain Cadaver and the Shipwrecks
  • Carburetor Crypt
  • Carnival of Coffins
  • Carny Carl and the Ten-in-Ones
  • Casket Clutch
  • Catgut & Cobwebs
  • Cemetery Sam and the Plots
  • Channeled Spirits
  • Cherry Bomb Crypt
  • Chill-O-Vision

C, continued

  • Chopped & Stitched
  • Chrome Charlie and the Hubcaps
  • Chrome Coffin
  • Chupacabra Charlie and the Goat Herd
  • Clutch Cadaver and the Throwouts
  • Cobweb Camshaft
  • Coconut Skull Combo
  • Coffin Bop
  • Coffinated
  • Coffintown
  • Concession Stand Creatures
  • Cotton Candy Cobwebs
  • Count Backwards and the Bloodshots
  • Count Reverb and the Night Owls

C, continued

  • Creature Coupe
  • Creature from the Oil Pit
  • Creeper Carl and the Crepe Soles
  • Creepers & Cuffs
  • Creepmobile
  • Creepsville
  • Creepy Pete and the Crawlers
  • Crepe Sole Creeps
  • Crypt Cruiser
  • Crypt of the Lost Greaser
  • Cryptabilly
  • Cryptorama
  • Cuffed Jeans Cadavers
  • Curse of the Chrome Skull
  • Curse of the Tiki Idol

D: 22 names

  • Daddy Longlegs and the Cobwebs
  • Dark Ride Daddies
  • Daughter of the Wolf Mechanic
  • Day of the Doghouse Bass
  • Dead Battery Revival
  • Dead Man's Carburetor
  • Deadwood Dan and the Splinters
  • Deputy Dreadful and the Night Patrol
  • Devil's Dragstrip
  • Dime Museum Mummies
  • Diner of the Damned

D, continued

  • Dipstick Dracula
  • Dirge Daniels and the Midnight Choir
  • Doc Dread and the Lab Rats
  • Doghouse Bass Dirge
  • Drac Malone and the Capes
  • Dracula Has Risen from the Garage
  • Drag Strip Dirge
  • Drive-In Speaker Shriek
  • Ducktail of Darkness
  • Dusk Till Drive-In
  • Dusty Graves and the Diggers

E: 8 names

  • Earth vs. the Flying Hubcaps
  • Echo Chamber Exhumation
  • Ectoplasm Exhaust
  • Eddie Ectoplasm and the Seances
  • Eight Cylinder Séance
  • Embalmatron
  • Embalming Fluid Blues
  • Exotica Graveyard

F: 19 names

  • Fangs & Flames
  • Fender Bender Brenda and the Whiplash
  • Ferris Wheel Phantom
  • Fire Eater's Funeral
  • Flames & Formaldehyde
  • Flat Top Phantoms
  • Flatbed Funeral
  • Flathead Fred and the Gaskets
  • Flip Side Fiends

F, continued

  • Formaldehyde Fay and the Jar Lids
  • Fortune Teller Machine
  • Forty-Five RPM Phantom
  • Frankenbilly
  • Frankenrod
  • Frankie Stitches and the Seams
  • Frenched Headstones
  • Fright-O-Matic
  • Funeral Fuzz
  • Funhouse Mirror Ghouls

G: 22 names

  • Gamma Ray Gail and the Glow Worms
  • Ghost Flames
  • Ghost of the Double Bass
  • Ghost Train Greasers
  • Ghoul Fuel
  • Ghoul Hand Luke and the Chain Gang
  • Ghoulabilly
  • Ghoulash
  • Ghoulie Julie and the Graverobbers
  • Ghoulsville
  • Grass Skirt Ghost

G, continued

  • Grave Gary and the Shovels
  • Gravedirt Gasket
  • Gravelrash
  • Graverobber Stomp
  • Graveyard Dragstrip
  • Graveyard Shift Gearheads
  • Grease & Graves
  • Greasy Lee and the Oil Spots
  • Grim Jim and the Reapers
  • Gus Ghastly and the Ghoulfriends
  • Gut String Grave

H: 23 names

  • Hair Grease Zombies
  • Hank Hearse and the Slow Riders
  • Haunted Tilt-a-Whirl
  • Hazel Hemlock and the Nightshades
  • Hearse Race
  • Hearsepower
  • Hemiglobin
  • Hexed Hemi
  • Hi-Fi Horror
  • Hiccup & Howl
  • Hiccup from the Crypt

H, continued

  • Hollow Earl and the Jack-o'-Lanterns
  • Hollowbody Haunting
  • Horror at Thunder Road Raceway
  • Horror of the Hollowbody
  • Horrorama
  • Hot Rod Harlan and the Headers
  • Hot Rod Hex
  • Hot Rod vs. Werewolf
  • House on Hubcap Hill
  • Howlin' Hal and the Hellhounds
  • Hubcapocalypse
  • Hula Ghoul

I: 6 names

  • I Was a Teenage Hearse Driver
  • Ichabod Slim and the Hollow Riders
  • Igor Jones and the Brain Jars
  • Intermission of Terror
  • Invasion of the Greaser Ghouls
  • It Came from the Garage

J: 6 names

  • Jekyll Jack and the Hydes
  • Johnny Tombstone and the Epitaphs
  • Juke Joint Ghouls
  • Jukebox Zombies
  • Jumper Cable Resurrection
  • Junkyard Jekyll

K: 1 name

  • Kon-Tiki Ghost Revue

L: 12 names

  • Lagoon Rumble
  • Lake Pipes & Lightning
  • Lava Lamp Lagoon
  • Lazarus Lee and the Risers
  • Lead Foot Louie and the Burnouts
  • Leopard Print Lagoon
  • Leopard Print Lola and the Creepers
  • Letter Sweater Werewolf
  • Lou Garou and the Full Moons
  • Luau Larry and the Lava Rocks
  • Lurkin' Larry and the Alley Cats
  • Luther Lugnut and the Wheel Nuts

M: 28 names

  • Madame Midnight and the Tea Leaves
  • Mai Tai Mortuary
  • Main Street Meets the Mummy
  • Malt Shop Monsters
  • Metalflake Mausoleum
  • Midnight Mabel and the Hearse Chasers
  • Midnight Matinee
  • Midway After Midnight
  • Midway Macabre
  • Milkshake Mausoleum
  • Moai Stomp
  • Mojo Mason and the Gris-Gris Boys
  • Mono Monster
  • Monster Luau

M, continued

  • Monster Mileage
  • Monster of Lovers' Lane
  • Monsterama
  • Moon Disc Mortuary
  • Morgue Motor Club
  • Morguetown
  • Mort Shroud and the Winding Sheets
  • Mortuary Mambo
  • Mortuary Row Three
  • Mortuary Stomp
  • Morty Sexton and the Bell Ringers
  • Mothman Mike and the Porch Lights
  • Motor Oil Mummy
  • Mummy Motorcade

N: 3 names

  • Night of the Living Quiff
  • Nitro Nell and the Dragsters
  • Nitrosferatu

O: 1 name

  • Otto Cycle and the Four Strokes

P: 17 names

  • Pallbearer Parade
  • Peggy Suture and the Stitches
  • Penny Arcade Phantoms
  • Phantom of the Speed Shop
  • Pineapple Poltergeist
  • Pink Slip Poltergeist
  • Planet of the Slap Bass
  • Pomade & Poltergeists

P, continued

  • Pomade Possession
  • Pompadoom
  • Pompadour Pallbearers
  • Pompadour Pete and the Pomades
  • Poodle Skirt Poltergeist
  • Popcorn & Poison
  • Primer Gray Ghost
  • Professor Bones and the Anatomy Class
  • Prom Queen of the Crypt

Q: 4 names

  • Quarter Mile Ghost
  • Queen of the Hot Rod Vampires
  • Quiff of Doom
  • Quiffs & Coffins

R: 17 names

  • Reaper Ray and the Scythes
  • Red Oxide Reaper
  • Requiem for a Roadster
  • Rest in Grease
  • Return of the Swamp Greaser
  • Revenge of the Rat Rod
  • Reverb Tank Revenant
  • Rex Mortis and the Pallbearers

R, continued

  • Ringmaster's Requiem
  • Rip Van Wrecker and the Long Sleepers
  • Robot vs. the Rockabilly Mummy
  • Rockabilly Rigor
  • Rockenstein
  • Rocket Ron and the Ray Guns
  • Rum Barrel Revenants
  • Rumble Seat Revenant
  • Rusty Nails and the Tetanus Shots

S: 34 names

  • Saddle Shoe Stompers
  • Sally Sarcophagus and the Canopic Jars
  • Salt Flat Spectre
  • Saucer Sue and the Abductees
  • Scarecrow Joe and the Straw Men
  • Scrapyard Séance
  • Shock-O-Rama
  • Sideburn Stan and the Mutton Chops
  • Sideburns of the Damned
  • Sideshow Séance
  • Sir Creaks-a-Lot and the Knights of the Crypt

S, continued

  • Skeleton Shuffle
  • Skullduggery
  • Skully Sullivan and the Crossbones
  • Slap Bass Séance
  • Slapback from the Grave
  • Slappin' Sid and the Gut Strings
  • Slim Coffin and the Lids
  • Snake Charmer Stomp
  • Sock Hop of the Dead
  • Soda Jerk Skeletons
  • Son of Flathead

S, continued

  • Speaker Pole Spectres
  • Spider Slade and the Webs
  • Spook Show Stomp
  • Spookhouse Barkers
  • Spooksville
  • Spring Reverb Spectre
  • Stand-Up Bass Stiffs
  • Strongman's Séance
  • Swamp Ape Sal and the Skunk Cabbage
  • Swamp Rocket
  • Swampy Joe and the Bog Bodies
  • Switchblade Comb Combo

T: 179 names

  • Tailfin Tomb
  • Teddy Tarantula and the Eight Legs
  • Teenage Caveman Combo
  • Teenage Ghouls from the Drive-In
  • Ten Cent Spook House
  • Terror at the Sock Hop
  • Terrorscope
  • The Angry Villagers
  • The Attic Rattlers
  • The Baby Moon Werewolves
  • The Bandage Boys
  • The Bats on Strings
  • The Bayou Bogeymen
  • The Beast with a Thousand Sideburns

T, continued

  • The Belfry Boppers
  • The Bell Tower Bop Combo
  • The Black Cat Bone Trio
  • The Black Wagon Boys
  • The Blob Hoppers
  • The Blower Bats
  • The Bolt Necks
  • The Bone Orchard Combo
  • The Bone Rattlers
  • The Boneyard Bandits
  • The Brain Borrowers
  • The Brain That Wouldn't Tune
  • The Bug-Eyed Boppers
  • The Burnout Banshees
  • The Cadaver Cruisers

T, continued

  • The Cardboard Tombstones
  • The Carny Creeps
  • The Casket Racers
  • The Castle Thunderclaps
  • The Cellar Dwellers
  • The Cemetery Sweethearts
  • The Chiller Dillers
  • The Cobweb Corner Combo
  • The Cobweb Kings
  • The Coffin Surfers
  • The Cold Slabs
  • The Crankshaft Creeps
  • The Crawling Things
  • The Creaking Doors
  • The Creature Feature Combo

T, continued

  • The Creepin' Crawdads
  • The Creeping Quiff
  • The Crypt Side Quartet
  • The Dead End Drag Club
  • The Deuce Coupe Devils
  • The Dirt Nappers
  • The Doghouse Demons
  • The Double Feature Fiends
  • The Dragstrip Draculas
  • The Drive-In Dead
  • The Embalmer's Sons
  • The Embalming Room Three
  • The Fang Gang
  • The Fender Skirt Five
  • The Fiend Who Stole the Reverb

T, continued

  • The Fifty Foot Fiends
  • The Flathead Fiends
  • The Fog Machine Phantoms
  • The Formaldehyde Five
  • The Full Moon Greasers
  • The Funeral Coach Five
  • The Fuzzy Dice Fiends
  • The Gasser Ghosts
  • The Ghoul Goes to the Drag Races
  • The Giant Leeches
  • The Glasspack Ghouls
  • The Gravedigger's Union
  • The Gravel Ghouls
  • The Graveside Combo
  • The Graveside Gamblers

T, continued

  • The Graveyard Shift Quintet
  • The Gut String Ghouls
  • The Hairy Knuckles
  • The Headstone Hoppers
  • The Hearse Draggers
  • The Hearse That Wouldn't Die
  • The Hearse Wax Trio
  • The Hex Wrench Four
  • The Hollow Log Hellions
  • The Hoodoo Hounds
  • The Howlin' Hubcaps
  • The Hubcap Vampires
  • The Incredible Shrinking Pompadour
  • The Jacob's Ladders
  • The Jalopy That Ate Main Street

T, continued

  • The Lab Coat Lurkers
  • The Lagoon Goons
  • The Lagoon Lounge Trio
  • The Last Call Lurkers
  • The Last Ride Limousines
  • The Late Late Show Three
  • The Late Show Lurkers
  • The Lead Sled Lizards
  • The Lightning Rods
  • The Martian Greasers
  • The Mausoleum Cats
  • The Mausoleum Row Four
  • The Midnight Spook Show
  • The Mole Men
  • The Monster Walks the Bass

T, continued

  • The Moon Howlers
  • The Moonlight Morticians
  • The Moonshine Mummies
  • The Mummy Takes the Wheel
  • The Nightcrawler Trio
  • The Obit Writers
  • The Oil Pan Ogres
  • The Open Casket Combo
  • The Pine Box Boppers
  • The Pinstripe Poltergeists
  • The Pit Stop Pallbearers
  • The Pomade Phantoms
  • The Popcorn Zombies
  • The Quiff Reapers
  • The Rat Rod Revenants

T, continued

  • The Rattlin' Ribcages
  • The Ray Gun Rebels
  • The Rigor Rockets
  • The Roadkill Ramblers
  • The Roadside Attraction Trio
  • The Rubber Suit Monsters
  • The Rumble Seat Trio
  • The Rust Bucket Revue
  • The Saucer Hoppers
  • The Shock Theater Shakers
  • The Shovel Kings
  • The Sideshow Stiffs
  • The Six Foot Shufflers
  • The Skull Polishers
  • The Slab Cats

T, continued

  • The Slapback Skeletons
  • The Spare Parts Monster Band
  • The Spark Plug Spectres
  • The Sparking Coils
  • The Spook Show Sinners
  • The Squeaky Hinge Combo
  • The Supercharged Spectres
  • The Swamp Gas Gators
  • The Swamp Stompers
  • The Tailfin Terrors
  • The Tailgate Wake Trio
  • The Tentacle Twisters
  • The Test Tube Teddy Boys
  • The Theremin Shakers
  • The Thing from the Drive-In

T, continued

  • The Tiki Terrors
  • The Tin Can Robots
  • The Toe Tag Two
  • The Tombstone Twisters
  • The Trapdoor Spiders
  • The Undead Prom Kings
  • The Undertaker's Apprentices
  • The Vampire Valets
  • The Wake Crashers
  • The Whitewall Wraiths
  • The Wolfsbane Wranglers
  • The Zipper Backs
  • They Came from Lot Thirteen
  • Three Deuces & a Hearse
  • Thumpin' Theo and the Bull Fiddles

T, continued

  • Thunder Hearse
  • Tiki Tom and the Torch Lighters
  • Tiki Tomb
  • Tombstone Taillights
  • Tombstone Tremolo
  • Torchlight Taboo
  • Tow Truck from Beyond
  • Tremolo Arm of the Law
  • Tube Amp Terror
  • Tuck & Roll Tomb
  • Tunnel of Love Bites
  • Tut Tucker and the Bandages
  • Twang of the Dead
  • Two Zombies Maximum
  • Two-Headed Hot Rod

U: 1 name

  • Undertaker's Overdrive

V: 8 names

  • Vampire Drive-In
  • Vera Venom and the Antidotes
  • Vic Formaldehyde and the Preservatives
  • Volcano God Speed Shop
  • Voodoo Flathead
  • Voodoo Luau
  • Voodoobilly
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Boneyard

W: 12 names

  • Wall of Death Riders
  • Wallet Chain Wraiths
  • Wanda Werewolf and the Flea Collars
  • Werewolf Speedway
  • Whammy Bar Werewolf
  • Wolfabilly
  • Wolfie Barnes and the Howlers
  • Wolfmanifold
  • Wolfsbane Rumble
  • Wraith Wagon
  • Wreckage
  • Wreckin' Pit Ghouls

Z: 6 names

  • Zombie Sock Hop
  • Zombie Zeke and the Brain Trust
  • Zombies of the Stratosphere Lounge
  • Zombilly
  • Zombomatic
  • Zoomie Zed and the Header Flames