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List of original names of bands

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Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful.[1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with the band's final name.

List

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This is a sortable list, ordered alphabetically, starting with the name that the band is best known as, followed by the band's original name, and any other names that they previously used in a chronological order.

Current name Former name Other former names References Notes Origin
40 Below Summer 6 Degrees Of Degradation Mid-Green Pimp Machine, Urethra Franklin United states of America
Acroma No Release United states of America
Age of Days Age Of Daze Canada
The Agonist Tempest Canada
Alice In Chains Alice N' Chains Diamond Lie United states of America
Amaranthe Avalanche Sweden
American Head Charge Flux Gestapo Pussy Ranch, Warsaw Ghetto Pussy United states of America
Amon Amarth Scum Sweden
The Angels The Moonshine Jug And String Band The Keystone Angels, Angel City, The Angels From Angel City Australia
Architect Found Dead Hanging Ghost Of The Saltwater Machine United states of America
Arghoslent Pogrom United states of America
Arsonists Bushwick Bomb Squad United states of America
Atrocity Instigators Germany
Audioslave Civilian United states of America
Audiovent Papa's Dojo Vent United states of America
Avatar Lost Soul Sweden
Axium Red Eye United states of America
As I Lay Dying Against The Mark Life Once Lost United states of America
The Beach Boys The Pendletones [1] United states of America
Bad Brains Mind Power Soul Brains United states of America
Beartooth Noise United states of America
The Beatles The Quarrymen Johnny & The Moon Dogs, The Silver Beetles England
Bee Gees The Rattlesnakes Wee Johnny Hayes And The Blue Cats [2][3] England
Black Sabbath The Polka Tulk Blues Band Earth [1] England
The Bled The Radiation Defiance Theory United states of America
Bleeker Bleeker Ridge Canada
Blink-182 Duck Tape Figure 8, Blink United states of America
The Blinded Stigmata Blinded Colony Sweden
Bloodhound Gang Bang Chamber 8 United states of America
Blood Stain Child Visionquest Japan
Blood Has Been Shed Release Driven United states of America
Blondie Angel And The Snake [4][5] United states of America
Blur Seymour [6] England
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony The Band-Aid Boys B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e [1] United states of America
Bowling for Soup Rubberneck United states of America
Breaking Point Broken United states of America
Brides of Destruction Cockstar Motordog United states of America
Bullet for My Valentine Jeff Killed John Wales
Burn Season Smakt Down United states of America
Bush Bush With Gavin Rossdale Future Primitive England
The Calling Generation Gap Next Door United states of America
Carcass Disattack England
Cave In The Sacrifice Poles United states of America
Ceremonial Oath Desecrator Sweden
The Chicks Dixie Chicks United states of America
Children of Bodom Inearthed Finland
The Cure Malice Easy Cure England
Coal Chamber She's In Pain United states of America
Code Orange Code Orange Kids United states of America
Cold Grundig Diablo United states of America
Coldplay Pectoralz Starfish, Big Fat Noises [7] England
The Color of Violence Skeleton Slaughter vs. Fetus Destroyer United states of America
Converge Shattered Void United states of America
Creed Mattox Creed Naked Toddler [1] United states of America
Crossfade The Nothing Sugerdaddy Superstar United states of America
Creedence Clearwater Revival The Blue Velvets Tommy Fogerty And The Blue Velvets, Vision, The Golliwogs [8] United states of America
The Cult Death Cult England
Damageplan New-Found Power United states of America
Dark Age Dyer's Eve Germany
Dark New Day Dark Blue United states of America
Dark Tranquillity Septic Broiler Sweden
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway Scars on Broadway United states of America
Death Mantas United states of America
Decyfer Down Allysonhymn Decyfer United states of America
Def Leppard Atomic Mass Accracy, Chemical Reactor [1] England
Depeche Mode Composition Of Sound England
Depswa Carcinogen United states of America
Design the Skyline Extra Large Kids United states of America
Destiny's Child Girl's Tyme [9] United states of America
Destruction Knight Of Demon Germany
Detonation Infernal Dream The Netherlands
DevilDriver Deathride United states of America
The Dillinger Escape Plan Arcane United states of America
Dishwalla Life Talking Dish United states of America
Disturbed Brawl United states of America
Dissection Siren's Yell Sweden
Dog Fashion Disco Hug The Retard United states of America
doubleDrive MK Ultra United states of America
Downset Social Justice United states of America
Dust for Life Bacchanal United states of America
The Duskfall Soulash Sweden
Elbow Mr. Soft Soft [10] England
Empire of the Sun Steelemore [11] Australia
Enter Shikari Hybryd Shikari Sound System, Jonny And The Snipers England
Eso-Charis Elliot United states of America
Eve 6 Yakoo Eleventeen United states of America
Faith No More Sharp Young Men Faith No Man United states of America
Fear Factory Ulceration Fear The Factor United states of America
Feeder Reel Renegades Wales
Finger Eleven Stone Soul Picnic Rainbow Butt Monkeys Canada
Flyleaf Passerby United states of America
Foje Sunki Muzika Lithuania
Foo Fighters The Holy Shits Dee Gees, The Churn Ups United states of America
Fuel Reel Too Real Small The Joy, Re-fueled United states of America
Full Devil Jacket Voodoo Hippies United states of America
Full Scale Full Scale Deflection Full Scale Revolution Australia
Future Leaders of the World Machina United states of America
The Funeral Pyre Envilent United states of America
Gates of Ishtar Disrupt Sweden
Glass Casket Gadrel United states of America
Godsmack The Scam United states of America
Gojira Godzilla France
Goo Goo Dolls The Sex Maggots [2][10] United states of America
Green Apple Quick Step Inspector Luv United states of America
Green Day Sweet Children [1] United states of America
Heaven Shall Burn Before The Fall Consense Germany
Heck Baby Godzilla England
Hollywood Undead The Kids United states of America
Ill Niño El Niño United states of America
InMe Drowned England
Insane Clown Posse JJ Boyz Bloody Brothers, Inner City Posse United states of America
INXS The Farriss Brothers [11] Australia
Joy Division Stiff Kittens Warsaw [12] England
Kataklysm Northern Hyperblast Canada
Kalmah Ancestor Finland
Kilgore Regicide Smudge, Stain, Kilgore Smudge United states of America
Knocked Loose Manipulator United states of America
Kutless Call Box United states of America
Lacuna Coil Sleep Of Right Ethereal Italy
Lamb of God Burn The Priest [1] United states of America
Lemon Demon Trapezoid Deporitaz [13] United states of America
Lemon Joy Этаж 3 Lemon's Joy Lithuania
Led Zeppelin The New Yardbirds [9] England
The Libertines The Strand [10] England
Lifer Bloodmouth Driver, Strangers With Candy United states of America
Light the Torch Devil You Know United states of America
Linkin Park Xero Hybrid Theory [14][15] United states of America
Live Public Affection United states of America
Luna Mortis The Ottoman Empire United states of America
Mango Man-Go Lithuania
Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids United states of America
Maroon 5 Kara's Flowers Maroon [1] United states of America
Mind Funk Mind Fuck United states of America
Modern Day Zero Mesh Mesh STL United states of America
Motionless in White One Way Ticket When Breathing Stops United states of America
Mother Love Bone Lords Of The Wasteland United states of America
Moonspell Morbid God Portugal
Mt. Helium The Apex Theory United states of America
Muse Rocket Baby Dolls [8] England
Nickelback Village Idiots [8] Canada
Nirvana Skid Row Pen Cap Chew, Bliss, Ted Ed Fred [8][16] United states of America
Nonpoint Nonpoint Factor United states of America
Norther Requiem Decayed Finland
Norma Jean Luti-Kriss United states of America
Oasis The Rain [10] England
Odd Crew Каскадьори Bulgaria
Passenger Cliff Sweden
Pearl Jam Mookie Blaylock [1] United states of America
Pink Floyd Sigma 6 Meggadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, Leonard’s Lodgers, The Spectrum Five, Tea Set [17][8] England
Protest the Hero Happy Go Lucky Canada
Psyopus Stranglefuck United states of America
Queen Smile England
Queens of the Stone Age Gamma Ray United states of America
Radiohead On A Friday [1] England
Red Hot Chili Peppers Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem [1] United states of America
R.E.M. Hornets Attack Victor Mature Bingo Hand Job, It Crawled From The South, Twisted Kites, Negro Eyes, Cans Of Piss [18] England
Rondo Brolių Tautkų Grupė Provincija Lithuania
The Roots Radio Activity Black To The Future, The Square Roots [19] United states of America
Savage Garden Crush [11] Australia
Scars Of Life Confined United states of America
Selena Gomez & the Scene The Scene United states of America
Seether Saron Gas South Africa
Shihad Exit Pacifier New Zealand
Sevendust Rumble Fish Crawlspace United states of America
The Showdown 2540 United states of America
Silverchair Innocent Criminals The George Costanza Trio, Short Elvis Australia
Simon & Garfunkel Tom And Jerry [1] United states of America
System of a Down Soil United states of America
Skid Row Skip Rope United states of America
Slade The N' Betweens Ambrose Slade [6] England
Slipknot Pygsystem Meld [10] United states of America
Smile Empty Soul Hecklers Veto United states of America
Snow Patrol Shrug Polar Bear [2][10] Scotland
Soilwork Inferior Breed Sweden
Sonic Syndicate Fallen Angels Sweden
Sonny & Cher Caesar And Cleo [4] United states of America
Sparks Halfnelson United states of America
Spice Girls Touch [20] England
Static-X Drill Static United states of America
Status Quo Scorpions The Paladins, The Spectres, Traffic Jam England
Stereophonics Tragic Love Company [21] Wales
Stone Sour Super Ego Closure United states of America
Stone Temple Pilots Swing Mighty Joe Young, Shirleys Temple's Pussy United states of America
Sugar Ray Shrinky Dinx [1] United states of America
Sum 41 Kaspir Pain For Pleasure Canada
Switchfoot Chip Up United states of America
Tantric C-14 United states of America
They Might Be Giants El Grupo De Rock And Roll [22] United states of America
Three Days Grace Groundswell Canada
Tiamat Treblinka Sweden
Trust Company 41 Down United states of America
Unified Theory Luma United states of America
U2 Feedback The Hype [8][2] Ireland
Van Halen Genesis Mammoth [8] United states of America
Vardøger Hidden Paradise Norway
Vein.fm Vein United states of America
Within Temptation The Portal The Netherlands
Winterville The Others The Keytones England
The Who The Detours The High Numbers [2]
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England
Young the Giant The Jakes [24][25][24] United states of America
Zonaria Seal Precious Sweden

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References

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