List of eponymous band names

This is a list of eponymous band names. The bands included here have names that include the name of one or more of their band members or some other real person. This list does not include band names that are acronyms for band members' names (eg. ABBA) or band names that only allude to persons in or out of the band (eg. Hootie and the Blowfish). The band's name appears behind a bullet, and the corresponding person(s) appear in parenthesis.

A
*The Alan Parsons Project
*Alice Cooper
*The Allen Collins Band
*The Allman Brothers Band (Gregg and Duane)
B
*Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Randy, Robbie and Tim Bachman and Fred Turner)
*Bajaga i Instruktori ()
*Beck, Bogert & Appice (Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice)
*Belladonna (Joey Belladonna)
*Big & Rich (Big Kenny and John Rich)
*Big D & The Kids Table (David McWane)
*Bill Haley & His Comets
*Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
*Blackmore's Night (Ritchie Blackmore)
*Brooks and Dunn (Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn)
*Bob Marley & The Wailers
*Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
*Bob Seger and the Last Heard
*The Bob Seger System
*Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
*Bon Jovi (Jon Bon Jovi)
*Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Booker T. Jones)
*Bootsy's Rubber Band ()
*Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
*Ben Folds Five
*Breaking Benjamin (Ben Burnley)
*The Brian Setzer Orchestra
*Brothers Johnson (Louis and George Johnson)
*Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
*Bruce Hornsby and the Range
*The Bruce Hornsby Trio
C
*Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (Captain Beefheart)
*The Carpenters (Karen and Richard Carpenter)
*Chuck Dukowski Sextet (Chuck Dukowski)
*The Clancy Brothers (Patrick, Tom, Bobby, and Liam Clancy)
*Cradle of Filth (Dani Filth)
*The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Arthur Brown)
*Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young)
D
*Danzig (Glenn Danzig)
*The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark)
* Dave Rude Band
*Dave Matthews Band (Dave Matthews)
*Dave Matthews & Friends
*Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
*Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords (Dave Vanian)
*Daughtry (Chris Daughtry)
*Dead Kennedys (John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy)
*Delaney & Bonnie (Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett)
*Dio (Ronnie James Dio)
*Dokken (Don Dokken)
*Donna Jean Godchaux Band
E
*Elvis Costello and the Attractions
*England Dan & John Ford Coley (Dan Seals and John Ford Coley)
*Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer)
*Emerson, Lake & Powell (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Cozy Powell)
*Eric B. & Rakim (Eric Barrier and Rakim Allah)
*The Eric Singer Project (Eric Singer)
F
*Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood and John McVie)
*Florence and the Machine (Florence Welch)
* Frank Hannon Band
*Frank Zappa and The Mothers
*Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
*Franz Ferdinand (Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
*Frehley's Comet (Ace Frehley)
G
*Gary Lewis & the Playboys (Gary Lewis, the group's frontman)
*Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Gary Puckett, the group's frontman)
*Gerry & the Pacemakers (Gerry Marsden)
*The J. Geils Band (J. Geils)
*Gillan (Ian Gillan)
*Gladys Knight & The Pips (Gladys Knight)
*Gogol Bordello (Nikolai Gogol)
*Goldfrapp (Alison Goldfrapp)
*Gonzalo (Gonzalo de la Torre)
*Gorilla Monsoon (Gorilla Monsoon)
*The Graham Bond Organisation
*Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
*Guns N' Roses (Tracii Guns and Axl Rose)
*GZR (Geezer Butler)
H
*Halford (Rob Halford)
*Hall & Oates (Daryl Hall and John Oates)
*Hanson (Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson)
*Keef Hartley Band (Keef Hartley)
*Hollywood Rose (Axl Rose)
*Hughes/Thrall (Glenn Hughes, Pat Thrall)
I
*Ian Gillan Band
J
*James Taylor Quartet
*The Jackson 5
*The Jeff Beck Group (Jeff Beck)
*Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
*Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
*Jerry Garcia Band
*The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
*Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
*John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (John Mayall)
*John Mayer Trio (John Mayer)
*The John Popper Project
*Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Jon Spencer)
*Josh Joplin Group (Josh Joplin)
*Jonas Brothers (Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas)
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix)
*Jefferson Airplane - according to Jorma Kaukonen, the name as a satire of blues names such as "Blind Lemon" Jefferson.
*The Joe Perry Project (Aerosmith)
*Judas Iscariot (Judas Iscariot)
K
*KC and the Sunshine Band ()
*Keane (Cherry Keane, a friend of the mother of frontman Tom Chaplin)
*King Diamond (King Diamond)
*Kool and the Gang ()
L
*LA Guns (Tracii Guns)
*Labelle (Patti LaBelle)
*Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
*Kings of Leon (Ivan Leon Followill, father of three band members and uncle of the other, and his father, also named Leon)
*Huey Lewis and the News (Huey Lewis)
*Little Anthony & The Imperials (Anthony Gourdine)
M
*Manfred Mann (Manfred Mann)
*Manfred Mann's Earth Band
*Marilyn Manson (Marilyn Manson)
*Martha and the Vandellas (Martha Reeves)
*McCoy (John McCoy)
*The Mike Cotton Sound
*Montgomery Gentry (Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry)
*Montrose (Ronnie Montrose)
*Marina and the Diamonds (Marina Diamandis)
*Mr. Chill and The Witnesses ()
*Mumford & Sons (Marcus Mumford)
N
*Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Nick Cave)
*Nick Jonas & The Administration (Nick Jonas)
*Nicky Moore and the Blues Corporation
*Nsync ()
P
*Page and Plant (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
*Paice, Ashton & Lord (Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord)
*Pat Metheny Group (Pat Metheny)
*Patrick Watson (Patrick Watson)
*Phantom, Rocker & Slick (Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker, Earl Slick)
*The Phil Collins Big Band (Phil Collins)
*Phil Lesh and Friends
*Phish (Jon Fishman)
*PJ Harvey (Polly Jean Harvey)
*Plastic Ono Band (Yoko Ono)
*Pointer Sisters (Anita, June, Ruth, and Bonnie Pointer)
*Peter Bjorn and John (Peter Morén, Björn Yttling, John Eriksson)
Q
* (Paul Rodgers)
R
*The Ramones (each band member adopted stage names ending with "Ramone") (CJ, Dee Dee, Elvis, Joey, Johnny, Marky, Richie, and Tommy Ramone)
*Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby
*The Rice Brothers (Tony, Wyatt, Larry, Ron Rice)
*Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
*Robert Plant and the Band of Joy (Robert Plant)
*Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
*Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
*The Rollins Band (Henry Rollins)
*The Rossington-Collins Band (Gary Rossington and Allen Collins)
*Run-D.M.C. (, )
S
*Sade (Sade Adu)
*Sam & Dave (Sam Moore and David Prater)
*Samson (Paul Samson)
*Santana (Carlos Santana)
*Seals and Crofts (Jim Seals and Dash Crofts)
*Selena Gomez & the Scene (Selena Gomez)
*Michael Schenker Group (Michael Schenker)
*Simon and Garfunkel (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)
*Sister Sledge (Kathy, Debbie, Kim, and Joni Sledge)
*Siouxsie and the Banshees (vocalist Siouxsie Sioux)
*Sixx:A.M. (Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba, James Michael)
*Slash's Blues Ball (Slash)
*Slash's Snakepit (Slash)
*Slaughter (Mark Slaughter)
*Sly & the Family Stone (Sly Stone, Rosie Stone, Freddie Stone)
*Sonic's Rendezvous Band ()
*Sonny and Cher (Sonny and Cher Bono)
*Spencer Davis Group (Spencer Davis)
*Steve Miller Band (Steve Miller)
T
*Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
*Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
*Thornley (Ian Thornley)
*Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Tom Petty)
*Tom Robinson Band
*The Tony Rice Unit
*TR3 (Tim Reynolds)
V
*Van Halen (Alex and Eddie Van Halen)
*Van Zant (Johnny and Donnie Van Zant)
*The Vinnie Vincent Invasion (Vinnie Vincent)
W
*Wayne County & the Electric Chairs (Wayne County)
*West, Bruce and Laing (Jack Bruce, Leslie West, Corky Laing)
*White Stripes (Jack and Meg White)
*White Zombie (Rob Zombie)
*Wilson Phillips (Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson)
Y
*Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
Z
*Zac Brown Band (Zac Brown)

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