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  • The Doors on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#1) The Doors

    • Blues-rock, Rock music, Protopunk, Heavy metal, Jazz fusion, Acid rock, Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Psychedelic music
    The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
  • Steely Dan on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#2) Steely Dan

    • Rock music, Jazz fusion, Rhythm and blues, Pop rock, Soft rock, Jazz, Southern rock
    Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
  • Genesis on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#3) Genesis

    • Rock music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Hard rock, Symphonic rock
    The Bible
  • Opeth on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#4) Opeth

    • Doom metal, Thrash metal, Progressive metal, Technical death metal, Heavy metal, Progressive rock, Death metal
    Sunbird by William Smith
  • Steppenwolf on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#5) Steppenwolf

    • Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Acid rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Hard rock
    Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
  • Veruca Salt on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#6) Veruca Salt

    • Grunge, Power pop, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Hard rock
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Supertramp on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#7) Supertramp

    • New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Art rock
    The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry Davies
  • The Velvet Underground on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#8) The Velvet Underground

    • Noise rock, Blues-rock, Rock music, Experimental rock, Folk rock, Drone music, Protopunk, Noise music, Alternative rock, Art rock, Avant-garde music, Psychedelic rock
    The Velvet Underground by Michael Leigh
  • Uriah Heep on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#9) Uriah Heep

    • Heavy metal, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Hard rock
    David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Coldplay on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#10) Coldplay

    • Alternative Rock, Pop
    Child's Reflection, Cold Play by Philip Horky
  • Thin Lizzy on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#11) Thin Lizzy

    • Celtic rock, Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Hard rock
    The Beano 
  • Tears for Fears on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#12) Tears for Fears

    • Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Sophisti-pop, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-punk

    The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov

  • Joy Division on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#13) Joy Division

    • Punk rock, Post-punk
    House of Dolls by Ka-tzetnik 135633
  • Mott the Hoople on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#14) Mott the Hoople

    • Rock music, Soul rock, Glam rock, Hard rock
    Mott the Hoople by Willard Manus
  • My Chemical Romance on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#15) My Chemical Romance

    • Pop punk, Pop music, Rock music, Emo, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-hardcore
    Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh
  • Modest Mouse on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#16) Modest Mouse

    • Indie pop, Garage rock, Space rock, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Indie folk, Indie rock, Lo-fi music, Post-punk revival
    'The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#17) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

    • Blues-rock, Gothic rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Dark wave, Roots rock, Post-punk
    The Bad Seed by William March
  • The Boo Radleys on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#18) The Boo Radleys

    • Shoegazing, Dream pop, Britpop, Alternative rock, Noise pop
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#19) New Riders of the Purple Sage

    • Rock music, Country rock, Country
    Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#20) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

    • Blues-rock, Spoken word, Garage rock, Outsider music, Experimental rock, Protopunk, Progressive rock, Avant-garde music, Avant-garde, Free jazz, Psychedelic rock, Blues
  • Sixpence None the Richer on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#21) Sixpence None the Richer

    • Adult album alternative, Pop music, Rock music, Contemporary Christian music, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Christian rock
    Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  • Amon Amarth on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#22) Amon Amarth

    • Melodic death metal, Viking metal, Technical death metal, Heavy metal, Death metal
    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Fugs on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#23) The Fugs

    • Rock music, Experimental rock, Psychedelia, Folk rock, Protopunk, Rock and roll, Freak folk, Psychedelic rock
    The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
  • Exodus on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#24) Exodus

    • Thrash metal, Groove metal, Heavy metal, Speed metal
  • Good Charlotte on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#25) Good Charlotte

    • Pop punk, Rock music, Dance-punk, Emo, Heavy metal, Dance-rock, Rapcore, Power pop, Pop rock, Skate punk, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Punk rock
    Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage by Carol Beach York
  • Marillion on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#26) Marillion

    • Neo-progressive rock, Acoustic music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Art rock
    The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Atreyu on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#27) Atreyu

    • Emo, Metalcore, Screamo, Post-hardcore, Alternative metal, Hard rock
    The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
  • Soft Machine on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#28) Soft Machine

    • Rock music, Jazz fusion, Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, Psychedelic rock, Psychedelic music
    The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs
  • Of Mice & Men on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#29) Of Mice & Men

    • Metalcore, Post-hardcore
    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Art of Noise on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#30) Art of Noise

    • Downtempo, Alternative hip hop, Synthpop, New Wave, Electro, Electronic music, Avant-garde music, Electronica, Ambient music
    The Art of Noises by Luigi Russolo
  • Ice Nine Kills on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#31) Ice Nine Kills

    • Pop punk, Emo, Metalcore, Post-hardcore

    after "ice-nine" from the science fiction novel Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

  • Heaven 17 on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#32) Heaven 17

    • Synthpop, New Wave, New Romanticism
    A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • The Fall on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#33) The Fall

    • Alternative rock, Punk rock, Avant-garde, Post-punk
    The Fall by Albert Camus
  • Silverchair on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#34) Silverchair

    • Synthpop, Grunge, Pop rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Baroque pop, Alternative metal, Hard rock, Symphonic rock
    The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
  • Billy Pilgrim on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#35) Billy Pilgrim

    • Folk music
    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • As I Lay Dying on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#36) As I Lay Dying

    • Thrash metal, Metal, Christian hardcore, Melodic death metal, Metalcore, Heavy metal, Swedecore, Christian metal
    As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  • Catch 22 on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#37) Catch 22

    • Ska punk, Third-wave of ska, Ska, Reggae rock, Punk rock
    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Belle & Sebastian on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#38) Belle & Sebastian

    • Jangle pop, Indie pop, Rock music, Folk rock, Pop rock, Pop folk, Twee pop, Indie rock, Baroque pop, Pop
    Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry
  • Artful Dodger on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#39) Artful Dodger

    • UK Garage, Contemporary R&B, Rhythm and blues
    Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  • Guadalcanal Diary on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#40) Guadalcanal Diary

    • Jangle pop, Pop music
    Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
  • Titus Andronicus on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#41) Titus Andronicus

    • Shoegazing, Folk rock, Punk rock, Folk punk, Indie rock, Lo-fi music
    Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
  • Gogol Bordello on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#42) Gogol Bordello

    • Romani music, Gypsy punk, Punk rock, Folk punk
    Nikolai Gogol
  • The Birthday Party on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#43) The Birthday Party

    • Gothic rock, Deathrock, Punk rock, Post-punk
    The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
  • Primal Scream on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#44) Primal Scream

    • Rock music, Electronic music, House music, Neo-psychedelia, Britpop, Stoner rock, Electronic rock, Psychedelic rock, Electronica, Techno, Indie pop, Acid house, Tech house, Dance-rock, Alternative dance, Industrial music, Drum and bass, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Rock and roll, Indie rock
    The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov
  • Saving Abel on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#45) Saving Abel

    • Heartland rock, Rock music, Country rock, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Southern rock, Hard rock
    The Bible
  • Moloko on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#46) Moloko

    • Nu jazz, Downtempo, Trip hop, Electronic music, Dance-pop, House music, Electronic dance music, Acid jazz, Dance music, Alternative rock, Electronica
    A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • The Devil Wears Prada on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#47) The Devil Wears Prada

    • Christian hardcore, Metalcore, Heavy metal, Post-hardcore, Christian metal, Electronicore
    The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
  • Billy Talent on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#48) Billy Talent

    • Pop punk, Rock music, Emo, Rapcore, Post-grunge, Melodic hardcore, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-hardcore, Alternative metal, Hardcore punk
    Hard Core Logo by Michael Turner
  • Shai Hulud on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#49) Shai Hulud

    • Progressive metal, Mathcore, Metalcore, Heavy metal, Hardcore punk
    Dune by Frank Herbert
  • The Airborne Toxic Event on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#50) The Airborne Toxic Event

    • Alternative rock, Indie rock
    White Noise by Don DeLillo

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Sometimes musicians reach for inspiration from their bookshelves. Whether you’re a fan of a good band with a funny book name or just a fan of literary figure names and weird bands, this list of famous bands with book names is the place to be for all the smartest band names. Such as Veruca Salt is a character in a Roald Dahl book.

Do you know any band name has some kind of literary affiliation? The random tool generates 65 items, you could check the information about the best bands named after books and literary characters. Welcome to share your thoughts with us if we missed any great bands.  

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