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  • Billy Pilgrim on Random Best Bands Named After Books and Literary Characters

    (#35) Billy Pilgrim

    • Folk music
    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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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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