List of Bands with Animal-Themed Names
Mammals
Canines
- Three Dog Night
- Dr. Dog
- Snoop Doggy Dog
- Nate Dog
- Temple of the Dog
- Bloodhound Gang
- Wolfmother
- Wolf Parade
- Howling Wolf
- Steppenwolf
- Fleet Foxes
Feline
- Cat Power
- Cat Stevens
- Stray Cats
- Hepcat
- John Cougar Mellencamp
- Cheetah Girls
- Pussy Cat Dolls
- One Day As A Lion
- White Lion
- Lionel Ritchie
- Def Leopard
- Atomic Kitten
Hooved
- Crazyhorse
- Band of Horses
- Zebrahead
- Young Buck
- Buck Owens
- Buck O Nine
- Buck Cherry
- Jeff Buckley
- Buckwild
- Deerhunter
- The Dear Hunter
- Deerhoof
- Deer Tick
- Caribou
- Government Mule
- Giraffe? Giraffe!
- The Giraffes
- Lamb Of God
- Buffalo Springfield
- Space Hog
- Ponytail
Primates
- The Monkees
- Monkey
- Gorillaz
- Gorilla Biscuits
- Arctic Monkeys
- Hairy Apes BMX
- The Apes
Bears!
- Grizzly Bear
- Minus The Bear
- Panda Bear
- Polar Bear
Rodents
- Modest Mouse
- Danger Mouse
- Echo & The Bunnymen
- Fruit Bats
- The Aquabats
- Screeching Weasel
- Squirrel Nut Zippers
- RATT
- Ratatat
- John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Aquatic
- Seal
- The Wailers (get it?!)
- Freelance Whales
- The Hippos
Miscellaneous
- The Wombats
- Elephant Man
Fish
- Phish
- Badfish
- Great White
- Hootie & The Blowfish
- The Eels
- Reel Big Fish
- Fishbone
- Country Joe and the Fish
- Fish
- Howard Fishman Quartet
- Lake Trout
- The Coral
- Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
- Man of War
- Leftover Salmon
- Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel
- Lance Bass
Birds
- The Byrds
- The Flamingos
- The Yardbirds
- Andrew Bird
- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Weird Owl
- Black Crowes
- Sheryl Crow
- Counting Crows
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Finch
- Jimmie’s Chicken Shack
- An Albatross
- Pelican
- The Doves
- The Eagles
- Eagles Of Death Metal
- Department of Eagles
- Eagle Eye Cherry
- Flock of Seagulls
- Them Crooked Vultures
- Robyn
- The Jayhawks
- Dixie Chicks
- Raveonettes
- Herbie Hancock
- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Reptiles
- Slash’s Snake Pit
- White Snake
- The Stray Gators
- Cobra Starship
- The Turtles
- Tortoise
Arthropods
Insects
- Alien Ant Farm
- Adam Ant
- The Beatles
- Iron Butterfly
- Scorpions
- Papa Roach
- Buddy Holly & The Crickets
- WASP
Spiders
- Tarantulas
Mollusks
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Oysterhead
- The Octopus Project
Amphibians
- Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
- The Toadies
- Toad the Wet Sprocket
General Animal Names
- Animal Collective
- The Animals
- Beastie Boys
- Wild Beasts
- The Sound of Animals Fighting
- Super Furry Animals
Fictional/Extinct
- The Unicorns
- Dragon Force
- Phoenix
- Fenix TX
- T Rex
- Dinosaur Jr
- Mastadon
- The Dodos
The Story
This list was generated on a long 7 hour drive from New York City to Oil City, PA between me, my cousin Zach and my wife. Unfortunately, this was some time ago and we didn’t really write anything down until after the fact. As a result, this might not be completely exhaustive. That’s where you come in. Feel free to suggest.
However, a very simple rule applies. Bands/artists can’t be TOO obscure. There are probably thousands of bands with animal names, but unless they’ve achieved some level of notoriety they can’t be on the list. Any obscure ones that you see in the list were thought of by us in our initial brainstorm.
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Aaron Spring
THE MOON RATS (marsupial)
Matt Huntington
We are Wolves
aaron
aids wolf, karp, flipper, tarantula haw, lubricated goat, barn owl, howlin wolf, mogwai, moondog, yellow swans, swans
amanda
Owl City! (from my friend Claire)
Collin Kelly
Reptiles > Hot Snakes … Gone but not forgotten!
Melissa & Arye
Bear in heaven
Bat for lashes
gorillaz
deerhunter
owl city
pet shop boys
plants and animals
samantha fox
vampire weekend ?
white rabbits
whitesnake
white lion
wrens
the bird and the bee
jellyfish
ladyhawke
matthew dear
Matt K
Great idea! A few more that come to mind..
Sea Wolf
Bowerbirds
Shearwater
Mountain Goats
Sparklehorse
Wrens
Wooden Birds
Le Tigre
Pedro the Lion
amanda
Andrew Bird
Freelance Whales
Sam
Lil’ Bow Wow (canines)
Buck cherry (hooved)
The Bangles (feline)
Donnie Osmond (general animal)
hunter
RATATAT
CASEY TEMPLETON
HOLY SMOKES THIS IS COOL. YOU ARE A BEAST.
Loren
Awesome list!
Frightened Rabbit
Sea Wolf
Alan
DEERHOOF
schuyler
horse feathers, greatful dawg and eek a mouse
schuyler
avi buffalo, animal liberation orchestra, lil bow-wow & cat empire
Stephen
Thunderbirds Are Now! Ultra Dolphins, Sunbears, The Locust, Bear vs. Shark (two for one) City of Caterpillar, Dragonsaur, Glowworm, Mass Movement of the Moth, Red Sparrows
Sam
joe cocker (birds)
mc hawking (birds)
jonah and the whale (mammals)
joey lawrence (extinct)
Sam
chickenfoot (birds)
bugs bunny – space jam soundtrack (rodents)
Andy
Boomtown Rats
Bat for Lashes
The Groundhogs
Hawkwind
Chesney Hawkes
Ewe 2, lol
Matt
craziest new band by far…
The Bunny The Bear
Allison
It’s Def Leppard, not Leopard.
anon
The Mountain Goats
Kevin
Deadmau5
phil
A dolphin isnt a fish… just so you all know.
Tifa
Apes and Androids.
mike eckstrom
The Kingsnakes, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Norton Buffalo, the Nighthawks, the Iguanas, eek-a-mouse, J.B. Hutto and the Hawks, Persephones Bees.
Xaq
mountain goats
john
Zebra (80’s band), Ratcat (90’s band),
Kevin
Animals as Leaders
As Tall as Lions
Avi Buffalo
Dear and the Headlights
Jaguar Love
your cousin zach
Phantom Buffalo
Sitting Duck
– Flamingo Crash (Birds)
– Web (Spiders)
– Andy Bull (Hooved)
– Bird Automatic (Birds)
– Dragonette (Fictional)
– Little Dragon (Fictional)
– Fear of Tigers (Feline)
– Gorillas On Drums (Primate)
– Howl (Canine)
– Lion & The Lotus (Feline)
– Said The Whale (Fish)
– Tigers That Talked (Feline)
– Wolf Gang (Canine)
– Yelawolf (Canine)
alex
cage the elephant
doves
chickenhawk
foals
fake shark- real zombie!
the hives?
maybe too obscure:
turbowolf
pulled apart by horses
hold your horse is
i wrestled a bear once
blakfish
Marc
Noah & The Whale.
Desiree
Wolves in the Throne Room
yomikoma
Bee Gees
Soup Dragons
Rayk
Some Aussie bands: Ferrets, Dingos, Triffids (oh sorry, that’s a walking plant)
onecitizen
These Arms are Snakes
Megan
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Jesus Lizard
Leslee Hanneken
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Alyssa Rost
pitbull
anon
GUILLEMOTS!
DCSIII
zwan(fictional)
ellipsis
Skinny Puppy
Cranes
Bloodhound Gang
Laura(wr)
sea wolf, pepper rabbit, dinosaur feathers, dear and the headlights, the antlers, boy & bear, patrick wolf, gregory and the hawk, quiet hounds, horse feathers, swimming with sharks, the bird and the bee, bears, an horse, blackbird blackbird, hello seahorse!, swimming with dolphins, gorilla zoe, bearsuit.
sheryl crow (haha)
the eagles.
and i think i saw someone else suggest noah and the whale, owl city, and iwreastededabearonce.
Laura(wr)
oh and: little birdy, basshunter, plants and animals, horse the band, pedro the lion, foals, polar bear club, the pixies.
FliTz
Missing a BIG one, PANTERA….
Jason G
Flock of Seagulls and Eddie Rabbit
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Cage the Elephant, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Cobra Starship, Hampton the Hamster, Hawk Nelson, The Turtles
Dave
Pulled apart by horses 😀
Dale
BearVsShark should be on this list. One of the greatest bands IMO.
Midnight Shyer
Alien ant Farm, Steel Panther, Blackhawk, Toad the wet Sproket, Jamie Foxx, Meat Loaf (kinda!!) GOAT-YE 🙂
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olly
sick puppies
ward
Mandrill (70’s band)
Holajoan
The Detroit Cobras should be there.
John
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionrock 😉
Wolfram
Grant Lee Buffalo
Sly Fox
Snoozer
Hate Beak
Janis Joplin. She is not an animals, but very ugly.
Tom
You missed 2 hair metal bands from the ’80’s.
“Faster Pussycat”
“Lion”
Justin
Japanthers
Allen
Sly Foxx, The Flying Lizards
Allen
New Young Pony Club
Claudia
Buffalo Springfield, Iron Butterfly, Copperhead (90’s southern rock band)
Ilean
Deadmau5
Shadow Wind
If you include the TV Show Bands like “The Monkees”, you’ve also forgotten “The Partridge Family”, “Josie and the Pussycats”, “The Cowslips” and “The Bugaloos”
Allen
Corey Hart, Imagine Dragons
karoline
The cat empire!
Allen
Anything with “Ray”, Ray Charles, Ray Parker Jr., Stevie Ray Vaughn…
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