| | As Your Voice Fades..., after Emery's "As Your Voice Fade" |
| | After Forever, after Black Sabbath´s "After Forever" |
| | Boom Boom Satellites, after Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Boom boom Satellite" from their album "Dress For Excess" |
| | Bury Your Dead, after The Haunted's "Bury Your Dead" |
| | Death Cab for Cutie, after Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "Death Cab for Cutie" on their album Gorilla |
| | Deacon Blue, after Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" on their album Aja |
| | Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple" |
| | DumDum Boys, after Iggy Pop's "Dum Dum Boys" |
| | Ella Guru, after Captain Beefheart's "Ella Guru" |
| | Funeral for a Friend, after Planes Mistaken for Stars's "Funeral for a Friend" (although some believe it's after Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral For A Friend)") |
| | Godsmack, after Alice In Chains' God Smack |
| | Hello Goodbye, after The Beatles's "Hello, Goodbye" |
| | How We Are, after Lifetime's "How We Are" |
| | Hit the Lights, after Metallica's "Hit the Lights" |
| | Kashmir after Led Zeppelin' Kashmir |
| | Kooks, after David Bowie's "Kooks" from his album Hunky Dory |
| | Ladytron, after Roxy Music's "Ladytron" |
| | Little League after Cap'n Jazz's "Little League"" |
| | The Living End after The Stray Cats' "The Living End" |
| | Nickel Creek after Byron Berline's "Nickel Creek" |
| | Nine Below Zero after Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Nine Below Zero" |
| | Oh Messy Life after Cap'n Jazz's "Oh Messy Life" |
| | The Ordinary Boys, after Morrissey's "The Ordinary Boys" |
| | Polar Bear Club, after Silent Majority's "Polar Bear Club" |
| | Powderfinger, after Neil Young's "Powderfinger" |
| | Pretty Girls Make Graves, after The Smiths' "Pretty Girls Make Graves" (debatable, may both take name from same Jack Kerouac quote) |
| | Proud Mary, after Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" |
| | Roxette after Dr. Feelgood's "Roxette" |
| | Ruins, after Henry Cow's "Ruins" |
| | Scary Kids Scaring Kids after Cap'n Jazz's "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"" |
| | Shook Ones, after Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones" |
| | The Sisters of Mercy, after Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy" |
| | Spiral Architect, after Black Sabbath's "Spiral Architect" |
| | Spoon (band) after the 1970s German avant-garde band Can song "Spoon" (the theme song to the movie Das Messer).[] |
| | Stars of Track and Field after Belle and Sebastian's "Stars of Track and Field" |
| | Stiff Little Fingers after The Vibrators "Stiff Little Fingers" |
| | The Sunshine Underground after The Chemical Brothers "The Sunshine Underground" |
| | We Are Scientists after Cap'n Jazz's "We Are Scientists!" |
| | Burning Airlines, after Brian Eno's "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More" |
| | A Certain Ratio, after a line from Brian Eno's "The True Wheel" |
| | Curved Air, after Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air" |
| | Franky Lee, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" |
| | The Get Up Kids, after The Cure's "Suburban Get Up Kids" |
| | The Gigolo Aunts, after Syd Barrett's "Gigolo Aunt" |
| | Godsmack, after Alice in Chains' "God Smack" |
| | Judas Priest, after Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" |
| | Mob Rules, after Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules" |
| | Motörhead after Hawkwind's "Motorhead" |
| | The Old 97's after Johnny Cash's "The Wreck of the Old 97" |
| | Overkill (band), after Motörhead's "Overkill" |
| | The Pretty Things, after Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing" |
| | The Raveonettes, after Buddy Holly's "Rave On" |
| | Radio Birdman, from a line in The Stooges' "1970" |
| | Radiohead, after the Talking Heads' "Radio Head" |
| | The Rolling Stones, after Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone" |
| | Sepultura, after Motörhead's "Dancing on your Grave" |
| | Shakespears Sister, after The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister" |
| | Texas Is The Reason, after a line from The Misfits' "Bullet" |
| | Through the Eyes of the Dead, after Cannibal Corpse's "Staring Through The Eyes of The Dead" |
| | Warsaw (later became Joy Division), after David Bowie's "Warszawa" |