Defunct Bands

This is a list of Oklahoma bands who are no longer together or on hiatus. For a list of active groups, see Bands.

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Founded 1890s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Red Pepper Band		Ardmore, OK	Unknown
The Tulsa Band		Tulsa, OK	Unknown

Founded 1910s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Oklahoma City Community Band		Oklahoma City, OK
The Tulsa Boy Scout Band		Tulsa, OK

Founded 1920s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Billy McGinty's Cowboy Band		Ripley, OK	1925-1925
Oklahoma City Blue Devils	Jazz	Oklahoma City, OK	1925-1933
Otto Gray and His Oklahoma Cowboys		Ripley, OK	1925-1936
The Royal Entertainers		Tulsa, OK
The Tulsa Municipal Band		Tulsa, OK	1920-
The Wills Fiddle Band		Fort Worth, TX

Founded 1930s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
The Barnyard Boys	Country • Western Swing	Oklahoma City, OK	1937-?
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys		Waco, Texas	1933-1942 • 1943-1965 • 1973
Crain Brothers' Oklahoma Cowboys			-1935
Don Carlos and His Collegiate Ramblers		Langston, OK	1931-1932
The Delta Rhythm Boys		Langston, OK	1934-1987
Hal Price & the Varsitonians		Stillwater, OK
The Honeydrippers		San Diego, CA
Rhythmairs		Tulsa, OK	1939-1940
Tex Bynum and His Cowboys		Tulsa, OK	1935-
The Willis Brothers			1932-1942 • 1946-1979

Founded 1940s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws		Tulsa, OK
The Bopland Boys
Johnnie Lee Wills & All the Boys		Tulsa, OK	1940-1964
Kings of Joy		Tulsa, OK	1948-?
Leon McAuliffe and Cimarron Boys		Tulsa, OK
Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders	Country • Western Swing	Tulsa, OK	1947-?
Tulsa Philharmonic	Classical • Orchestral	Tulsa, OK	1948-2002

Founded 1950s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Bill Gray Band			-
The Fencemen		Tulsa, OK
The Starlighters		Tulsa, OK

Founded 1960s

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Asylum Choir			1967-
Billy Pitcock and His Orchestra		Tulsa, OK	-
Bread		Los Angeles, CA	1968-1973 • 1976-1978 • 1996-1997
Carp	Rock • Folk Rock • Blues Rock	Stillwater, OK	1966-
Dwight Twilley Band		Tulsa, OK	1967-1978
Five Americans		Durant, OK	1962-1969
The GAP Band	R&B • Funk	Tulsa, OK	1967-1990 • 1996-2010
Great Guitars
Gypsy Trips
The Leathercoated Minds		Tulsa, OK	1966-1967
Little Jim and the Fabulous Monkeymen		Prairie Valley, KS	1964-
Markley	Rock • Psychedelic Rock	Los Angeles, CA	1965-1969
The Rogues Five		Sand Springs, OK	-
The Rubber Band			-
Teegarden & Van Winkle		Tulsa, OK	-1973 • 1997
The Young Aristocracy		Prairie Valley, KS	1967-

Founded 1980s

#, A-E

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
151 Black Bats			-
Angry Son		Oklahoma City, OK	-
Argonauts			-
The Authority		Miami, OK	1989-1989
Beatnik Pirates		Tulsa, OK	-
Bill Grant & Delia Bell		Hugo, OK	1980-
Bill Snow and the Power Band		Tulsa, OK	-
Black Star		Oklahoma City, OK	1982-1985
Bleeding Nuns			-
Cenotaph		Tulsa, OK	1987-
Chainsaw Kittens	Rock • Alternative Rock • Glam Rock	Norman, OK	1989-2000
Concept of Nonsense		Tulsa, OK	-
Crimes Against Humanity			-
Diet of Worms			1983-1984
Dresden Bombers		Tulsa, OK	-

F-L

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Face First			-
Fatal Blessing		Oklahoma City, OK
Illegitimate Sons of Jackie O		Tulsa, OK	-
The Ill Fated		Tulsa, OK	-
Jim Sweney & the Jumpshotz		Tulsa, OK	-
Latem		Tulsa, OK	-
Legioned Marcher		Oklahoma City, OK	1986-1987

M-R

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Manifest Destiny		Stillwater, OK	1988-2003 • 2005-
The Mystery Band		Tulsa, OK	1983-
New Cimarron Boys		Claremore, OK	-1988
No Direction			-
Oliver Magnum		Tulsa, OK	1983-1997
Painted Orange		Tulsa, OK	-
Park Grubbs		Bartlesville, OK	-
Peter Parker		Jenks, OK	1988-1990
Pitbulls on Crack		Tulsa, OK	1989-1996 • 2006
Purgatory		Oklahoma City, OK	1984-1986
Randys		Oklahoma City, OK	-
Rapid Fire			-
Red Red Groove		Tulsa, OK	-
Red Valley Barnstormers		Stillwater, OK	1982-1986 • 2017
Rocket Rangers		Tulsa, OK	1985-1988
Rockin' Jimmy and the Brothers of the Night		Tulsa, OK	-

S-Z

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
The Shakerz
Soul Avengers		Tulsa, OK	-1990
State of Mind		Tulsa, OK	-
Steve Pryor and the Mighty Kingsnakes		Tulsa, OK	1984-
Stonehorse		Claremore, OK	-
Subatomic Pieces		Choctaw, OK	-2008
Tattered Remnants			-
Textones			-
Tom Gray's Dream		Tulsa, OK	-
Torment		Oklahoma City, OK	1987-1991
The Tractors		Tulsa, OK	1988-2018
Tramp		Coweta, OK	1988-
True Godzilla			-
Verbal Assault			-
The Vic Willis Trio			1980-1995

Unknown

I-L

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Intrigue		Tulsa, OK	-
The Jazz Babies		Tulsa, OK	-
Jerry Fisher and the Music Company
The Jerry Fisher Group
Joe Simpson & Malachi 4:2 Band		Hooker, OK	-
Johnny Cale Quintet		Tulsa, OK	-
Judge & Jury		Oklahoma City, OK	-
J.U.N.K.			-
The Kids Who Never Learned to Color Inside of the Lines		Tulsa, OK
KillHaven
King Okie
King's X
Laron			-
Lasso			-
Last Exit		Tulsa, OK	-
Lee Shaw Trio			-
Legal Insanity		Tulsa, OK	-
The Lepers		Tulsa, OK	-
Light Year		Tulsa, OK	-
Liverpool			-
Long Pig			-
Loverslain
Lucid			-
Lucifer & the Peppermints
Lure			-
Lynx		Tulsa, OK	-

S-Z

Name	Genre	Origin	Years Active
Shit Whores
Smirk
Straight Edge		Broken Arrow, OK
Sweeper
Toxic Injection
Valerie Stone
The Vanguard		Tulsa, OK	-
Vastu		Tulsa, OK	-
Villain		Tulsa, OK	-
The Violence		Tulsa, OK	-
Violent Conspiracy			-
The Voice Of		Weatherford, OK	-2009
Welfare		Tulsa, OK	-
Wild Oats
Wretched			-
Wretch Like Me
X-Mas Tree			-