There are at least 9 bands/artists with this name. Note: There also is a French rock band with the same name but different spelling - Bästard.)

1. A band from London, England formed in 1975 by Lemmy Kilmister, after he got fired from Hawkwind. Lemmy recruited Larry Wallis and Lucas Fox and they decided to call themselves Bastard for a brief period of time. Lemmy would soon change the name to Motörhead.

2. A short lived but legendary crust punk / d-beat band from Japan.

3. Death metal band based in Iceland.

4. An alternative rock band from Argentina formerly known as Blood Thirsty Bastards.

5. A short lived visual kei band, also from Japan.

6. And there is a band with the same name from Stord, a city located at the west-coast of Norway.

7. Bastard is also a drum and bass/breakcore artist from Romania.

8. Thrashcore band from Prievidza, Slovakia (RIP)

9. Alternative Rock/Pop band founded in Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden by Jessicka Strandell (Play Dough) in 1997. There are still some tracks available on their garageband.com profile.

10. Czech hardcore (NS hatecore) project of singer from Ecce Mors

11. Malaysian experimental rapper

12. Czech rapper

13. St. Louis thrash metal band Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.