Radiator Hospital is an American pop-pop/punk band active in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania DIY scene originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

When it began, Radiator Hospital was only a solo project: Sam Cook-Parrott’s outlet for his spartan, romantic lo-fi pop songs produced on a four-track tape recorder. Now, Radiator Hospital is a four-piece with Cook-Parrott teaming up with fellow guitarist-vocalist Cynthia Schemmer, drummer Jeff Bolt, and bass player Jon Rybicki.

Cook-Parrott has said he called it Radiator Hospital because of an auto body shop near his hometown Grand Rapids, MI:

I thought the sign looked cool and it had a good ring to it, especially taken out of that context it kind of sounds like two words that aren’t supposed to be together. […] Had to call it somethin’ I guess.