1969年，在Toronto，列侬举行了一次现场表演，乐队的名字就叫Plastic Ono Band（塑胶洋子乐队或塑料洋子乐队），后来列侬在abbey road工作室使用同样的名称和创作团队录制了John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 。　　

披头士解散后，列侬邀请了曾经为他制作过“Instant Karma!”的金牌制作人Phil Spector为他的John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band专辑做监制，Phil Spector也为专辑中的love做了钢琴伴奏。另外，披头士鼓手林格斯塔尔承担了鼓乐伴奏，Klaus Voormann为贝斯伴奏。
As the project progressed, the name came to represent a succession of collaborations, by Lennon and Ono singly or together, with a host of artists including one performance line-up comprising Klaus Voormann, Yes drummer Alan White, and Eric Clapton, and other studio and performance groupings of artists such as George Harrison, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, the Who's drummer Keith Moon, New York band Elephant's Memory, Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Phil Spector, drummer Jim Keltner.

In revival since 2009 with Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Yuka Honda, a host of new collaborations has occurred with artists including Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Bette Midler, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Scissor Sisters, Harper Simon, Paul Simon, and Gene Ween.