Band Name Connections

The band's name originates from Marty McFly, the protagonist of the Back to the Future film trilogy.

The name of the band is taken from the 1981 horror film of the same name.

The name of the band comes from a late night classic film, Planet of the Apes, in which Dr. Zira calls George Taylor "bright eyes" as a term of endearment.

Ladyhawke named herself after the 1985 Richard Donner film Ladyhawke.

The band's name comes from their favourite character in the 1970s film Grease.

The band named themselves after the villain from Barbarella, Roger Vadim's French science-fiction film. The villain, played by Milo O'Shea, is named "Dr. Durand Durand".

The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title.

The band was originally named "Retribution", but later changed their name to "Atreyu" (after the character of the same name from the fantasy book/movie The Neverending Story), when they found out that another band from Hemet, California had been using their original name.

The band took their name from the character Rufio, leader of the Lost Boys in the absence of Peter Pan in the 1991 film Hook.

Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

The band is named after the creatures from the film Gremlins.

Named after Veruca Salt, the spoiled rich girl from the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

Band named after actress Marilyn Monroe's final film The Misfits (1961).

The band's name originates from the Nadsat slang in the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, in which it means "milk" (from the Russian word for milk, молоко), actually the name of a milk drink that Alex and his "droogs" consume mixed with "drencrom".

They took their name from the character in the James Bond film, Goldfinger.

Noah and the Whale's name is a mash-up of the film 'The Squid and the Whale' and its director Noah Baumbach.
The band heavily mimics Anderson's film style in the video for their first single "5 Years Time."

Steve Harris named the band after the iron maiden torture device as shown in the 1939 film The Man in the Iron Mask.

“We used to rehearse right across the street from a movie theater,” Ozzy Osbourne told WNEW-FM. “One day I think Tony says, ‘Don’t you find it strange that people pay money to go and get scared to death at those horror movies.’ So we decided to put it to a musical format.”
They selected the name from the 1963 Italian-French horror film.

Although unconfirmed, Say Anything frontman Max Bemis is said to have named the band after the movie because he could “relate to the character of Lloyd Dobler.”

The Scottish rock band was inspired to name themselves after the crime family in the The Goonies.

Originally calling themselves Ed Rooney, the Los Angeles rock band named themselves after the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

“It’s a slight change of a line from Pirates of the Caribbean,” singer Oliver Sykes told Spin in 2010. “Right at the end of the film - it might even be the very last line - Johnny Depp says, ‘Bring me that horizon.’"

The British synthpop group were inspired to name their new group after a fictional band referred to in A Clockwork Orange where The Heaven 17 are at No. 4 on the charts with their song “Inside.” The name is one of ten fictional bands featured in the scene where Alex visits a record shop.

Originally calling themselves FOI: Force of the Imperial Master, RZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard adopted the moniker of Wu-Tang Clan after the 1983 martial arts film Shaolin and Wu Tang.

The German synth-pop outfit were inspired by the boundary-pushing French director Jean-Luc Godard’s futuristic 1965 film of the same name.

Their name comes from the 1971 film starring George C. Scott.

The English punk band are believed to have lifted their name from the Oscar Nominated 1969 Italian-German drama by Luchino Visconti.

From the movie Kill Bill, named after the fictional martial arts move of the same name which after being struck by it and taking three steps your heart will explode.

The Washington D.C. based indie rock band poached a line from Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. The phrase is uttered by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the popular comedy.

The Southern California christian punk band pulled their name from a gadget used by the character “Data” in The Goonies.

After the novel and comedy/drama movie of the same name.

The pop punk band from Santa Barbara named themselves after a line by Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

The San Francisco rock band was inspired to steal the name of the biker gang in the 1954 film The Wild One starring Marlon Brando.

The Seattle grunge band lifted their name straight from Russ Meyer’s “sadistically sensual motion picture,” Mudhoney: A Taste of Evil.