Ever wonder which of your favorite bands are named after movies? So have we. So we went out and did a little bit of research.

BANDS NAMED AFTER ACTUAL MOVIES

My Bloody Valentine: The seminal shoegaze act took their name from a low-budget 1981 horror movie about a guy who really, really hates Valentine's Day, so instead of just sitting around moping, he throws on a gas mask, grabs a butcher knife, and does something about it. The film was remade in 2009, coinciding with the band's reunion, and received surprisingly decent reviews for a 3-D slasher flick.

Say Anything: Mediocre emo band named after a John Cusack film that outclasses them by miles and miles. We still think Grosse Pointe Blank's Martin Blank is supposed to be an alternate-dimension future version of Lloyd Dobler.

White Zombie: Rob Zombie chose a 1932 B-horror film starring Bela Lugosi to emulate, both by his band's name and by their general aesthetic. The film is a pulpy comedy of errors wherein a young man turns to a witch doctor (Lugosi) to make the object of his desire fall in love with him. The witch doctor fucks it up and turns her into his zombie slave instead. Whoops! Guess that's why they don't give out degrees for witch doctoring.

They Might Be Giants: Named after a bizarre little 1971 film that puts Sherlock Holmes in modern-day New York City as a Don Quixote-like crazy person, and casts Dr. Watson as his female psychiatrist. The film questions just how much difference the concept of reality makes, which lines up with the band's philosophy perfectly. "They might be windmills... but they might also be giants." Yup.

Black Sabbath: The first true heavy metal band was named Earth before they went to see the 1963 Boris Karloff horror film at a movie theater near their rehearsal space. Afterward, they decided since horror movies were doing so well, a horror-themed band would probably be a good idea, too. A name change and several down-tuned guitars later, Black Sabbath were scaring parents all over the country, all in tribute to a Karloff anthology flick even horror buffs barely remember.

The Mission UK: Robert De Niro was a favorite actor of this United Kingdom post-punk band, so they took their name from a film of his that had just been released and, despite having gotten decent reviews, has since fallen by the wayside, possibly because De Niro does not play an Italian gangster stereotype.

Instead, he plays the leader of a band of mercenary Jesuits who protects a tribe of South American Indians from Portugese slave traders. The Mission had to tack on the UK to their name later when they discovered an American band had beaten them to the name.

Mudhoney, Faster Pussycat, Vixen, Motorpsycho: All bands named after films by notorious early exploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer.