Ever wondered the inspiration for the names behind some of your favorite musicians and bands? Here's an interesting look at 15 musicians and how exactly they came up with their names. Check it out in the list below:

Foo Fighters

Their name comes from the phrase used for UFOs in WWII.


Childish Gambino

Donald Glover entered his name in a Wu-Tang Clan name generator, Childish Gambino was born.


Led Zeppelin

Keith Moon started drumming for the band, he said the idea would go over like a ‘lead zeppelin,’ exaggerating the phrase to make it funny.


Vampire Weekend

Ezra Koenig filmed a movie called Vampire Weekend about a guy whose dad gets killed by vampires and he travels to Cape Cod to warn the mayor that vampires are attacking the country.


Action Bronson

Before Arian Asllani was rapping, he was tagging buildings in NYC using the graffiti name ‘Action.’


Pink

Alicia Beth Moore was nicknamed pink when she was a kid because her face would turn the same color when she got embarrassed.


Zeds Dead

They named themselves in reference to a scene from Pulp Fiction when Butch tells Fabienne ‘Zed’s dead, baby.


Fall Out Boy

Someone yelled out “Fallout Boy” in reference to the sidekick of the Radioactive Man from The Simpsons during their show.


Lynyrd Skynyrd

They named themselves after their PE teacher Leonard Skinner.


Passion Pit

The band chose the phrase used to describe drive in movie theaters due to the private and romantic moments teenagers would share in their cars while ‘watching’ the movie.


Kiss

Band co-founder Paul Stanley insists the name came to be after they heard drummer Peter Criss has once been in a band called Lips.


Iggy Azalea

She took the name of her childhood pet, Iggy and the first street she lived on, Azalea.


Creedance Clearwater Revival

The band was originally called the Golliwogs. Tom Fogerty’s friend Credence Newball, ‘clear water’ from a commercial for Olympia Beer, and revival which spoke to their new commitment to their band.


Modest Mouse

They got their name from a Virginia Woolf story called ‘The Mark on the Wall.’


Moby

His great great grand uncle was Herman Melville, the author of ‘Moby Dick.’ His real name is Richard Melville Hall.