![15 Rock + Metal Icons Who’ve Inspired the Name of a New Species](https://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2019/10/Lemmy-Kilmister-Motorhead.jpg?w=980&q=75)
15 Rock + Metal Icons Who’ve Inspired the Name of a New Species
Musicians can have a pretty big impact on the lives of some of their fans. In return, what better way is there to honor them than naming something after them...like an animal?
Nature is pretty metal, so there's bound to be a handful of scientists who are fans of the genre themselves. When it came to discovering a new species, some of them got pretty creative and wanted to pay back their favorite musicians, thus there are some creatures out there named after certain artists and albums.
It's no surprise that there's an organism in the animal kingdom named after someone like Ozzy Osbourne or Lemmy Kilmister, considering their...wild...lives. But did you know there's a worm named after Henry Rollins?
Scroll through the gallery below to see ten artists who've had species named after them.
25 Awesome Celebrity Metalheads
More From
![AI Ranks the 10 Best Places to Vacation in Maine](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-25T105846.299.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This Maine Trail Was Unsurprisingly Rated as Best in State](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-24T092646.622.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This Steakhouse in Maine Was Named Best in the State](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-22T121720.788.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Maine Restaurant to Be Featured at Dave Portnoy’s Pizza Festival](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-22T134335.772.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Everything You Need to Know About Maine’s New ‘Blue Envelope Program’](http://townsquare.media/site/490/files/2024/07/attachment-Give-us-Maine-Summer-destinations-where-you-WON%2525E2%252580%252599T-find-tourists-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals for Mainers](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-IMG_4688.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
![Maine Will Be Affected by Latest Change From the USPS](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-11T130744.027.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Maine Ranks as One of the Safest States to Live, but Not #1](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-11T100702.227.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Salary That a Family in Maine Needs for Basic Survival](http://townsquare.media/site/494/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-10T140912.682.jpg?w=980&q=75)