Watching Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure showed me how important music is to the series so here’s a thread showing some of its many music references from parts 1-5:

Speedwagon is named after the band REO Speedwagon (notice how his name is Robert E.O Speedwagon in the series) who were quite prominent in the 70’s and 80’s

The Zeppeli name for Zeppeli family comes from influential rock band Led Zeppelin

Iconic antagonist Dio Brando was partly named after metal group DIO with the rest of the namesake coming from acclaimed actor Marlon Brando

Lisa Lisa was named after the pioneering group Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Joseph’s future wife Suzi Q is named after the artist Suzi Quatro

Three of the Pillar Men (Karz, Wammu & Esidisi) get their namesakes from the new wave group The Cars, well known pop duo WHAM! and legendary rock band AC/DC respectively

The other member of the pillar men Santana is named after guitarist Carlos Santa who also founded the rock group Santana

Smokey Brown is named after the legendary Motown singer Smokey Robinson and the godfather of soul himself James Brown

Mercenary Steely Dan is named after the jazz rock band of the same name who are most remembered for their Grammy award winning album Aja

Jean Pierre Polnareff is partly named after the french singer Michel Polnareff

Iggy gets his name from punk icon Iggy Pop

The D’arby brothers are named after soul singer Terence Trent D’arby

DIO’s guard bird Pet Shop is named after pop duo Pet Shop Boys

I don’t need to tell y’all who where Vanilla Ice gets his name

Josuke’s stand Crazy Diamond is named after a song off Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here

Another stand is named after a pink floyd song this time it’s Koichi’s with it being named after the song echoes from the album Meddle

Rohan’s Stand Heaven’s Door is named after a Bob Dylan song that was on the soundtrack of the Western film Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973)

The shapeshifting abilities of the myesterious Mikitaka gets its name from the innovative and pioneering group Earth, Wind & Fire

Killer Queen is named after a song from well known QUEEN from their album Sheer Heart Attack

Giorno’s stand get the name Gold Experience from an album by the one of the greatest artists of all time in Prince

Bruno’s stand Sticky Fingers is named after a Rolling Stones album of the same name

The mischievous stand of Mista is named after influential punk rock band The Sex Pistols

Narancia’s useful stand Aerosmith is is named after the very influential band of the same name

Moody Blues is named after the rock band The Moody Blues

The seemingly immortal stand Notorious B.I.G. is obviously named after one of the greatest rappers to ever do it

Fugo’s destructive stand Purple Haze comes from the well known song from the debut album of the Jimi Hendrix Experience

The stand of the capo Polpo is named after the iconic metal group Black Sabbath

The troublesome stand Man In The Mirror is named after the classic song from the Michael Jackson

Rissotto’s stand Metallica is named after the world famous heavy metal band

One of the more influential punk rock bands in recent times Green Day was the inspiration for the name of Ciocolata’s stand

Secco’s wearable stand has its name inspired by one of the most influential groups in modern British music Oasis

The very OP stand King Crimson is named after a band that was very influential for early 70s rock

That’s the end of the thread sorry if it was a lil long and further apologies as I did miss a few other references also