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15 celebrities you probably didn’t realize were also in a band

[Photos by: Zooey Deschanel/Fox, Ryan Gosling/Summit Entertainment, Joe Keery/Netflix, Dylan Minnette/Netflix]

From Stranger Things to 13 Reasons Why, our favorite actors and actresses have stolen our hearts on television and the big screen. However, a handful of our fave celebs have given us even more of a reason to love them, thanks to their spectacular musical side projects.

Ranging from indie to noise rock, here are 15 celebs you might just want to add to your playlist, stat.

Read more: Watch Finn Wolfhard from ‘Stranger Things’ rock out onstage with SWMRS

Gaten Matarazzo

When he’s not fighting off Demodogs with Steve, Dustin—aka Gaten Matarazzo—sings in the New Jersey six-piece act Work In Progress. The band recently did some Fall Out Boy, Paramore and Foo Fighters covers, and needless to say, they were seriously epic and Hayley Williams approved.

Read more: Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo is in a band

Dylan Minnette

You might recognize Dylan Minnette as Clay from 13 Reasons Why, but he’s also the singer/guitarist for alt-rock band Wallows. The band recently released their fourth single, “Pulling Leaves Off Trees.”

Ryan Gosling

That’s right: Ryan Gosling was part of the rock duo Dead Man’s Bones, which released their first, self-titled album in Oct. 2009. He and the other half of the pair, Zach Shields, played all the instruments on the record—even ones they had never touched before. Pretty amazing, right?

Shaun White

Professional snowboarder Shaun White was a guitarist in the electronic rock band Bad Things, which released their self-titled debut album in 2014. The band even graced the Lollapalooza stage in 2013.

Zooey Deschanel

It’s no secret that Zooey Deschanel has a glorious singing voice. (We all remember that scene from Elf, right?) Well, she’s also a part of the duo She & Him, who released their first album, Volume One, back in 2008. She’s credited for lead vocals, tambourine, piano and ukulele, and their tunes are an indie affair we can’t help but love.

Tyler Posey

Before releasing a Blink-182 cover with Neck Deep’s Fil Thorpe and writing music with All Time Low’s Jack Barakat, Tyler Posey was in his own pop-punk band: Lost in Kostko. Sadly, the band broke up in 2013, but there are still some live clips living on YouTube to relive some of those epic moments.

Read more: Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard’s band, Calpurnia, are recording an EP

Finn Wolfhard

Finn Wolfhard (aka Stranger Things‘ Mike Wheeler) fronts a band, Calpurnia, and the indie outfit are recording their debut EP with Twin Peaks singer Cadien Lake James. You can hear the Stranger Things actor’s vocal skills in the band’s cover of Twin Peaks’ “Wanted You.”

Read more: ‘Game Of Thrones’ actor Peter Dinklage was in a punk band (and there are photos to prove it)

Peter Dinklage

You probably best know actor Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game Of Thrones, but he also fronted punk-rock band Whizzy back in the ’90s. Though there isn’t any footage to dig up, there is this photo that is just as cool.

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Jamie Campbell Bower

Sure, you’ve seen Jamie Campbell Bower in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, three of the Twilight movies and the character of young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. But did you know he also fronts rock band Counterfeit., which released their debut album, Together We Are Stronger, last spring and just opened for Don Broco in London.

Joe Keery

Our Stranger Things fave Steve Harrington has more than just luscious locks and mad babysitting skills—he also has a musical side, too. Joe Keery was in the psych-rock band Post Animal. Watch his stellar guitar skills in the band’s performance of their song “When I Get Home.”

Read more: Steve from ‘Stranger Things’ is in a psych rock band

Maya Rudolph

SNL funny woman Maya Rudolph has some seriously impressive acting chops—and it turns out she has some impressive musical chops, too. She handled keyboard and backing vocals for ’90s alt-rock act the Rentals’ first tours in support of its debut album.

Charlie Heaton

That’s right: There’s another musically-inclined Stranger Things character, and that’s Jonathan Byers, aka Charlie Heaton. The British actor used to be in a noise rock band, Comanechi, where he played drums.

Ezra Miller

Fantastic Beasts and Perks Of Being A Wallflower star Ezra Miller is part of the grunge-folk three piece Sons Of An Illustrious Father, credited with vocals, percussion and keyboards. The self-proclaimed “genre queer” act are set to have an album released this year. (!!!)

Michael Cera

Michael Cera has quite the musical background, contributing mandolin and backing vocals to Weezer’s “Hang On,” as well as being one half of the duo the Long Goodbye. He’s also released solo music, with his debut full-length, True That, released back in 2014.

Macaulay Culkin

Ah, Macaulay Culkin. The former child actor and Home Alone star is a vocalist in the comedy rock band the Pizza Underground, which parodies songs by the Velvet Underground, but all the songs, from names to lyrics, are pizza-themed. Now that’s our kind of band.

Watch more: Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things performs with SWMRS in New York City