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| 8 | ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This is a band trope: members of a band are related to one another (though it doesn't have to be all of them). |
| 9 | |
| 10 | There are two types: |
| 11 | * Some of the members happen to be related |
| 12 | * [[LogicalExtreme The Family Band]]: ''Everyone'' in the band is related -- which is quite common. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Common deviations from this formula include |
| 15 | * A relative replaces a former band member |
| 16 | * Two members are related, but one leaves the band |
| 17 | * Two members are married -- but divorced |
| 18 | * The relative of one member becomes a new addition |
| 19 | |
| 20 | A common subversion would be for the name of the band to ''suggest'' that they're related -- but [[UnrelatedBrothers they're not]]. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | This is TruthInTelevision for musical families. Children in families where both parents are professional musicians or [[TheRockStar rock stars]] grow up around constant touring, practicing and rehearsals, so they naturally tend to learn to become performers. Record producers use the "family group" as a marketing tactic. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Compare SiblingTeam and CreatorCouple. |
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| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | !Examples: |
| 28 | !!Some related: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Anime/Manga]] |
| 33 | * ''Franchise/LoveLive'' |
| 34 | ** ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'': Sisters Dia and Ruby Kurosawa are two members of the idol group Aquors. |
| 35 | ** ''Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar'': Season Three will have Tomari Onitsuka, the younger sister of Natsumi Onitsuka, join Liella! following Natsumi joining in season 2. Both of them will be in the same sub-unit 5yncri5e! as well. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 39 | * In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' the Holiday Girls are a five-member band that includes the twin sisters Milly and Tilly Heyday. |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 43 | * Before twin brothers L and R Nomura became members of Music/MarginalNumber4, they worked in Pythagoras Productions as a two-person unit of just themselves. It seems like no matter what happens they'll be kept together, as they're still in a unit during idol group sitches. |
| 44 | * Music/TheBeatles' song "Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐Da" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' centers around a family developed around this trope. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 48 | * ''Series/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'': Only two of the Dunne Brothers' members are actually the Dunne brothers (the rest are friends), but they roll with the name. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'': Siblings Marty and Clover are two of the four members of Scarlett and the Shakers (the other pair being OfficialCouple Rudy and Scarlett). |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 56 | * In Iron Zion, a Klezmer/Power Metal (you read that right) band in the universe of the Website/FurryBasketballAssociation, organist Eleazar Cragg was the grandfather of lead guitarist Micah Cragg, Micah married clarinetist Sarai Goldberg, bassist Jan Doornenbal was the brother of violinist Bouke, and Micah's little brother David Cragg joined on rhythm guitar during the band's waning years. Drummer Drake Whitesmith and keyboardist Chris Lancer (who replaced Eleazar) were the only members of the band not closely related to another band member. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 60 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The band Kitty Section has siblings [[PerkyGoth Juleka]] and [[MellowFellow Luka]] Couffaine as its guitarists. In season three, Juleka switches to bass guitar, making Luka the sole guitarist. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 64 | * The current incarnation of Music/ThirtySecondsToMars consists of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, and [[OddNameOut Tomo Milicevic]]. |
| 65 | * Music/{{ACDC}}: Malcolm, Angus, George, and Stevie Young. The first two are well-known. As for the other two? |
| 66 | ** George (brother of Malcolm and Angus) was the bassist for a short period of time and is most famous for being the rhythm guitarist of The Easybeats, and more notably served as producer on many of the band's records, especially their early ones. |
| 67 | ** Stevie (the son of Malcolm, Angus, and George's brother [[AncestralName Stephen]]) filled in while Malcolm dealt with alcohol dependency (because they looked so alike, not many fans were aware there was a switch). When Malcolm retired in 2014 due to dementia (he died in 2017), Stevie was named his full-time replacement. |
| 68 | * Music/AceOfBase: Jonas Berggren was the brother of Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren. Subverted now that he's the last Berggren in the band. |
| 69 | * Russian band Agatha Christie famously had the Samoylov brothers, Gleb and Vadim, as two of its key members. Their escalating SiblingRivalry after the death of third key member Aleksandr Kozlov is often cited as the reason the band ultimately broke up. |
| 70 | * Music/{{Alabama}}: cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry. |
| 71 | * Music/AlienWeaponry is composed of brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong and a succession of bassists. |
| 72 | * Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand featured Gregg (vocals, keyboards) and Duane (guitar) Allman along with non-relatives, but the band name became an ArtifactTitle for years after Duane died in a motorcycle accident in 1971. In fact, since they had their greatest success after Duane's death, he almost qualifies as [[ThePeteBest a Pete Best]] if he wasn't their most famous member. Their later lineup featured drummer Butch Trucks, and his nephew, guitar prodigy Derek Trucks, restoring some of the family element to the band. |
| 73 | * When Music/AmericanFootball reunited in 2014, founding lead vocalist and guitarist Mike Kinsella was joined by his cousin Nate Kinsella on bass and vibraphone. |
| 74 | * Luis Mariutti and Hugo Mariutti of Music/{{Angra}} and Shaaman. |
| 75 | * Charlie Benante (drums) and Frank Bello (bass) of Music/{{Anthrax}} are uncle and nephew. |
| 76 | * Music/ArcadeFire has Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, who are married, as well as Win's brother Will. |
| 77 | * [[GodIsLoveSongs Contemporary Christian]] group The Archers {{zigzagged|Trope}} through this trope. Before beginning their recording career; they were a Type 2 example with three brothers (Tim, Steve, and Gary Archer). By the time they began recording in the early 1970s; Gary had moved behind the scenes and the group moved to Type 1 with the addition of Billy Rush Masters and Nancye Short. By 1977; Short and Masters left and the group returned to the Type 2 category following the addition of sister Janice, remaining a Type 2 example for the remainder of the group's history. |
| 78 | * M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Music/AvengedSevenfold are brothers-in-law, each being married to one-half of a set of identical twin sisters. Which means they are also the uncles of each other's sons. Syn's father Brian Haner Sr. (aka Papa Gates) also plays a solo on each of the band's albums. |
| 79 | * The Avett Brothers are Scott and Seth Avett and Bob Crawford on up-right bass and Joe Kwon on cello. |
| 80 | * Music/TheB52s had siblings Ricky and Cindy Wilson until Ricky died of AIDS in 1985. |
| 81 | * [=B*Witched=]'s twin sisters Edele and Keavy, until the group's breakup. See below for their current act. |
| 82 | * Music/BackstreetBoys have Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson, who are cousins. |
| 83 | * Music/TheBangles includes sisters Vicki and Debbie Peterson. |
| 84 | * Music/TheBeachBoys had the three Wilson brothers (Music/{{Brian|Wilson}}, Music/{{Carl|Wilson}}, and Music/{{Dennis|Wilson}}) and their cousin Music/MikeLove playing in the band. |
| 85 | * Music/TheBlackCrowes have brothers Chris and Rich Robinson. In 2001, The Black Crowes actually toured with the already mentioned Oasis and Spacehog, in what was known as The Tour of Brotherly Love. The tour name was meant to be ironic, as all three sets of brothers weren't exactly known to get along. |
| 86 | * The original lineup of Music/BlueOysterCult had Albert and Joe Bouchard on drums and bass, respectively. |
| 87 | * bôa, the British rock band best known for providing the theme song for ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'', has Steve and Jasmine Rodgers, who are brother and sister. |
| 88 | * Tanya Donelly later joined [[Music/ThePixies Kim Deal's]] band Music/TheBreeders, and after Tanya left, she was replaced by Kim's twin sister Kelley. |
| 89 | * In Japanese Rock[=/=]VisualKei band Music/BuckTick, drummer Yagami Toll is the elder brother of bass player Yukata Higuchi. |
| 90 | * Music/KateBush's backing band featured her brother Paddy on various instruments for many years. Her partner Del Palmer was also her bassist and recording engineer on all of her albums, so she had both this trope and CreatorCouple in the same band. |
| 91 | * Ranko and Ranko no Ane[[note]]whose StageName actually means "Ranko's Older Sister"[[/note]] from Music/{{Butaotome}} are sisters. |
| 92 | * Matt and Brad Shultz of Music/CageTheElephant are brothers. |
| 93 | * Brazilian band Capital Inicial has Fê and Flávio Lemos. |
| 94 | * Music/CheapTrick has been this unofficially for the past few years. Their official drummer, Bun E. Carlos has filed a lawsuit against them for claiming that he is a band member while allegedly not allowing him to do anything as a member of the band (Rick Nielsen's son has been playing drums for the past few years). |
| 95 | * Music/TheChicks (originally Dixie Chicks): sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire; they've also recorded as a type 2 duo, the Court Yard Hounds. |
| 96 | * The Christians originally revolved around brothers Garry, Russell, and Roger Christian, but also included unrelated fourth member Henry Priestman. (The current line-up fronted by Garry is not an example as Roger died in 1998 and Russell has retired from music.) |
| 97 | * ElectronicMusic band Music/CleanBandit features brothers Jack and Luke Patterson. |
| 98 | * Music/TheCranberries have Noel and Mike Hogan (on lead guitar and bass respectively), who are brothers. |
| 99 | * Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, with brothers John and Tom Fogerty (lead vocals/guitar, and backing vocals/rhythm guitar, respectively). [[SiblingRivalry They ended up hating being in a band together]], and Tom's departure from the band caused bad blood that was only starting to be patched up when Tom died 19 years later. As John put it in his eulogy for Tom, "We wanted to grow up and be musicians. I guess we achieved half of that, becoming rock 'n roll stars. We didn't necessarily grow up." |
| 100 | * Andy Creeggan -- ThePeteBest of Music/BarenakedLadies -- is the brother of bassist Jim Creeggan. They have a side project known as The Brothers Creeggan. |
| 101 | * ''Music/DanielsonFamile'' consists of Daniel Smith, his brothers and sisters, and some friends (including Music/SufjanStevens) who are [[TrueCompanions close enough they may as well be family, too]]. |
| 102 | * Music/{{Devo}} had two sets of brothers at one point - two Casale brothers and three Mothersbaughs. Currently, it's two of each. Then Bob Casale died. |
| 103 | * Music/DireStraits was originally fronted by Mark Knopfler as LeadGuitaristAndLeadSinger, with his brother David Knopfler as rhythm guitarist; David departed during the recording of their third album to pursue a solo career and the band achieved its greatest success without him, though he still played on one of their most enduring hits, "Sultans of Swing." |
| 104 | * The Dukes of Dixieland, who were led by siblings Frank and Fred Assunto. Their father "Papa Jac" Assunto was also a member. |
| 105 | * Music/{{ESG}}: This early eighties funk-rock band that was hugely influential on later punk-funk centered on the Scroggins sisters, Renee, Valerie, Deborah and Marie, although other people not related to them have been in the band at various times. When the band reformed in the 2000s Deborah no longer took part. |
| 106 | * Music/EarthWindAndFire had brothers Maurice and Verdine White until Maurice passed away. Their brother Freddie White also joined later on. More recently, singer Philip Bailey was joined by his son, Philip Bailey, Jr. |
| 107 | * Eisley is the Dupree sisters, plus their cousin and a friend. |
| 108 | * Music/{{Fanny}} was formed by the Millington sisters, June (guitar) and Jean (bass). In recent years, Jean's son Lee has filled in for Jean on bass (due to a stroke leaving Jean unable to play). |
| 109 | * Music/FiveIronFrenzy: Micah Ortega and Leanor Ortega are cousins. |
| 110 | * Briefly, The Music/FlamingLips: Their original lineup had Wayne Coyne on guitar and his brother Mark on vocals. Mark Coyne left the band after their first EP, so Wayne took over singing duties. |
| 111 | * Music/AFlockOfSeagulls includes lead singer/keyboardist Mike Score and his brother Ali Score on drums. |
| 112 | * Music/PeterGabriel's daughter Melanie often sings backing vocals for him live in concert (and on at least a couple of studio tracks as well). |
| 113 | * Music/TheFourFreshmen was ¾ relatives from 1948-1960, with brothers Don and Ross Barbour alongside cousin Bob Flanigan. |
| 114 | * Music/PhilCollins brought in his son Nic on drums for Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' reunion tour (Phil had suffered severe nerve damage which prevented him from playing). |
| 115 | * Music/GentleGiant. During 1970-72, Phil, Derek and Ray Shulman made up the core of the band. That is until Phil left to be with his family at home. |
| 116 | * Music/GoodCharlotte has twins Benji and Joel Madden. |
| 117 | * Gloriana includes brothers Tom and Mike Gossin, plus Rachel Reinert. |
| 118 | * Music/{{Gojira|Band}} includes brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier (vocalist/guitarist and drummer). |
| 119 | * The Great Society had brothers Darby and Jerry Slick, and Jerry's then-wife Grace. After Grace joined Music/JeffersonAirplane she divorced Jerry but kept [[TheMaidenNameDebate his last name]], then had a long partnership with Paul Kantner (producing a child), though they never actually married. |
| 120 | * Three-fourths of Music/GretaVanFleet are brothers: Josh, Jake and Sam Kiszka. |
| 121 | * Steve Hackett (the former lead guitarist of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}) often performs with his brother John (who plays the flute), both live and on records. |
| 122 | ** Before Steve joined Genesis, the Hackett brothers were in the band Quiet World, which also featured brothers John and Lea Heather as vocalists (their other brother, Neil, wrote some of the band's lyrics). The other band members weren't related to the Heathers, the Hacketts, or each other, though. |
| 123 | * Music/{{HAIM}}, consisting of sisters Alana, Danielle, and Este Haim, would've been a perfect example of Type 2, and was at one point... until they added their [[TheOneGuy male friend]] Dash Hutton on drums. |
| 124 | * Music/{{Halestorm}}, the original line up is Lzzy Hale, Arjay Hale and their father, Roger Hale but Roger left the band in 2004 and became a SiblingTeam. |
| 125 | * Music/{{Heart|Band}}: sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. At the start, the band also had the Fisher Brothers, Roger and Mike. Fifth band member Steve Fossen wasn't related to anybody.[[note]]Everything was great while the Fisher brothers were dating the Wilson sisters. Steve presumably took his fifth wheel status philosophically. And then there were marital rifts...[[/note]] |
| 126 | * Music/HeyViolet: Rena (vocals) and Nia (drums) Lovelis are sisters. |
| 127 | * Music/TheHives' singer, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, and guitarist Nicholaus Arson, are brothers (true names Per and Niklas Almqvist). |
| 128 | * The Holmes Brothers: Wendell (guitar) and Sherman (bass) are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin brothers named Holmes]] (drummer Popsy Dixon rounds out the group). |
| 129 | * Music/{{INXS}} has lead guitarist Tim Farriss, keyboardist Andrew Farriss, and drummer Jon Farriss. In fact, the band's original name was the Farriss Brothers. Many don't know this, probably because Michael Hutchence wasn't one of them. |
| 130 | * Ska-punk outfit the Interrupters consists of the three Bivona brothers (Kevin, Jesse, and Justin), as well as vocalist Aimee Interrupter, who is married to Kevin. |
| 131 | * Also from Brazil, once Ira! reformed in 2014, guitarist Edgard Scandurra put his son Daniel as bassist. |
| 132 | * The Irish Rovers had brothers George and Will Millar and their cousin Joe Millar. George is now the last Millar in the band. |
| 133 | * Music/{{Issues}} had fraternal twin brothers Tyler and Skyler Acord, who were respectively the DJ and bassist of the band. Ultimately subverted, as the former left the band, leaving no relatives involved. Also, it had brothers Ben and Cory Ferris, who [[ThePeteBest left before they made any material]]. |
| 134 | * Music/JagaJazzist: Siblings Lars, Martin, and Line Horntveth are almost the only musicians who have been with the band for its entire existence. |
| 135 | * Jagged Edge has twin brothers Brandon and Brian Casey along with Kyle Norman and Richard Wingo. |
| 136 | * The original lineup of Music/{{Jellyfish}} included brothers Roger (keyboards/backing vocals) and Chris (bass, backing vocals) Manning. However, Chris only joined after their debut ''Bellybutton'' was recorded, though he appears on the album artwork and is credited as "band witchdoctor and mime". |
| 137 | * Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain: Jim and William Reid, the band's two constant members, are brothers. Later, they went on to be heavily involved in Sister Vanilla, group which features their little sister, Linda, and occasionally the brothers themselves. |
| 138 | * Eight of the nine original members of 1980s pop group [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jets_(band) The Jets]] were siblings (six biological, two adopted); they would be Type 2 except for an unrelated background vocalist. |
| 139 | * Music/TheKinks: Ray and Dave Davies. They [[SiblingRivalry did not get along well]]. |
| 140 | * Canadian OneHitWonder Len (known for their song "Steal My Sunshine") had the brother-sister duo of Sharon and Marc Costanzo as co-lead vocalists. Eventually transitioned to a Type 2 when everyone but the Costanzo siblings left the band for other projects (most notably Brendan Canning, who left to found Music/BrokenSocialScene). |
| 141 | * Lieutenant Pigeon ("Mouldy Old Dough"): Hilda Woodward, her son Rob, and a few other musicians. |
| 142 | * Music/LimpBizkit features bassist Sam Rivers and drummer John Otto, who are cousins. |
| 143 | * Music/TheLindaLindas has sisters Mila and Lucia de la Garza, plus their cousin Eloise Wong. Bela Salazar is not related to the other three. |
| 144 | * The eight members of Music/LosCampesinos all [[ThemeNaming share the pseudonymous last name "Campesinos"]] but only lead singer/songwriter Gareth and keyboardist/flautist Kim are related - they're brother and sister. |
| 145 | ** Kim and Gareth also count as a subversion: Kim replaced the band's original lead female singer, Aleksandra, in late 2009. |
| 146 | * Josh Holcomb has been the trombonist of Lucky Chops since its founding. In 2021, his brother Ben became the drummer. |
| 147 | * Mexican band Maná started with three brothers in the group, Juan, Ulises, and Abraham Calleros. The first is still a member, and the second is the band manager. |
| 148 | * Indie rock band Music/{{Marmozets}} consists of ''two'' different sets of siblings: Becca, Sam, and Josh Macintyre on vocals, rhythm guitar, and drums respectively, while another pair of brothers Jack and Will Bottomley are on lead guitar and bass. |
| 149 | * Music/MeatPuppets' Curt and Cris Kirkwood. Curt pulled an IAmTheBand for a few years without his brother (or original drummer Derrick Bostrom), but from 2006 on both brothers have been in the band again. Curt's son Elmo joined the band as a touring guitarist in 2011 and was promoted to the main group in 2018. |
| 150 | * The band Music/MegAndDia was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton. |
| 151 | * Glen Drover (guitarist) and Shawn Drover (drummer), both formerly of Music/{{Megadeth}} and before that Eidolon. They had been making music together since they were kids. |
| 152 | * Musical Youth, a reggae band from England, had brothers Michael and Kelvin Grant and Freddie and Patrick Waite. Dennis Seaton was the only one not related to another bandmate. |
| 153 | * Music/MyChemicalRomance has brothers Gerard and Mikey Way. |
| 154 | * The Music/MysteryJets are a Type 1: Lead singer Blaine Harrison's father Henry Harrison plays bass and guitar for the band. |
| 155 | * Music/TheNational have two sets of brothers - twins Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf. |
| 156 | * Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock '''very''' briefly had two brother pairs: Aside from Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Creator/MarkWahlberg was in it for about 5 minutes along with brother Creator/{{Donnie|Wahlberg}}. |
| 157 | * Chad and Mike Kroeger of Music/{{Nickelback}} are half-brothers. |
| 158 | * Music/NoDoubt had Music/GwenStefani and her brother Eric, who left the band after ''Music/TragicKingdom'' was recorded. |
| 159 | * Nomeansno has alternated between both subtypes. They started out as a duo between brothers Rob ([[VocalTagTeam usually]] lead vocals, bass), and John (drums, vocals) Wright, sometimes overdubbing additional instruments like guitar and keyboards. After a single, EP, and an album with the two-man setup, they were joined by Andy Kerr on guitar and vocals. When Kerr left the band, they put out two more albums as a duo, but have since returned to the RockTrio format with Tom Holliston on guitar and vocals. |
| 160 | * Music/{{Oasis}}: Noel and Liam Gallagher are brothers -- [[SiblingRivalry and brotherly love is nowhere to be found.]] |
| 161 | * Glam rock outfit Palaye Royale was founded by brothers Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett (their surname is Kropp; each brother uses his first and middle names as a StageName). Later, they would add guitarist Andrew Martin and bassist Daniel Curcio (later replaced by Jennie Vee), who are not related to the founding members. |
| 162 | * Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul of Music/{{Pantera}} were brothers and stuck together. Darrell was once offered to join Music/{{Megadeth}} but turned down the offer when his brother could not join as drummer (the role of drummer is filled in by Nick Menza). Likewise, Vinnie Paul insisted that with Darrell dead, so too should be Pantera. |
| 163 | * Music/{{Paramore}} started with Josh Farro on guitar and Zac Farro on drums. Both left in 2010 (though Zac returned in 2016), leading to another pair of siblings if only live: current guitarist Taylor York (who had joined the live band three years earlier and became a full-fledged member in 2009), and tour rhythm guitarist Josh York. |
| 164 | * Post-hardcore band Music/PierceTheVeil was founded by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes (lead vocals[=/=]rhythm guitar and drums, respectively). The two had previously played together in the band Before Today. |
| 165 | * Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno were in The Plastic Ono Band. And so, at one point, was their son Sean Lennon. |
| 166 | * Music/{{Radiohead}}: Colin and Jonny Greenwood (bass and lead guitar, respectively) are brothers. |
| 167 | * Gary [=LeVox=] and Jay [=DeMarcus=] of Music/RascalFlatts are second cousins. Also, [=DeMarcus'=] brother-in-law is OneHitWonder James Otto ("Just Got Started Lovin' You"). |
| 168 | * Music/{{Redbone}}: Brothers Lolly and Pat Vegas. |
| 169 | * Japanese pop-punk band Music/ShonenKnife was founded by sisters Naoko and Atsuko Yamano with their friend Michie Nakatani. Atsuko and Michie left the band, but Atsuko rejoined years later, moving from drums to bass. |
| 170 | * Music/{{Sepultura}} had Max and Igor Cavalera, who later reunited in Cavalera Conspiracy. |
| 171 | ** Max's other band, Music/{{Soulfly}}, eventually saw the addition of his son Zyon. |
| 172 | ** Max eventually brought his youngest son Igor Cavalera Jr to another project, Go Ahead And Die. |
| 173 | * Country music band Sons of the Desert, best known for singing backup on Music/LeeAnnWomack's "I Hope You Dance", consisted of brothers Drew and Tim Womack (no relation to Lee Ann) and three other members. |
| 174 | * {{Music/Soulwax}} was started by two brothers and grew to include friends of both. |
| 175 | * Spacehog's Royston and Antony Langdon are brothers. |
| 176 | * The Spanic Boys: Tom Spanic, his son Ian, and a few other musicians. |
| 177 | * Music/{{Sparks}} are brothers Russell and Ron Mael and a {{revolving door|band} of supporting musicians. |
| 178 | * The Spencer Davis Group had brothers Music/{{Steve|Winwood}} and Muff Winwood. |
| 179 | * The core members of Spirit included Randy California (guitar, vocals) and his stepfather Ed Cassidy on drums. |
| 180 | * Music/SplitEnz had brothers Neil and Tim Finn, as did Music/CrowdedHouse - although Tim was only in the latter band for a year. Neil's sons Liam and Elroy have since joined Crowded House as full-time members, and Tim's son Harper is also a touring member. |
| 181 | * Music/TheStatlerBrothers: DoubleSubversion--despite their name, not all of them were brothers, but Don and Harold Reid ''are''. No one in the band was surnamed Statler, though. |
| 182 | * Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe is helmed by identical twins Bunny and David Bennett. |
| 183 | * Music/StoneTemplePilots includes the [=DeLeo=] brothers, Dean and Robert, on lead guitar and bass. |
| 184 | * Music/TheStooges had the brothers Ron (guitar, and for some time bass) and Scott Asheton (drums). |
| 185 | * Music/{{Styx}}'s original lineup featured the Panozzo brothers on bass and drums (Chuck and John, respectively). John died in 1996 after years of heavy alcoholism, while Chuck occasionally plays with the band when his health allows it (he's HIV positive). |
| 186 | * Music/{{Suede}}: Simon Gilbert (drummer) and Neil Codling (keyboardist) are cousins. |
| 187 | * Te Vaka was founded by Opetaia Foa’i and includes his cousin Sulata Foa’i-Amiatu, his wife Julie Foa’i, their son Matatia Foa’i, and their daughter Olivia Foa’i. |
| 188 | * Music/ThreeDaysGrace became one when bassist Brad Walst hired his little brother [[Music/MyDarkestDays Matt]] as their new lead singer. |
| 189 | * Music/{{Thrice}} has brothers Eddie and Riley Breckenridge. |
| 190 | * Music/ThrowingMuses has Kristin Hersh and her stepsister Tanya Donelly. |
| 191 | * At various points, the band Music/{{Toto}} has had 3 of the Porcaro brothers (drummer Jeff, bassist Mike, and keyboardist/vocalist Steve). |
| 192 | * Music/VanHalen. Which included the brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Eddie's son Wolfgang, and a few others (namely Music/DavidLeeRoth, Sammy Hagar, and Wolfie's predecessor Michael Anthony). Their father Jan also played clavinet on "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" on ''Diver Down.'' |
| 193 | * Music/VerucaSalt's initial lineup included Nina Gordon on guitar and her brother Jim Shapiro on drums. |
| 194 | * Voodoo Glow Skulls have the brothers Frank, Eddie, and Jorge Casillas. |
| 195 | * Music/BobMarley and Bunny Wailer of The Wailers were stepbrothers who lived together since childhood. Bob's mother married Bunny's father. |
| 196 | * Music/RogerWaters has had his son Harry playing keyboards for him on tour since 2002. |
| 197 | * Ever since the mid-'90s, Music/TheWho has on its touring band Pete Townshend's brother Simon. |
| 198 | * Wilson Phillips has Carnie and Wendy Wilson (their father being himself from a [[Music/TheBeachBoys band of siblings]], Music/BrianWilson). |
| 199 | * Music/WuTangClan: |
| 200 | ** RZA, GZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard were cousins. Method Man and Raekwon are also cousins. |
| 201 | *** The familial connections expand for more cousins, children, siblings, and adopted relatives with the second and third generation Wu members and affiliates. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!All related: |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 207 | * Disney's ''Film/TheOneAndOnlyGenuineOriginalFamilyBand''. 10 people altogether: grandfather, mother, 5 daughters and 3 sons, each with a different instrument. |
| 208 | * ''Film/TheSapphires'': The titular GirlGroup consists of three sisters and their cousin. (The real-world group whose career the film was inspired by was instead two sisters and their two cousins.) |
| 209 | * ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'': The von Trapp children become this after Maria teaches them to sing, with their HonoraryUncle Max helping them join the Salzburg Festival while their father and Maria are on their honeymoon. This later gets invoked when the Captain and his family are caught in the midst of their escape by the Gestapo following the German annexation of Austria: Georg explains that he and his wife are also performing with their children, since the band name is [[ExactWords "the von Trapp" family]]. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 213 | * In ''Literature/{{Rogue}}'', Kiara's parents, brothers, and uncles used to be in a folk band called Corazón del Este. It broke up when Eli and Max went to college, their parents got new jobs, and their uncles moved to UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 217 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'': In-universe: A mother, three sons, and two daughters. (In real life, only Creator/DavidCassidy and his stepmother Shirley Jones sang on the records; they were backed with studio musicians.) |
| 218 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Dr. Funke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution, which consists of Tobias, Lindsay, and Maeby Funke. One public performance ended up being given by Tobias, George Michael, and GOB's wife. |
| 219 | * ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': In-universe. {{Defictionalized}} with the Brady Kids, where the six (unrelated) actors went on tour as a "family" of six singing Bradys. Also, unlike the Partridge Family (see above), all six actors who played the Brady kids actually sang on their records, with Barry Williams the de facto lead singer and Maureen [=McCormick=] also frequently providing solo vocals. |
| 220 | ** And then there was ''[[Series/BradyBunchSpinOffs The Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]'', where Mike quit being an architect so he and his family could host a VarietyShow. Also in-universe only. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'': The Romano Family Quartet, which consists of the four Romano family members physically seen in the series. Specifically, the members are "Little" Edoardo, his children Bruna and Carlo, and his nephew Gino. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 228 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids'' |
| 229 | * ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': The Dingo family are one, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dingo_band.png as shown in the episode "How Green is My Greenpatch"]], with [[MsFanservice Daisy]] on lead vocals, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Danny]] on bass, [[PreciousPuppy Shifty]] on guitar and [[DumbMuscle Meatball]] on drums. |
| 230 | * The Griffin family briefly became a musical act on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 231 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': |
| 232 | ** Exaggerated and parodied with Sev'ral Times, a boy band made up of literal clones. |
| 233 | ** Played straight with Love Patrol Alpha in "Scary-oke", made up of twins Dipper and Mabel and their great uncle, Stan. |
| 234 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': June and her two brothers Dennis and Ray Ray are in a band called Short Angry Freuds. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 238 | * Just about half of the duos in Brazilian country music (sertanejo) consist of siblings. |
| 239 | * 2nd Chapter of Acts had sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen, and brother Michael Ward (the different surnames came from the sisters' marriages). |
| 240 | * The 5 Browns: Five piano-playing siblings. |
| 241 | * Pop duo Music/AlyAndAj consists of sisters Creator/AlysonMichalka and Creator/AJMichalka. |
| 242 | * Music/TheAndrewsSisters consisted of Patty, Maxene, and [=LaVerne=] Andrews |
| 243 | * Music/TheBandPerry has a sister and her two younger brothers, all with the last name Perry. |
| 244 | * {{Music/The Bee Gees}} for the majority of their history consisted of three brothers: twins Robin and Maurice Gibb and older brother Barry. |
| 245 | * The Bellamy Brothers (brothers David and Howard Bellamy) |
| 246 | * Music/BoardsOfCanada is Mike Sandison and his brother Marcus Eoin (Sandison). They initially kept the relationship quiet as they wanted to avoid comparisons to Music/{{Orbital}}, another UK electronic duo consisting of two brothers, Paul and Phil Hartnoll. |
| 247 | * The Boswell Sisters: Martha, Connie, and [[AerithAndBob Helvetia]]. |
| 248 | * The Browns: Jim Ed, Maxine, and Bonnie (brother, two sisters) were a country trio from 1955 to 1967. |
| 249 | * The Music/{{Carpenters}}, siblings Richard and Karen. |
| 250 | * Carter's Chord is another sister trio in country music: Becky Robertson, Emily Fortney, and Joanna Robertson Ott. |
| 251 | * For their first three albums, hard rock band {{Music/Chevelle}} consisted of brothers Pete, Sam, and Joe Loeffler. Joe left the band in 2005 and was replaced by the brothers' brother-in-law, Dean Bernardini. |
| 252 | * Music/ChloeXHalle are made up of the titular sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey. Contrary to popular belief however, they are not twins. |
| 253 | * The GirlGroup Music/{{Cimorelli}} are six sisters, from the eldest one (Christina) to the youngest one (Dani). |
| 254 | * Irish folk/NewAge group Music/{{Clannad}}; the name of the band is derived from '''''Clann''' '''A'''s '''D'''obhar'', meaning "The Family from Dore" (as they're from Gweedore in County Donegal). The members included the Brennan siblings (Moya, Pol, and Ciaran) and their twin uncles (Padraig and Noel Duggan). Another Brennan sister, Eithne, joined briefly before becoming known as solo star Music/{{Enya}}. |
| 255 | * Hip-Hop group The Click consisted of siblings Music/{{E40}} (Earl Stevens), D-Shot (Danell Stevens), Suga-T (Tanina Stevens), and their cousin B-Legit (Brandt Jones). |
| 256 | * Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, a moderately successful R&B group in the '70s, started out as a Type 1, but by the time they had their chart success, they were a Type 2. The group started out with brothers Carter and Eddie Cornelius, their sister Rose Cornelius, and childhood friend Cleveland E. Barrett, but Barrett died in a car crash before the group recorded its first hit. In 1972, the three siblings were joined by another sister, Billie Jo. The group would break up in 1976. |
| 257 | * Music/TheCorrs has one brother, Jim, and three sisters, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea. |
| 258 | * The Court Yard Hounds, as mentioned above in Type 1. |
| 259 | * Music/TheCowsills, the inspiration for ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. The mother, five brothers, and a sister. The band continues to perform today as a trio of two of the brothers and their sister; Two of the other brothers and their mother have since died, while the fifth brother is the current live drummer for Music/TheBeachBoys and doesn't usually perform with the family anymore. |
| 260 | * Indie rockers The Cribs consist of brothers Gary, Ryan, and Ross Jarman, except for a period between 2008 and 2011 when Music/JohnnyMarr was also a member of the band. |
| 261 | * The founding members of ThrashMetal band Death Angel were all cousins. |
| 262 | * Music/TheDeFrancoFamily: A five-sibling band in the style of Music/TheJacksonFive or The Osmonds. |
| 263 | * 70s proto-punk band [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(proto-punk_band) Death]] originally consisted of brothers Bobby, Dannis and David Hackney. |
| 264 | * British ElectronicMusic duo Music/{{Disclosure}} consists of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence. |
| 265 | * {{Music/Echosmith}} consists of siblings Jamie, Noah, Sidney, and Graham Sierota. |
| 266 | * Music/TheEverlyBrothers: Phil and Don Everly. |
| 267 | * The contemporary Christian band For King & Country consists of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone (although they have a backing band of unrelated musicians). |
| 268 | * The Forester Sisters, Kathy, June, Kim, and Christy. |
| 269 | * Music/TheFreeDesign, made up the five Dedrick siblings (brothers Chris and Bruce, sisters Ellen, Sandy and Stefanie). |
| 270 | * The Gap Band consisted of brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson. |
| 271 | * The Gipsy Kings, a crossover flamenco/pop band made up of Romani people from France but singing in Spanish, started out in 1978 as a Type 2, later became Type 1, and are now Type 2 once again. The current members are two sets of brothers, with each set being cousins to the other. The founding members are lead singer Nicolas Reyes, his brother André, lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo, and his brothers Diego and Paco. Three more Reyes brothers (Paul, François "Canut", and Patchal) and two unrelated members later joined the band, but the non-relatives eventually left, leaving the current lineup of five Reyes brothers and three Bailardo brothers. |
| 272 | * Music/TheGregoryBrothers, consisting of brothers Evan, Michael and Andrew Gregory, and Evan's wife Sarah. |
| 273 | * Music/{{Hanson}}: Brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac. |
| 274 | * The Henningsens, best known for writing some songs for the aforementioned Band Perry, consists of Brian Henningsen, his son Aaron, and daughter Clara. |
| 275 | * The Isaacs consists of Lily Isaacs, her daughters Becky and Sonya, and their husbands, John Bowman and Jimmy Yeary. |
| 276 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers originally consisted of O'Kelly Jr., Rudolph and Ronald, adding their brother Vernon later on. After Vernon's death, they added brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper. |
| 277 | * The Hudson Brothers: Bill, Brett, and Mark. |
| 278 | * Music/TheJacksonFive. All siblings. |
| 279 | * Music/TheJonasBrothers. |
| 280 | * Music/TheKentuckyHeadhunters. When founded as Itchy Brother, the band consisted of brothers Richard (rhythm guitar) and Fred Young (drums), plus their cousins Greg Martin (lead guitar) and Anthony Kenney (bass). The original lineup under their name The Kentucky Headhunters kept the Young brothers and Martin, along with a second pair of brothers, Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps, on lead vocals and bass guitar respectively. After the second album, both Ricky Lee and Doug left to form another Band of Relatives, the duo Brother Phelps, while Kenney returned and the unrelated Mark S. Orr did lead vocals for one album. Orr left promptly, Doug came back as lead vocalist, and Kenney eventually left, promoting Doug to LeadBassist. |
| 281 | * Krisiun consists of brothers Moyses Kolesne, Max Kolesne, and Alex Carnago (the latter uses his mother's maiden name). |
| 282 | * Music/TheJudds was Naomi Judd and her more famous daughter, Music/{{Wynonna|Judd}}. Wynonna broke out as a solo artist in the early 1990s. |
| 283 | * Music/KingsOfLeon is made up of three brothers, Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill, and their cousin, Matthew Followill. |
| 284 | * The Kinsey Report: Brothers Donald (guitar, vocals), Ralph (drums), & Kenneth (bass) Kinsey. Started as a Type 1 group before guitarist Ron Prince left. |
| 285 | * Music/TheKnife are sibling duo Olof and Karin Dreijer. |
| 286 | * KONGOS is made up of four brothers, Jesse, Danny, Dylan, and Johnny, who just so coincidentally happen to be the sons of South African funk singer John Kongos, whose single "He's Gonna Step On You Again" was the first hit single to use a sample (it's better known now for a [[CoveredUp cover version]] by Music/HappyMondays) |
| 287 | * {{Music/LMFAO}}--an uncle (Redfoo) and nephew (Skyblu) duo. As an added bonus, Redfoo's father/Skyblu's grandpa is none other than Creator/{{Motown}} founder/producer Berry Gordy. |
| 288 | * The Lennon Sisters: Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet. After Peggy's retirement, sister Mimi replaced her. |
| 289 | * Latino rockers Los Lonely Boys are Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza. |
| 290 | * The Maddox Brothers and Rose were an early country group consisting of brothers Fred, Cliff, Cal, and Don, plus their sister Rose. When Cliff passed away in 1949, another brother, Henry, replaced him. |
| 291 | * Mates of State are a husband and wife duo. |
| 292 | * The rap trio Music/{{Migos}} was made up of Offset, his cousin Quavo, and the late Takeoff (Quavo's nephew). |
| 293 | * [=MsLynch=] consisted entirely of the former [=B*Witched=] twins Edele and Keavy. Then they dropped the act and formed another one, Barbarellas. |
| 294 | * The Mills Brothers: Donald, Herbert, Harry, and John Jr. |
| 295 | * Nelson is Matthew and Gunnar, the twin sons of Music/RickyNelson. |
| 296 | * The [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Nolan Sisters]], an Irish singing family who were big in the late 1970s and 1980s. They are currently riven by dissension of various kinds and brandishing lawyers at each other. Youngest sister Colleen is probably the most successful, as she has permanent tenure on talk show ''Loose Women''. The sisters apparently remain [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big in Japan]]. |
| 297 | ** Oldest sister Ann officially became Ann Wilson after marriage. Opening up low-level confusion with the singing [[Music/{{Heart|Band}} Wilson sisters]] |
| 298 | * The five [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmond_Brothers Osmond Brothers]] (after 1971). |
| 299 | * The Pointer Sisters originally consisted of sisters Bonnie and June; they first performed under the "Pointer Sisters" name once older sister Anita joined, with their oldest sister Ruth joining a few years later. They had their greatest success in the 1980s after Bonnie left for a solo career. The group is [[ArtifactTitle no longer made up entirely of sisters or Pointers]] (the latter in a legal sense): After June was kicked out of the group amid struggles with drugs, she was replaced by Ruth's daughter Issa.[[note]]The original plan was to have Issa and Anita's daughter Jada alternate in that role, but Jada had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and would die less than a year later.[[/note]] Still later, Issa's daughter Sadako joined. While Issa and Sadako don't have the "Pointer" surname legally, they use that name professionally. |
| 300 | * It would be hard to top the original lineup of Music/TheProclaimers: Not only are Craig and Charlie Reid brothers, but ''identical twins.'' Though they now have a backing band, [[IAmTheBand they are still the only]] ''[[IAmTheBand official]]'' [[IAmTheBand members]]. |
| 301 | * Rae Sremmurd is made up of brothers Aaquil "Slim Jxmmi" and Khalif "Swae Lee" Brown. |
| 302 | * The Roches: Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche. Maggie and Terre originally worked as a duo, Suzzy joined starting with their second album. (They have, however, sometimes used other musicians both live and in the studio, although none of them were ever "official" members of the band). |
| 303 | * The Rocky Fellers, originally from the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, before moving to America and becoming a OneHitWonder with 1963's "Killer Joe", were Moro Maligmat and his sons Tony, Junior, Eddie and Albert (the [[KidsRock 9-year-old lead singer]] on the hit, who later moved to UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} and became a fixture on the local music scene). |
| 304 | * The Ronettes consisted of two sisters, [[Music/RonnieSpector Veronica]] and Estelle Bennett, and their cousin, Nedra Talley. |
| 305 | * Brazilian pop duo Sandy & Junior, who were massively popular in the '90s and early 2000s, are siblings, the daughter and son of sertanejo musician Xororó. Which, in hindsight, comes across as awkward when you listen to some of the duo's earlier material. |
| 306 | * The Schmitt Brothers Barbershop Quartet: Joe, Paul, Francis, and Jim. |
| 307 | * {{Music/Selena}} y Los Dinos started off as a Quintanilla family project - Selena on vocals, brother A.B. on bass, sister Suzette on drums, with father Abraham managing the group - and eventually became a Type 1. |
| 308 | * Music/TheShaggs were a band of three (later four) sisters: Dorothy, Helen, Betty, and Rachel Wiggin. [[StageMom Their father insisted.]] |
| 309 | * [=SHeDAISY=] is sisters Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn. |
| 310 | * Self-described "ugly pop" band Skating Polly was formed by stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse. Kelli's brother, Kurtis, joined in 2017. |
| 311 | * The members of indie rock band Smoosh (Ayse, Maia, and Chloe) are all sisters; the band now performs as Chaos Chaos, with just two of the three sisters. |
| 312 | * [[http://www.sonsofsylvia.com/ Sons of Sylvia]] consists of 3 brothers. They and three other brothers formerly recorded as The Clark Family Experience. |
| 313 | * The Staple Singers were Roebuck "Pops" Staples, joined by daughters Mavis and Cleotha and son Pervis. Pervis left and was replaced by another Staples offspring, daughter Yvonne. |
| 314 | * The Sylvers, the main rival to Music/TheJacksonFive on the R&B scene in TheSeventies, were made up of various configurations of various Sylvers siblings at different times, with nine out of the total ten being in the group at one time or another. |
| 315 | * Music/TeganAndSara are identical twins. |
| 316 | * Tompall & the Glaser Brothers: brothers [[AerithAndBob Jim, Chuck, and Tompall Glaser]]. |
| 317 | * The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players are a husband and wife, with their teenage daughter on drums. |
| 318 | * The Trapp Family Singers (real-life inspiration for ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''): Maria von Trapp, her husband Georg Ludwig von Trapp, and her stepchildren (also her and Georg's own children when they became old enough). |
| 319 | * Music/TheWarning, three sisters from Mexico, Daniela, Paulina, and Alejandra Villareal. |
| 320 | * The Watersons: Siblings Norma, Mike, and Lal Waterson, plus cousin John Harrison. |
| 321 | * Tweedy is a father-son duo of [[{{Music/Wilco}} Jeff]] and Spencer Tweedy. |
| 322 | * The members of the Australian pop duo Music/TheVeronicas are twin sisters. |
| 323 | * The Wilkinsons consisted of Steve Wilkinson, his daughter Amanda, and his son Tyler. |
| 324 | * Music/WolvesInTheThroneRoom currently consist of brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver. They were initially an example of Type 1 as there were other people in the band, but the Weavers are the only members left. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | !!Not Actually Related |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 330 | * Jake and Elwood Blues of ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' weren't related by blood, but they were SwornBrothers. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 334 | * ''WebComic/AngelMoxie'': In Chapter 2, the boy band N'Tune are described as five brothers. When Tristan, who thinks all boy bands are packaged, questions why one of them looks Mexican, Alex assumes he just has a really deep tan. [[spoiler: Turns out they were five random men kidnapped and turned into minions of the villain in order to brainwash young girls.]] |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 338 | * The Brothers Four were actually a ''fraternity'', rather than a family. |
| 339 | * ElectronicMusic duo Music/TheChemicalBrothers aren't actually brothers, though [[LongRunnerLineUp they've run continuously with the same lineup for over twenty years]]. |
| 340 | * Music/CocteauTwins: Three or four members, not related, and nobody named Cocteau. |
| 341 | * The Davis Sisters were Betty Jack Davis and Mary Penick, who changed her name to Skeeter Davis to match her partner. When Betty died in a 1953 car accident, her sister Georgia replaced her. |
| 342 | * The original members of Music/TheDoobieBrothers took the name because of a friend's comment that they should call themselves that since they were always smoking pot together. |
| 343 | * ''All three'' of the Taylors in Music/DuranDuran were not related. |
| 344 | * English rock band Family - none of them were related to each other, and was a RevolvingDoorBand to boot! |
| 345 | * Music/TheFratellis took on the same surname in tribute to the Ramones (see below). "Fratelli" is actually Italian for "brothers". |
| 346 | * The Puppini Sisters consist of founder Marcella Puppini and other unrelated women. They chose to add "Sisters" to homage Music/TheAndrewsSisters, the close harmony of whom they emulate. |
| 347 | * Music/TheRamones all adopted the last name Ramone as a pseudonym, but none were actually related. |
| 348 | * The Righteous Brothers: not really brothers, though one of their albums was called ''The Sons of Mrs. Righteous''. |
| 349 | * None of the Music/ScissorSisters are related, and there's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only one female member]]. They're named after a lesbian sex act. |
| 350 | * Half of both lineups of Music/TheStatlerBrothers (see above for the other half). |
| 351 | * The Thompson Twins went through a few lineup changes in the early '80s, growing to at least 6-7 members at times. Not a single one of them was named Thompson, and none of them were twins. They took their name from Thompson and Thomson, the near-identical, bumbling detectives in the {{Franchise/Tintin}} comics. |
| 352 | * Music/TheTravelingWilburys was a supergroup consisting of Music/BobDylan ("Lucky Wilbury", "Boo Wilbury"), Music/RoyOrbison ("Lefty Wilbury"), Music/TomPetty ("Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr", "Muddy Wilbury"), Music/GeorgeHarrison ("Nelson Wilbury", "Spike Wilbury"), and [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]] ("Otis Wilbury", "Clayton Wilbury"). The idea was posited that the members of the band were all half-brothers with the last name Wilbury, and all the band members took pseudonyms with that same last name Wilbury, and a different name on each album! |
| 353 | * Music/TheWalkerBrothers were [[Music/ScottWalker Scott Engel]], John Maus and Gary Leeds, who all took the last name "Walker" as stage names. |
| 354 | * Music/TheWhiteStripes: At first they claimed to be brother and sister, it later became clear they were actually husband and wife. Jack White said they started the brother-and-sister story to keep people from asking annoying questions. Subverted when they divorced, but kept going for around another decade. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
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