Band of Relatives: Difference between revisions

{{trope}}

 

There are two types:

* Type 1: Some of the members happen to be related

 

Common deviations from this formula include

* A relative replaces a former band member

* Two members are related, but one leaves the band

 

{{examples}}

== Film ==

* Jake and Elwood Blues of [[The Blues Brothers]].

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[Van Halen]]. Which included the brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Eddie's son Wolfgang, and a few others (currently David Lee Roth).

* [[The Statler Brothers]]: None of them were named Statler, but Don and Harold Reid are indeed brothers.

* [[The Beach Boys]] had the three Wilson brothers (Brian, Carl, and Dennis) and their cousin Mike Love playing in the band.

* [[No Doubt]] had Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric.

* [[ABBA]] were two married couples. The couples divorced, and the group disintegrated.

* [[Good Charlotte]] has twins Benji and Joel Madden.

* [[My Chemical Romance]] has Mikey and Gerard Way.

* [[Arcade Fire]] has Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, who are married, as well as Win's brother Will.

** George (brother of Malcom and Angus) was the bassist for a short period of time.

** Stevie Young (the son of Malcom, Angus, and George's brother Alex) filled in while Malcom dealt with alcohol dependancy (because they looked so alike, not many fans were aware there was a switch).

** Their daughter's band Wilson Phillips is also an example, but not because of Chynna Phillips. Carnie and Wendy Wilson are sisters.

* Eisley is the Dupree sisters, plus their cousin and a friend.

* [[Five Iron Frenzy]]: Micah Ortega and Leanor Ortega are cousins.

* [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]: Jim and William Reid, the band's two constant members, are brothers. Later, they went on to be heavily involved in . . . .

* [[Sister Vanilla]]: A group which features their little sister, Linda, and occasionally the brothers themselves.

* [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] were in The Plastic Ono Band. And so, at one point, was Sean Lennon.

* bôa, the British rock band best known for providing the theme song for ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', has Steve and Jasmine Rodgers, who are brother and sister.

* [[Danielson Famile]] consists of Daniel Smith, his brothers and sisters, and some friends (including [[Sufjan Stevens]]) who are [[True Companions|close enough they may as well be family, too]].

* [[Devo]] had two sets of brothers at one point - two Casale brothers and three Mothersbaughs. Currently, it's two of each.

** Kim and Gareth also count as a subversion: Kim replaced the band's original lead female singer, Aleksandra, in late 2009.

* [[Veruca Salt]]'s initial lineup included Nina Gordon on guitar and her brother Jim Shapiro on drums.

* 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.

* The original lineup of [[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".

* Jagged Edge has twin brothers Brandon and Brian Casey along with Kyle Norman and Richard Wingo.

* [[Sepultura]] had Max and Igor Cavalera, who later reunited in Cavalera Conspiracy.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[The Partridge Family]]''. A mother, three sons and two daughters.

* On ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' the Brady kids became The Silver Platters in order to win enough money to pay for their parents' anniversary gift of an engraved silver platter.

** [[Defictionalized]] with the Brady Kids, where the six (unrelated) actors went on tour as a "family" of six singing Bradys.

 

== [[Film]] ==

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[The Jackson Five]]. All siblings.

* The Band Perry has a sister and her two younger brothers, all with the last name Perry.

* [[The Corrs]]

* The [[Bee Gees]] for the majority of their history have consisted of three brothers: twins Robin and Maurice Gibb and older brother Barry.

* Irish folk/NewAge group Clannad. The members included the Brennan siblings (Moya, Pol, and Ciaran) and their twin uncles (Padraig and Noel). Another Brennan sister, Eithne, joined briefly before becoming known as solo star [[Enya]].

* The Trapp Family Singers: Maria von Trapp, her husband Georg Ludwig von Trapp, and her stepchildren (also her and Georg's own children when they became old enough).

* The Everly Brothers.

* Nelson is twin brothers Matthew and Gunnar.

* 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.

* [[Auto Tune the News|The Gregory Brothers]], consisting of brothers Evan, Michael and Andrew Gregory, and Evan's wife Sarah.

* The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players are a husband and wife, with their teenage daughter on drums.

* Mates of State are a husband and wife duo.

* The [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry|Nolan Sisters]], an Irish singing family who were big in the late 1970's and 1980's. They are curently 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 [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Big in Japan]].

* For their first three albums, hard rock band 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.

* Indie rockers The Cribs consist of brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman, except for a period between 2008 and 2011 when [[The Smiths|Johnny Marr]] was also a member of the band.

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