Brothers in Arms

Bands with brothers in them - either real or imaginary.

• Alessi - identical twins Billy and Bobby Alessi
  
• The Allman Brothers - Duane & Greg
  
• The Avett Brothers - Seth & Scott
  
• Bay City Rollers - Alan & Derek Longmuir
  
• The Beach Boys - Brian, Carl, & Dennis Wilson
  
• The Bee Gees - Barry, Robin, & Maurice Gibb
  
• The Bellamy Brothers - David & Howard
  
• The Bhangra Brothers (LastFm)
  
• The Blues Brothers - Jake & Elwood Blues
  
• Bros - Matt & Luke Goss
  
• Brother Beyond - no brothers involved
  
• Brotherhood of Man - no brothers involved
  
• Brothers and Sisters
  
• The Brothers Johnson - George and Louis
  
• Cafe Quijano - Manuel, Óscar, and Raúl Quijano
  
• Camel - started by brothers Andrew and Ian Latimer
  
• The Cate Brothers - twins Earl and Ernie Cate
• The Chemical Brothers - Chemical Tom and Chemical Ed, but not really brothers
  
• The Christians - Garry, Roger, and Russell
  
• The Clancy Brothers - Patrick, Tom, Bobby, and Liam
  
• Crowded House - Tim & Neil Finn (see also Split Enz)
  
• Dire Straits - up until Making Movies, David Knopfler, brother of the more famous Mark, was in the band. Allegedly, Mark used to re-record David's rhythm guitar parts after David had left the building.
  
• The Doobie Brothers - not really brothers
  
• The Dransfields - Barry and Robin Dransfield
• Drenge: Eoin Loveless and his younger brother Rory
  
• Dust Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Maurice & Verdine White
  
• The Everly Brothers - Don & Phil
  
• The Felice Brothers - Ian, Simone, and James
  
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Frightened Rabbit - Scott & Grant Hutchison
  
• The Frogs - Jimmy & Dennis Flemion
  
• Gentle Giant - featuring the multi-instrumental Shulman brothers!
  
• The Gibson Brothers - Chris, Patrick, and Alex
  
• Hanson - Isaac, Taylor, and Zac
  
• The Hanson Brothers - Rob & John Wright are really brothers, and all the band take on pseudonyms of Ronnie, Johnny, Tommy, and Ernie Hanson.
  
• The Hives - "Howlin" Pelle Almqvist (vocals) and Nicholaus "Arson" Almqvist (guitar)
  
• INXS - Tim, Andrew, and John Farriss (before they were INXS they were called the Farriss Brothers)
  
• The Isley Brothers - at various times they included O'Kelly, Jr., Rudolph, Ronald, Vernon, Ernie, and Marvin Isley, plus brother-in-law Chris Jasper.
  
• The Jackson Five/The Jacksons (cos actually there were six of them) - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy Jackson. Drummer Johnny Jackson was not related.
  
• James and Bobby Purify - not really brothers, although the first "Bobby Purify" was James Purify's cousin.
  
• The Jonas Brothers - Kevin, Joe, and Nick
  
• The Kings of Leon - Caleb and Jared Followill
  
• The Kinks - Ray and Dave Davies
• Level 42 - Phil and Rowland Gould
  
• The Living Daylights - Norman Watt-Roy (Blockheads bassist) and brother Garth
  
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Ronnie Van Zant and brother Johnny were both in the band, though not at the same time.
  
• Men Without Hats - Ivan Doroschuk and his brothers Stefan and Colin.
  
• The Neville Brothers - Aaron, Art, Charles, Cyril, and Ivan.
  
• New Kids on the Block - Jordan and Jon Knight
  
• Oasis - Noel and Liam Gallagher
  
• Os Mutantes - Arnaldo Dias Baptista and Sérgio Dias
  
• The Osmonds - Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, and later "little" Jimmy.
  
• The Panic Brothers - Richard Morton and Ref Meuross
• The Perkins Brothers Band - Carl, Jay, and Clayton
  
• The Proclaimers - identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid
  
• The Psychedelic Furs - Richard and Tim Butler
  
• Radiohead - Colin and Jonny Greenwood
  
• The Ramones - not real brothers, not really called Ramone, but we'll let them on the list nevertheless
  
• The Replacements - Tommy Stinson and step-brother Rob
  
• The Righteous Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Runrig - Rory & Calum MacDonald
  
• The Scorpions - Rudolf and Michael Schenker
  
• Secret Machines - Brandon and Benjamin Curtis
  
• Sly & The Family Stone - Sly and Freddie Stone
  
• Spandau Ballet - Gary and Martin Kemp
  
• Sparks - Ron and Russell Mael
  
• Split Enz - Tim and Neil Finn (see also Crowded House)
  
• The Stanley Brothers - Carter and Ralph Stanley
  
• Stornoway - two sets of brothers, Rob and Ollie Steadman, and Brian and Adam Briggs
  
• The Stooges - Ron and Scott Asheton
  
• The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Gavin and Iain Sutherland
  
• T-Connection - brothers Theo and Kirk Coakley
  
• That Petrol Emotion - John and Damien O'Neill (see also The Undertones)
  
• The Thompson Twins - not really brothers (and there were three of them). Named after the bowler-hatted twins in Tintin.
  
• The Traveling (sic) Wilburys - not really brothers, not really called Wilbury
  
• The Twinkle Brothers - Norman and Ralston Grant
  
• UB40 - Ali and Robin Campbell
  
• The Undertones - John and Damien O'Neill
  
• Van Halen - Eddie and Alex of that ilk. Wolfgang is Eddie's son, but that's a whole nother list.
  
• Voodoo Glow Skulls - Frank, Eddie, and Jorge Casillas
  
• The Wailers - brothers Carlton and Aston "family Man" Barrett
  
• The Walker Brothers - Scott, Gary, and John, but not really brothers
• Was (Not Was) - David and Don Was (not their real names, not really brothers)
• We Banjo 3 - Enda and Fergal Scahill, and Martin and Dave Howley. Two sets in the same band!
• The Wolfe Tones - Derek and Briand Warfield
  
• Young Marble Giants - Philip and Stuart Moxham