It's A Family Affair
b'Music is one of those things that can bring families together\\u2026and sometimes, that togetherness grows into a business\\u2026\\n\\nThe BeeGees had the three Gibb brothers\\u2026baby brother Andy Gibb was also part of that universe for a while\\u2026\\n\\nThen there\\u2019s The Beach Boys\\u2026the original lineup included Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and their cousin Mike Love\\u2026Murray Wilson\\u2014the father of Brian, Dennis, and carl\\u2014was their manager\\u2026he was terrible at it (in fact, Murray was an all-round disasters for his sons), but at least they were all together\\u2026or something like that\\u2026three brothers, their father and a cousin\\u2026\\n\\nWe have The Cowsills\\u2026this was a 60s pop group from Rhode island who had a series of hits\\u2026six siblings: Bob, Bill, Barry, John, Paul and Susan\\u2026they ranged from 8 to 18\\u2026and then there was mother Barbra\\u2026this arrangement was the inspiration for the TV show \\u201cthe partridge family\\u201d\\u2026that\\u2019s seven people, which later became eight when Bob\\u2019s twin brother Richard joined up for a bit\\u2026\\n\\nAnd we have to talk about the Jackson 5: Michael, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon\\u2026when the group left Motown, Jermaine was replaced by randy\\u2026\\n\\nSo that\\u2019s six members of the Jackson 5\\u2026 then we have Janet, LaToya and Rebbie\\u2026that\\u2019s nine and everything was run by father Joe Jackson\\u2014another abusive disaster\\u2026so the count is up to 10\\u2026\\n\\nAll this got me thinking: are their equivalents in the world of alt-rock?...what are the biggest family affairs the genre has ever seen?...let\\u2019s take a look\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'