With Oasis set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Noel and Liam Gallagher will become the 27th set of siblings to be ushered into the Rock Hall.
The Gallagher brothers have had a famously difficult relationship — as did the first set of siblings to be inducted, Don and Phil Everly. During what was billed as the Everly Brothers’ last show, at Knott’s Berry Farm in California in July 1973, Phil smashed his guitar and walked off stage. Don performed solo the following night, telling the audience, “The Everly Brothers died 10 years ago.” The two brothers didn’t reunite musically for more than 10 years.
It’s not hard to see why some musical sibling acts have had a fractious relationship. Sibling relationships can be fraught to begin with. When you combine that with the stresses of a professional partnership, it can be too much.
The vast majority of sets of siblings in the Rock Hall — as with Oasis — were groups or duos that contained sibs. But in two cases, the sibs were inducted separately. Janet Jackson was inducted in 2019, 18 years after her brother Michael was honored and 22 years after her five oldest brothers — Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, aka The Jackson 5 — were inducted. Industry titans Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun were also inducted separately.
Two other groups containing siblings were nominated this year — The Black Crowes (Chris and Rich Robinson) and INXS (Tim, Andrew and Jon Farriss).
Here are 27 sets of siblings who have been inducted into the Rock Hall over the years. They are listed in chronological order of their induction. Within each entry, the siblings are listed oldest to youngest.
