Brothers and sisters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. Just as plenty of families have made waves throughout rock and roll history, so the family has been the subject of obsession and reflection for many a singer and songwriter. This quiz comes in two parts: the first features 15 questions about siblings, parents and children in rock and roll, while the second is a quickfire burst of questions on songs or bands with a familial reference. You’ll figure it out.
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1 Which two brothers play in Spandau Ballet?
2 Twin sisters Kelley and Kim Deal shared guitar duties in which nineties rock band? What’s the title of the band’s second album, their only UK Top10 hit?
3 Karen Carpenter died in 1983 aged only 32 from complications associated with which disorder? As well as singing, what was Karen’s role in the band?
4 Which celebrity couple had a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter in 2012?
5 Over the last 30 years, two high-profile Scottish bands have had a pair of brothers called Reid at the core. Which bands?
6 Who are the brothers at the heart of Arcade Fire? And which band member is married to the elder of the two brothers?
7 Two pairs of siblings, the Stodarts (Romeo and Mchele) and the Gannons (Sean and Angela), make up which indie rock band? Which single gave the group their first UK hit in 2005?
8 Which two rock stars are the fathers of Chrissie Hynde’s daughters, Natalie and Yasmin?
9 Rufus Wainwright is the son of folk singer Loudon Wainwright III and which Canadian singer, one of a famous pair? In 2006, Rufus performed a series of shows in celebration of which Hollywood star?
10 Eliza Carthy is the fiddle-playing folk daughter of Martin Carthy and which other lauded folk singer? What’s the title of the Anglo-American album Eliza made with Tim Eriksen in 2015?
11 Paul Simon has been married three times, the second and third times to an actress and a singer respectively. Who?
12 Who were Brian Wilson’s two brothers in the Beach Boys? How is Mike Love related to the Wilsons?
13 Which band is made up of four siblings called Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim? Released in 1997, what has been their biggest-selling album so far?
14 Brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared, plus cousin Matthew on guitar, are the members of which group? From which US city, more commonly associated with country music, do they hail?
15 What are the names of Madonna’s eldest two children, a girl by her first husband and a boy by her second?
16 Which brotherly group had a worldwide hit in the seventies with ‘If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me’?
17 Jake Shears and Ana Matronic sing in which New York pop band?
18 Who sang about ‘The Blower’s Daughter’ on his debut album, O?
19 Who was doin’ it for herself alongside Annie Lennox on the Eurythmics’ ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves’?
20 Who wrote about a ‘Mother and Child Reunion’ in 1972?
21 Who sang about being a ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’?
22 Who were Hormonally Yours in 1992, an album that contained their big hit ‘Stay’?
23 No Depression, a magazine covering the Americana scene, takes its name from the 1990 debut album by which band?
24 Which goth group used a drum machine called Doktor Avalanche, the only permanent member of the band along with singer Andrew Eldritch?
25 Which of the original Felice Brothers left the band and formed the Duke and the King?
26 In 2010, Brothers was the breakthrough album for which blues-rock duo?
27 On which album did David Bowie sing about ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ in 1971?
28 ‘Oh Sister’ closes side one of which classic Dylan album, released in 1976?
29 Which band did Blaine Harrison form with his dad while still at school, going on to release their first album, Making Dens, in 2006?
30 Cadenza and O Shudder are the 2011 and 2015 albums by which British art-rock band?
31 Fear Fun (2012) was the first album to be released by Josh Tillman under which alter ego?
32 Beauty Queen Sister is the 13th studio album by which country rock duo, standard-bearers for the LGBT scene in rock for over 20 years?
33 According to their 1971 hit, who was the brother of Free singer Paul Rodgers?
34 Released in 2001, Motherland is the third solo album by which American singer-songwriter?
35 Which neo-classical bluegrass band reached the US Top 40 with their 2015 album The Phosphorescent Blues?
36 Bobby Hatfield and Billy Medley sang as which ‘brothers’?
37 What’s the title of the 1966 Rolling Stones single about a housewife on tranquilisers?
38 ‘Money for Nothing’ and ‘Walk of Life’ first appeared on which Dire Straits album?
39 ‘Cousins’ was the lead-off single from which band’s second album, Contra, released in January 2010?
40 ‘Big Brother’ is the closing track on which Kanye West album?
41 Which Scottish post-punk band of this century acquired a cult following with their second album The Repulsion Box?
42 White Men Are Black Men Too, according to whom in 2015?
43 Gold Mother is the 1990 album by which much-loved indie band?
44 What’s the title of Daughter’s debut album, which features ten tracks that all have single-word titles?
45 Which singer formed his own Brotherhood after the dissolution of the Black Crowes?