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Origins

Manchester or Redcliffe? G. Picanço (talk) 21:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's arguable, like so many aspects of Bee Gees history. Barry, Robin and Maurice certainly performed as a trio in Manchester, but did not adopt the name Bee Gees until Redcliffe. WWGB (talk) 00:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Which is exactly why we have edit notes asking people not to add anything into that field. Tvoz/talk 01:59, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Years active

Should the infobox report "years active" as 1958-2012, or with a hiatus as 1958–2003, 2009-2012? Better to avoid an edit war over this. WWGB (talk) 02:27, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WWGB, I think it should have the split, especially because Barry and Robin talked as if they did not plan to perform again (but eventually did). I’ve recently learned that Barry and Robin did do two shows in 2006 together so those should probably be included as well. I know they were among a number of artists who collaborated on a song for charity in 2005 (if I believe), but I have not heard it so I don’t know if they sing together or separately (or if we should count it). I think the brief 1969/1970 split is too confusing to explain in the years active section, because it seems like sources differ if Barry and Maurice split in December 1969 or early 1970 (and of course they were reunited by late August, so less than a year regardless, if that helps). EPBeatles (talk) 05:56, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Band name

Shouldn't the band name be "The BeeGees"? We write, for example, "Apes, Pigs & Spacemen (a.k.a. AP&S) are a British rock band", and "Art Bears were an English avant-rock group", all without a preceding "The", and this is just fine. But would one write "BeeGees were a music group formed in 1958" without article?  --Lambiam 09:50, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say not. There are several bands (e.g. Carpenters, Eagles) which commonly appear with the definite article prefix, but who have specifically expressed that that isn't their band name. Bee Gees are one such case, even if the internet is riddled with references to 'The Bee Gees'. Michaelfromtheuk (talk) 17:51, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

British

Why doesn't the page say 'The Bee Gees were a British musical group'...like on every other wiki page for a band originating in the United Kingdom? - Romano23 (10:27 GMT 11/02)

See Talk:Bee Gees#Origins above. WWGB (talk) 11:28, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't really answer the question. The trio were from the UK - why aren't they described as such? All their individual wiki pages say 'British'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.110.230.249 (talk) 12:58, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This issue is complex. It has caused massive, sometimes unpleasant debate in the past. There are good arguments for them being Australian, and good arguments for them being British. Best we encourage people to read all the details about the origins of the Bee Gees so they get the full picture, rather than a simple, potentially misleading, one word description. HiLo48 (talk) 03:01, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is no debate here, they were not only British, they were Manx British to be specific.

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