In Australia, the Bee Gees are mildly considered a homegrown act and like the rest of the world, the Brothers Gibb are considered English. However, I am finding it difficult to understand why this would be; especially after speaking to my aunty who followed the Bee Gees through out the sixties and even met them on several occassions before they became famous.

Although born in Britian, the Bee Gees migrated to Australia in the late 50s and made their first national TV performance in 1960. They were also managed by Australian talent scout Robert Stigwood (later to produce Grease and Saturday Night Fever) and a long time before making it big internationally, were one of Australia's beloved household names.

After making it big internationally, they slowly became disowned by Australia and public opion of them changed drastically when Andy Gibb (only Aussie born Gibb) left his wife and newely born daughter, to join his brothers in the US. Maurice Gibb's death didn't receive much publicity over here either.

So, what are the Bee Gees? Are they an English or are they still an Australian act?

They shouldn't be considered being English if it's simply put down to birth, as these following Australian acts (and bands with non-Australian born members) were born outside Australia...

AC/DC (Scottish born)
Men At Work (Scottish born)
The Church (English born)
Air Supply (English)
Little River Band (English)
Easybeats (English)
Oliver Newton John (English)
Rick Springfield (Holland)

What do you think? Bee Gees Australian or English?

and don't forget all of the new zealand acts that we have adopted as our own....as for the Bee Gees Im not a fan so I have never really though about it, I new that there was an aussie conection. I guess if they were living here and their musical career began here they should be aussie so yeah lets claim them as our own....do we really want to do that though?

Well, we've claim a complete knobhead by the name of Russel Crow as being our own (even though he is a New Zealander), so why not? I asked the question cause the Bee Gees seemed to maintain their English heritage and tend to sound very English. I'm sure most people in the world would think of them as English, whilst seeing AC/DC as an Aussie band, even though most of the members are English and Scottish.

We might as well claim them as being an Aussie act, inspite of their birth place being Manchester. Maurice Gibb had a rather Aussie look about him too.

Hey, I like the Bee Gees.

And I always thought they were Australian. I knew they were originally from Britain but Mel Gibson was originally from New York and isn't he considered an Aussie?

I think if they got their start in Australia and they made their home there then they're Australian.

I think Mel Gibson passes (or passed) as an Australian stereotype back then. However, the Bee Gees look very English and they certainly reclaimed the accent of their birthland very quickly too.

When exactly did the Bee Gee's ever prove they were little more than a lot of hype and a band that created one dreadfully popular album? Disco was the pop shit-stain that punk washed away forever, thankfully.