Top 10 Music Acts Where Two or More Bandmates Were in a Romantic Relationship
I read somewhere (years ago) that before they settled on ABBA, they were called The Engaged Couples. Is this true?
This always makes me smile. Lindsey, (traditionally a female name) is a man and Stevie (traditionally a male name) is a woman! Haha.
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Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were in a relationship from 1970-1976. Lindsey Buckingham was a lead guitarist and one of the vocalists of Fleetwood Mac
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Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood were in a relationship from 1977-1978. Mick Fleetwood was the drummer and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were a couple from the 70s to 1989 when they broke up but continued to work together. Never married but Debbie Harry took a few years off to care for Chris who in 1983 was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease.
In 1999, Stein married the actress Barbara Sicuranza, and they have two daughters. As of 2016, he was still touring and recording with Blondie.
They were married from 1962-1978 and their musical relationship ended with the divorce.
Angela Gossow (vocalist) and Michael Amott (guitarist, founder) were in a relationship for about 10 years but never married and eventually parted ways in the early 2010s.
Angela Gossow got accusations that she had only gotten the job in Arch Enemy due to her relationship with Amott. To which she replied:
"No, I didn't get the job due to this [being involved in a relationship with Mike] - I almost lost the gig in Arch Enemy because of this."
Jack White (John Anthony Gillis) and Meg White were married from 1996-2000 but for a few years they pretended they were siblings. The band had their greatest success after their divorce.
Sharon den Adel (singer) and Robert Westerholt (guitarist) are co-founders of the band and they are also a married couple with 3 children (by far).
Yoko Ono and John Lennon - a well known story.
After several smaller gigs, their 2004 debut album "Verschwende deine Zeit" became a surprise success in Germany . Since then, each of their albums had moderate to very good success, all of them being certified Gold or Platinum in Germany . Their debut album and their third album "Nichts passiert" are their most successful ones, each of them having sold more than 750 . 000 units . Among their best known songs are "Zeit für Optimisten", "Irgendwas bleibt" and "Symphonie" . ...read more.
In 1978 Emilio Estefan (band leader) married their singer Gloria Fajardo, aka Gloria Estefan. They have been married ever since and also their partnership in music is still alive as of 2018.
Emilio has won 19 Grammy Awards.
Lead singer Judith Holofernes and drummer Pola Roy are married since 2006 and have two children.
Judith Holofernes (singer) and Pola Roy (drums) are married since 2006.
The current line up of the duo, Dahvie Vanity and Fallon Vendetta, are together. Since Dahvie alternately calls Fallon his fiancé, wife or girlfriend, I am not sure about their relationship's current status.