After Ian Curtis killed himself, the members of Joy Division joined a new band, New Order. Members Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert married in 1993.
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker had a short-lived romance, and stayed together as a band even after they split up.
The Cramps had a revolving door of band members, but Lux Interior and Poison Ivy were a constant. They were together for 37 years, before Interior's death in 2009.
The mysterious band is partly made up of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, who had a child during the band's heyday.
Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore were a married couple for 27 years. They made it through 15 albums, hundreds of tours, and personal struggles.
Rilo Kiley was formed by Jenny Lewis, who dated the band's lead guitarist, Blake Sennett.
Cults is made up of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin. They broke up in 2012, but have stuck together as a musical act.
Paramore lead vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York, who've been bandmates since 2007, revealed in 2022 that they are in a relationship. The pair confirmed that they are dating during an interview with The Guardian, published September 29, though they declined to comment further about their relationship. The news comes over five years after Williams split from her ex-husband Chad Gilbert.
In her book 'The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones,' acclaimed biography author Lesley-Ann Jones suggests Mick Jagger had ongoing sexual relationships with not one but two bandmates: Keith Richards and Mick Taylor, reports the Daily Mail. Jones claims that the various wives and girlfriends of the rockers knew of the affairs between the men, as Richards’s former girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, who died in 2017, told Jones, "From when I first met them, I saw Mick was in love with Keith." Taylor's former wife Rose also reportedly found her then-husband in bed with Jagger at a dinner party.
Those two are in great company on the list of Jagger's conquests, which allegedly include other notable male celebs and musicians like David Bowie. Still, even moving between friends, colleagues, and lovers, Richards reportedly remained Jagger's most meaningful, and most long-lasting, relationship of all.
Few things are as chaotic as bandmates mixing music with romance. From Fleetwood Mac’s tangled love affairs to The White Stripes’ mysterious relationship, plenty of iconic bands have blurred the lines between work and passion.
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Few things are as chaotic as bandmates mixing music with romance. From Fleetwood Mac’s tangled love affairs to The White Stripes’ mysterious relationship, plenty of iconic bands have blurred the lines between work and passion.
Click on to discover the bandmates who were romantically involved.