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Arcade Fire -

The Canadian rock band is one big family. Pictured are Regine Chassagnes, Win Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, and Tim Kingsbury back in 2018.

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Frank Zappa And the Mothers Of Invention -

Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention, was originally composed of six members. The number then grew over the years, with numerous lineup changes. 

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The Mars Volta -

The band of Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala has had a number of musicians in their lineup. The current lineup has six members. 

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Lynyrd Skynyrd -

The Southern Rock band known for hits such as 'Sweet Home Alabama' has had multiple band members over the years. Lynyrd Skynyrd currently consists of six musicians (excluding the additional three touring musicians). 

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Bob Marley and the Wailers -

The band previously known as The Wailers had six members. However, the iconic reggae band had more than that during some phases of its existence. 

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -

The Aussie musician has a pretty large band backing him up. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds currently has seven members.

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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band -

The E Street Band has been playing with Bruce Springsteen since 1972. Some of the members have changed over the years, and while there were five band members in the original lineup, many more have come and gone over the years.

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Santana -

The band led by guitarist Carlos Santana had five members when it was formed back in the '60s. By 1971, the number of band members had gone up to seven. 

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Misty In Roots -

The British reggae band was formed in the mid-70s. Their most recent lineup consists of seven musicians. 

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UB40 -

The English reggae band, known for hits such as 'Red Red Wine,' had eight permanent members for the greater part of its career.   

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Kool & the Gang -

The funk, R&B, and soul legends are also a large band. In the mid-70s it had eight members. 

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Chumbawamba -

The British band best known for their 1997 hit 'Tubthumping' had eight band members in total.

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Eluveitie -

The Swiss folk metal band has eight permanent members, but they have had up to 10 people playing together.

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Slipknot -

Metal band Slipknot is known for their use of percussion in addition to traditional rock instruments. There are eight musicians in total in the band at present, but the number used to be nine. 

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Earth, Wind & Fire -

The groovy Earth, Wind & Fire has always been a big family. They have a total of nine band members. 

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The Specials -

The English group found success with songs like 'Ghost Town.' Their lineup grew to nine band members at one point.

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Gogol Bordello -

The New York punk rockers with Romani influences currently have eight band members, but their lineup used to have nine musicians. 

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The Skatalites -

The Jamaican ska band formed in 1963 with 10 members. The band split up and reunited again in the mid-'80s. Today, The Skatalites have nine band members.

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Wu-Tang Clan -

Members of the famous hip-hop group included  RZA, U-God, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, GZA, Method Man, and more. 

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Chicago -

The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" had seven band members in the beginning. The number of Chicago members has fluctuated between 9 and 10 over the last few years.

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Broken Social Scene -

The Canadian indie rock band is one of those bands that grew over the years. They currently have 10 band members. 

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros -

The American folk rock band has had up to 10 band members at times. 

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor -

The Canadian experimental post-rock group currently has 10 band members in their lineup. These include eight musicians and two members responsible for film projections.

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings -

The funk and soul band, led by the late singer Sharon Jones, used to have 10 members.

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Funkadelic -

No other band played funk rock like Funkadelic. Perhaps their strength was in numbers—16, to be exact! 

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Bang Camaro -

The American hard rock band has a whopping 19 band members!

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Haggard -

The German neo-classical metal ensemble has an epic sound and an epic lineup of 20 musicians!

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The Polyphonic Spree -

The American choral rock band has an incredible 25 band members! 

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I'm from Barcelona -

I'm from Barcelona is a Swedish pop act with a large number of band members. How many? The last time we checked, there were 28. 

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra -

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is one big rock band. How big? Over 30 members! They are however split into two bands: one located on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. 

Sources: (Ultimate Guitar) (Far Out) 

See also: Bandmates who shared intimate encounters

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