Bee Gees fans gobsmacked after learning what band name actually stands for They've sold more than 120 million records globally, yet some fans are only just discovering the true meaning behind the Bee Gees' stage name.
One user suggested: "Do not know how true it is but when the Bee Gees came out they talked on the radio about BG standing for Brothers Gibb and they just spelled out Bee and Gee.".
)Apparently it was said the band was named by an Australian DJ, whose promoter was called Bill Goode plus Barry Gibb's name which formed the band's name! "
A statement reveals: "Though it is widely believed that the Bee Gees first got their name from being the Brothers Gibb, this meaning did not come until a few years after their founding.
The name then morphed from The BG's to the Bee Gees which eventually came to mean the Brothers Gibb!
