the gibb brothers were born on the isle of man, then lived in manchester, england, before moving to australia in 1958. it was in australia that the bee gees' band was formed. in january 1967, the gibb brothers returned to england where their band the bee gees started to become internationally famous. in 1967, colin petersen and vince melouney joined the band but by the end the decade both had left and the brothers themselves had briefly gone their separate ways, only to reform in 1970. between 1970 and 1972, geoff bridgford was a member of the bee gees. in 1975, the brothers relocated to the united states.