Barry Gibb was raised in England.
Barry Gibb . Born on the Isle of Man , he was raised in Manchester where he became involved in the skiffle craze , forming his first band , the Rattlesnakes , which evolved into the Bee Gees in 1960 when they moved to Redcliffe , Queensland , Australia . Manchester ( [ ˈmæntʃɪstə ] ) is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , England , with a population of 530,300 . It lies within the United Kingdom 's second-most populous urban area , with a population of 2.55 million .