I win.

...to mention that this son of Kevin Coyne is playing some tribute dates in Belgium where he and a band consisting of Jon Langford, Brendan Croker, Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby will be singing and playing Kevin's songs.
And in his own right Robert Coyne will be playing the ATP festival as guest of MBV. www.myspace.com/robcoyne

Played sessions before becoming The Blockheads' drummer. He's damn good (taught by the P of ELP, I believe) and should be around for the long haul.

still active, doing good things (Friendly Fire album), production work, film score work. Not as popular as his dad, but not failing by a long way.

has done ok for himself. Pretty good on the drums too!

Declan Patrick Aloysius......

Progeny of Loudon Wainwright & Kate McGarrigle. Lucy Wainwright Roche, daughter of Loudon & Suzzy Roche is building a solid career for herself. There probably a few more McGarrigles, Wainwrights and Roches out there waiting in the wings.

Rufus is probably the most successful and has managed to keep going for years, and Zak Starkey, albeit quietly.

But some of the others...not what you'd call household names!

in Britain.

Why don't you just call him Elvis Costello?

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The daughters of Brian Poole (& The Tremeloes).

They still are around, notably behind the scenes writing songs for and with the usual parade of chart artists in need of songs, especially a lot of the more manufactured end of things.

A more financially rewarding career than being upfront, I would think , having songs on Sugababes and Kylie albums.

Zoe Ball

Oh, ROCK Stars' kids, you say...

Kim Wilde. My first major crush. Lovely.

I guess Marty Wilde counts as famous. And Kim certainly was successful for a while longer than some.

Son of Roy, has carved out a niche for himself with some fine releases. His instrumental EP, called, er, Instrumental is a tour de force, and the conventional words & music material is equally excellent. There are several albums you should check out.

And I don't think you can dismiss Teddy Thompson either. I see no evidence of his having 'fizzled out'.

There's a problem with following in your parents footsteps, especially if they have already carved a successful career. You've always got them to live up to. Which can be impossible if they've been definitive in their field.

My dad always wanted me to go into his field, but he's been pretty successful, and within it, he's a name associated with what he does. I'd always be second and so deliberately went my own way.

I'd hate to be Sean Lennon, when dad was so so much of an icon....

The two names that sprang immediately to my mind were Carlene Carter and Rosanne Cash. Indeed June Carter-Cash falls fitted the bill herself. Perhaps its a country thing because there are two generations of Hank Williams offspring as well.
Of course the biggest of all would be Ron & Russell Mael who, as any fool will tell you are the offspring of Doris Day ;)

Son of the Tornado's guitarist George.

son of David Bowie, although following a different artform to that of his father, has written and directed possibly the best film I have seen all year, "Moon."

Didn't trade on his dad's name. In fact, did everything he could to avoid the subject in interviews.

Now that's the way to do it.

although her dad was folk rather than rock.

I guess rock is more about the ego and folk is more about the tradition and the storytelling than anything else. Makes it a lot easier to follow in the footsteps. Plus there's less of a problem about the generations mixing, so family members play music together, write and perform together.

Dunno if folk musicians success can be described in the same terms as rock success, but certainly the careers last for a much longer period of time.

Stuart Copeland
John Hammond
Hank III
Derek Trucks
Norah Jones

and country singers to follow in footsteps, as it's almost expected, a family tradition.

But imagine you're the son of Bruce Springsteen or daughter of Madonna and you're mad on music. You don't really have a prayer...

has musician sons who have been in Babyshambles. Dunno what level of fame or success is involved there.

OK so dad didn't exactly set the World alight. Mind you, neither did his son.

He's in Yes you know. I mean, what are the chances of that happening? Just saw the ad in the newsagent's window apparently.

The execrable Adam Cohen.

Did anyone mention Jakob Dylan / Wallflowers? He was probably outselling his dad at one point.

Dhani Harrison too is interesting, if not destined to top the HJH. But then who is?

...how do we know, "...it's not like they need the money..."? After the recent news about Carly Simon's woes and the loss Leonard Cohen suffered, it's a bit of a cliche to think that all rock stars are rolling in it and their progeny are pampered. Assuming they want to be, which isn't a given.

And when we talk about careers fizzling out, isn't that the fate of a large proportion of musicians? I think Mr. Hepworth has pointed out that most stars are either unimaginably rich or surprisingly hard up, with very few in the comfortable middle ground.

and yes you have a point, they're not all loaded, but they've probably not had much of a struggle either.

Was never going to be as famous as his dad, but put out a few very good albums.

Dweezil Zappa. Saw him in Newcastle with his brother Ahmet once.

Much better than one might have expected.

Liam Finn is doing OK

.........if you grow up surrounded by performing musicians it's all likely - not guaranteed - to come a bit more easily to you than if you have to find your own scene. but i wish all of us out in consumerland wouldn't assume that talent=money. if only.

I would vouchsafe that most people (in the street, I suppose) have not even heard of Richard Thompson, let alone Teddy. Same goes for Martin & Eliza Carthy and so on. Success isn't really about getting headlines or being described as 'the king/queen of pop' (what the hell does that mean then?). It is surely about being respected in your field and leaving a body of work which will be listened to in years to come. Like Michelle McManus and Leon Jackson obviously!

- deemed the only man big enough to fill pop's boots

The Campbell bros' dad led the Ian Campbell Folk Group, whose alumni included Dave Swarbrick and Dave Pegg.