The Fratellis are an award-winning alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli, bass guitarist Barry Fratelli, and drummer, backing vocalist, occasional guitarist and banjo player Mince Fratelli.

They played their first show on March 4, 2005 in the O'Henry's bar in Glasgow, and received their first radio play in 2005 on central Scotland's Beat 106 (now XFM Scotland) Beatscene show hosted by Jim Gellatly. They were discovered by their manager Tony Fratelli in McChuills Bar, Glasgow and were then signed by Fallout Records after just 9 gigs.

The origins of the name are unknown, but the band have said in many interviews that they got their name from the family of bad guys in the 1985 movie The Goonies. This is also mentioned as a source of the band's name by Real Network's Rhapsody music service.

Glasgow 3-piece The Fratellis, comprise of Jon(vocals/guitar), Mince (drums/vocals) and Barry (bass). In a recent interview in The Sun newspaper, The Fratellis confirmed that their name is taken from bassist Barry, whose original surname is Fratelli; the other members of the band simply adopted that pseudonym. ‘Fratelli’ also means brothers in Italian. They’ve been described as the missing link between T. Rex and The Libertines and released their debut EP through Nomadic Records on April 3