The The
― Ste, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:39 (four years ago)
Lonius Monk
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:40 (four years ago)
Thanks, but we already have that one upthread.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:43 (four years ago)
Lma and Louise!!!!
― imago, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:44 (four years ago)
This reminds me of a book called I Hate Rock and Roll by Tony Tyler, where he insists on naming all groups with a "The" in front like the UK press did in the 60s: The Yes, The Cream etc.
Which group was the first to do without "The"? I suspect Them, followed by Love.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:49 (four years ago)
I don’t know if there are enough examples to create a thread for the opposite case but Smashing Pumpkins
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:50 (four years ago)
Which group was the first to do without "The"? I suspect Them
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:51 (four years ago)
Four Tops
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:53 (four years ago)
Batman
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:55 (four years ago)
The Guess Who? started as Guess Who?
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:55 (four years ago)
too many people say Jesus And The Mary Chain over here. (or they did when they still knew about that band)
― StanM, Friday, 1 April 2022 14:56 (four years ago)
Where is that? I've never heard it said that way.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 April 2022 14:57 (four years ago)
ah Batman is a good one
― Ste, Friday, 1 April 2022 15:01 (four years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/QjQkDLBmQd-Y0-onstfU3fEAdM8BunfTH64ogY7-egI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:519/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTkzNjQ1/MTMtMTQ3OTMwMDkx/NS04ODc0LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:05 (four years ago)
disc 2, track 5
A friend of mine used to say "The Jesus and Mary Jane." I couldn't move him off of it.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:06 (four years ago)
_Which group was the first to do without "The"? I suspect Them_You mean m? Love those guys
― I'm too sophisti for the pun generator, so sophisti it hurts (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:12 (four years ago)
Is this specifically for acts/places/things that once had a 'the' but then removed it? Or anything that feels like it should have a 'the' but doesn't?Lemonheads gave up on being mis-articled and added a The on their seventh album.
― beepy fridges (sic), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:19 (four years ago)
Creation
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:20 (four years ago)
They lost their question mark to the Mysterians along the way as well.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 1 April 2022 15:28 (four years ago)
Pentangle
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:32 (four years ago)
ohio state university
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:32 (four years ago)
Asda
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 1 April 2022 15:35 (four years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/AKUzfJ92iL4CmqY1r31RibL-jb8o5LRiZNWyZYEO3FI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:585/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY2MjM4/NzQtMTQ3OTE3ODQ2/Ni01Mjc5LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 1 April 2022 16:01 (four years ago)
what was the first rock 'n' roll band not to be called "the something(s)"?
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 1 April 2022 16:16 (four years ago)
Cure (c. Wish, for that four-letter alt-rock punch)
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 1 April 2022 16:44 (four years ago)
^ for the unfamiliar: for this album with a four-letter title, the band’s designers came up with a logo that used the same character in four different rotations
― beepy fridges (sic), Friday, 1 April 2022 16:52 (four years ago)
As introduced by Robert Elms back in the day:
"From half-spoken shadows emerges a canvas. A kiss of light breaks to reveal a moment when all mirrors are redundant. Listen to the portrait of the dance of perfection: the Spandau Ballet."
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 1 April 2022 16:53 (four years ago)
Not only The Pink Floyd, but The AMM:
https://i0.wp.com/recordmecca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_4183.jpeg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 1 April 2022 17:01 (four years ago)
https://nr53.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/videokaf.jpg
― I'm too sophisti for the pun generator, so sophisti it hurts (breastcrawl), Friday, 1 April 2022 17:02 (four years ago)
Bowery, depending on the situation. It started in the olden days as Bowery Lane. At some point it acquired a "the." Seems to be in transition now.
Letters sent to the Bronx are addressed "Bronx, NY."
― Josefa, Friday, 1 April 2022 17:51 (four years ago)
the people I heard say "Jesus & The Mary Chain" were in Belgium/Flanders btw (xposts)
― StanM, Friday, 1 April 2022 18:04 (four years ago)
American here but I don’t get the JAMC thing… I thought the name was supposed to refer to a chain, not two people named Jesus and Mary Chain. It just sounds weird without the article.
― brimstead, Friday, 1 April 2022 18:21 (four years ago)
oh wait nvm lol
― brimstead, Friday, 1 April 2022 18:22 (four years ago)
Matt Johnson cornered the market?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 1 April 2022 18:26 (four years ago)
Heard “Jesus & The Mary Chain” loads in Australia.
― beepy fridges (sic), Friday, 1 April 2022 18:39 (four years ago)
yeah me too, by people I was never friends with again
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 April 2022 19:46 (four years ago)
also Pixies never had a “the”
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 April 2022 19:49 (four years ago)
That is not necessary for their inclusion on this thread.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 19:58 (four years ago)
they neither had one nor seem like they should have
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:30 (four years ago)
My kids and I always scratched our heads over "Winnie-ther-Pooh." Is this some kind of British in-joke?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:39 (four years ago)
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:41 (four years ago)
I do sir, and more! and more.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:45 (four years ago)
“Baby, baby. .. where did our the go?”
― calstars, Friday, 1 April 2022 21:49 (four years ago)
Ben Folds Five
― kinder, Friday, 1 April 2022 21:57 (four years ago)
I've just googled it and I'm still not sure if Red Hot Chili Peppers are called the Red Hot Chili Peppers
― kinder, Friday, 1 April 2022 22:00 (four years ago)
they neither had one nor seem like they should haveThey have a lower case one all over their Wikipedia page, unlike Buzzcocks.
― ledge, Friday, 1 April 2022 22:01 (four years ago)
If there can be a newish band called Cults, can I start The Beetle?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 1 April 2022 22:23 (four years ago)
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 22:34 (four years ago)
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 22:36 (four years ago)
I wonder how many bands temporarily drop "The" from their names only for the sake of more elegant graphic design?
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:39 (four years ago)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/ff/35/36ff359cb6ea34bdb44d525823560c90.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:43 (four years ago)
responding to halfway there but for you: there's definitely a rush of the-less bands to coincide with full-on new wave sleeve design but that doesn't mean it's not their name, design is important
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:47 (four years ago)
http://images.45cat.com/rich-kids-rich-kids-emi-electrola-s.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:53 (four years ago)
But no-one was going to go into a record store: "Who is this band Buggles, I was looking for The Buggles?!?" And "the" comes and goes on covers and posters without most of us even noticing. And a whole lot of band names sound to my ear a lot more stupid without "the".
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:55 (four years ago)
I mean, why wouldn't bands have one written name and another spoken name?
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 April 2022 18:56 (four years ago)
Madness.
didn't. did. didn't.
― mark e, Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:01 (four years ago)
https://www.google.nl/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjdharSiPb2AhVw_HcKHZAOAtQYABAbGgJlZg&ae=2&sig=AOD64_1_mRMwEEhEpvOALAIMHp1oKGToOw&adurl&ctype=5&ved=0CAEQz7YHKA1qFwoTCJDLvNiI9vYCFQAAAAAdAAAAABADthe design thing predates new wavehappy to make a rock contribution. I have finally managed to un-niche myself!
― I'm too sophisti for the pun generator, so sophisti it hurts (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:06 (four years ago)
https://media.s-bol.com/2R7xlo5DE8lj/550x550.jpg
― I'm too sophisti for the pun generator, so sophisti it hurts (breastcrawl), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:07 (four years ago)
Madness is even better because it’s half the band specifically saying “Madness split up, we are a completely new band called The Madness”
― beepy fridges (sic), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:09 (four years ago)
(similar: 3/4 of Talking Heads forming a band called The Heads)
like eagles and buggles these two go together:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Welcome_Plastics.jpeg
https://www.vinylnet.co.uk/_assets/_user/images/prods/721937219310_1.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:17 (four years ago)
https://www.secondhandvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kursaal-Flyers-%E2%80%8E–-Golden-Mile-vinyl-record-side-A-label-scaled.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:20 (four years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/uVZrDN0-qjr9bJKCgqkYKlHfZ1QQpNve74hVQsXWDqk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:595/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxODgy/MDQtMTM2NTUwMzM4/NC0xNDU1LmpwZWc.jpeg
― mark s, Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:26 (four years ago)
Golden Earring, formerly known as The Golden Earrings.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:56 (four years ago)
The Gambia - officially The Republic of The Gambia - seems to be greedily hoarding the’s
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Saturday, 2 April 2022 22:41 (four years ago)
"The Ballroom Blitz"
― Thrapple from the Apple (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 July 2024 18:47 (one year ago)
The Sweet
― Thrapple from the Apple (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 July 2024 18:56 (one year ago)
The Portugal Man
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 22 July 2024 20:17 (one year ago)
Cocteau Twins
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 22 July 2024 20:31 (one year ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-_bsCwdRw
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 23 July 2024 10:50 (one year ago)
During the Falklands War I remember my father doggedly referring to Argentina as The Argentine, which isn't strictly wrong (official name: The Argentine Republic).
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 23 July 2024 13:07 (one year ago)
The Old Town Road
― Bad Bairns (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 23 July 2024 14:53 (one year ago)
Four Tops― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes)
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes)
"bands clearly not formed in portland, oregon"
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 23 July 2024 15:06 (one year ago)
Some non-musical ones:Sweet Smell of SuccessStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
― Nicholas Raybeat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 December 2025 02:17 (six months ago)
Egg
― Galactic Poetaster (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 May 2026 15:17 (one month ago)