Where Did Our ‘The’ Go?

Lebanon

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Metalpriestess.JPG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Plastic#/media/File:Buggles_-_The_Age_of_Plastic.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Buggles_-_The_Age_of_Plastic.png

https://vinyl-records.nl/rock/usa/photo-gallery/eagles/long-run/eagles-long-run-1213.jpg

Eagles already mentioned by jaymc via a Steve Martin except upthread but thanks for pictorial info.

I don’t know if there are enough examples to create a thread for the opposite case but Smashing Pumpkins

Aargh, excerpt

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Ramones_-_Ramones_cover.jpg

(oops sorry re eagles repeat, i was thread-searching to check so missed that)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Supersnazz.jpeg

I wonder how many bands temporarily drop "The" from their names only for the sake of more elegant graphic design?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/ff/35/36ff359cb6ea34bdb44d525823560c90.jpg

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

http://images.45cat.com/rich-kids-rich-kids-emi-electrola-s.jpg

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".

I mean, why wouldn't bands have one written name and another spoken name?

Madness.

didn't. did. didn't.

https://www.google.nl/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjdharSiPb2AhVw_HcKHZAOAtQYABAbGgJlZg&ae=2&sig=AOD64_1_mRMwEEhEpvOALAIMHp1oKGToOw&adurl&ctype=5&ved=0CAEQz7YHKA1qFwoTCJDLvNiI9vYCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
the design thing predates new wave

happy to make a rock contribution. I have finally managed to un-niche myself!

https://media.s-bol.com/2R7xlo5DE8lj/550x550.jpg

Madness is even better because it’s half the band specifically saying “Madness split up, we are a completely new band called The Madness”

(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

https://www.secondhandvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kursaal-Flyers-%E2%80%8E–-Golden-Mile-vinyl-record-side-A-label-scaled.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/uVZrDN0-qjr9bJKCgqkYKlHfZ1QQpNve74hVQsXWDqk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:595/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxODgy/MDQtMTM2NTUwMzM4/NC0xNDU1LmpwZWc.jpeg

Golden Earring, formerly known as The Golden Earrings.

The Gambia - officially The Republic of The Gambia - seems to be greedily hoarding the’s