Theory about bands starting with the word "The"

[Miho]

Most, if not all bands starting with the word "The" in their band name are normally good-sounding. Examples: The Strokes, The Hives, The Cure, The Who, and more recently, The White Stripes, and The Raconteurs. Perhaps it's a form of status that signify that the band members are talented individuals dedicated to making great, quality music in their bands. Thoughts?

[taquitos]

shit theory

[Miho]

Thank you for that contribution.

[taquitos]

what about Warrant?

[Miho]

I know not what you speak of.

Anyway, more "The" bands that I got into: The Dirtbombs, The Shys, The Parlor Mob, The Wildbirds, and The Kills. All a part of the Garage Band Revival. Droppin, drop some knowledge on this. You would know.

[mickill]

The Bacon Brothers
The Eagles
The Monkees
The Knack
The Jets
The Hot Boys
The Rembrandts
The Cheeky Girls
The Corrs
The Killers
The Village People

Maybe you're onto something here....

[Calimero jr.]

I personally totally dislike most of the recent "The XXX" bands. I think that the put a "the" just to signify that they all pretty much sound the same :D

[Kid Presentable]

The The.

But seriously, there was a theory floating around circa 2001 that if you tacked a 'The' onto your name, you could join the post-modern garage band phase that seemed to be the thing du jour.

[Helvete]

I personally totally dislike most of the recent "The XXX" bands. I think that the put a "the" just to signify that they all pretty much sound the same :D

Yep, I agree.

[Lex Diamonds]

shit theory
This thread is The Suck.

[Helvete]

The Padster.

[Lex Diamonds]

The Helvete.

HA

[mate_spawn_die]

give credit to some of the original thes

the 13th floor elevators (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Av_pGYI2k&feature=related)
the electric prunes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-oCd23W7r8)
the sonics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_0V0IXEkc&feature=related)
the creation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpYRXC8Vaw&feature=related)
the pretty things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzgMQM0B-8&feature=related)
the third bardo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WICrHBzTLM4&feature=related)
the ventures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGPSnB93vo4)
the seeds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPvkzFJhnk)
the standells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5apEctKwiD8)
the trashmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dbbezhL_Co)
the cramps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLpaiH2hbQ&feature=related)
the cramps... again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN8Z7cz34BI)
the fuzztones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NAK8h-A9_4)

[kleptomaniac]

the beatles? :P

[abcdefz]

The Eagles




Fuck you man. If you don't like my fuckin' music get your own fuckin' cab! I pull over and kick your ass out!

[afronaut]

Whats the deal with people not knowing the difference between "hypothesis" and "theory?"

And whats the deal with people and their shitty hypotheses?

[Videodrome]

is that the best Seinfeld impression you got?

[afronaut]

I once considered breaking up with someone because I didn't like her glasses, does that count?

[Videodrome]

(y)

[funk63]

dont forget the naked brothers band. man, theres gotta be sumthing magic about the word "the" that just ensures greatness.

[DroppinScience]

I think people have put too much thought into "The" bands. I guess with the garage rock revival in the early '00s, most if not all of the bands in that scene had a "The" in the name, which gave lazy journalists something to talk about, but it's really nothing more. There was even minor backlash towards putting a "The" in your band name.

I mean, were people focusing that much on "The" bands in the '60s like The Beatles, The Kinks, etc. I don't recall anyone having to ask John Lennon to explain the "The" in their band name, so why start now?

[Waus]

I think there's two sort of types of "The" names. Ones where the band deliberately put a "the" at the beginning to fit into a certain idiom - and names where "the" is really just there because it sounds silly when you say the name without the conjunction.

[dave790]

Most of the time, in conversation or other, I find it weird just saying Beastie Boys.

[kaiser soze]

The The

But Dusk is really the only album I have checked out