My music theory: if the band name starts with "The", they're good

[St. Jarvitude]

I dare you to name a (somewhat mainstream - any era - please) band that starts with "The" that really sucks. I know I can't.

All of the really, really, craptacular bands I can think of at the moment (Blink182, Air Supply, Newfound Glory, Creed, Nickelback) don't start with "The"

A lot of really, really good bands start with "The" too (The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Shins, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, The Beach Boys, The Offspring).

This is not to say that good bands must have a "The" at the beginning. This is evidenced by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Muse, and dozens of other great bands.

Once again, I double dog dare you to name a (somewhat mainstream - any era - please) band that starts with "The" that really sucks. I know I can't.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Nope. The Grateful Dead.

QED

[LisaM]

11. The Bay City Rollers

The Cowsills
The Fifth Dimension
The Knack

[ET Awful]

17. Bite me.

:)

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. You knew I was gonna say it.

[ET Awful]

23. Yup, and you knew I'd respond in kind :) :) :)

:evilgrin:

[Magrittes Pipe]

24. As long as you don't post the lyrics to "Ripple," we're cool.

edit: Shit. I just opened a horrible door, didn't I? :scared:

[ET Awful]

25. Nah, you're just BEGGING for Mr. Charlie though.

n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

26. Just kill me.

[ET Awful]

31. Funny you should say that, since the lyrics go

I won't take your life
Won't even take a limb
Just unload my shotgun
and take a little skin

[Inland]

2. So, "The THE" must be the best band EVER!

[Rick Myers]

4. Dammit, Ya BEAT me to it!!!!

:thumbsup:

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. The Killers.

They're fucking horrible. Lame, derivative, brainless pop-rock garbage that rips off what a lot of other bands did better twenty years ago.

[St. Jarvitude]

7. OK, you got me there

I can't believe I forgot about them... they had this song on Q101 in Chicago while I was stuck in traffic and I wanted to barf out the window.

:puke:

[name not needed]

15. *listens to hot fuss out of spite*

:)

[teach1st]

5. The Jaggerz

[Kierkegaard]

6. Ironically,

The Presidents of the United States of America. They SUCK!

[mrbassman03]

10. Are you kidding?!?!?!?!

They have some of the most most upbeat, easiest to listen to pop around. New album rocks.

[Kierkegaard]

19. Nope. Not kidding.

:puke:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

30. Ahh!

I saw them this past saturday.

I love the new album.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

29. Obviously you haven't seen them live.

I was @ one of their shows this past Saturday. They were AMAZING. I'm not even a PUSA fan, I went b/c my friend's band opened up for them... and I came away respecting them and their music.

[Blue-Jay]

8. The Doors

Pretentious, godawful shite.

(and I'd disagree that The Flaming Lips is a "really, really good band")

[LondonAmerican]

9. The Bay City Rollers

[Bunny]

12. The Osmonds. n/t

[Tummler]

13. The Funky Bunch

Marky Mark's "band."

Proof that they suck: their cover of "Good Vibrations" is a Bill O'Reilly fave. :D

[flyingfysh]

14. does anyone remember The Milli Vanilli?

:-)

[bloodyjack]

16. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

also the Offspring :D

Shall I go on?

[benito]

18. Tipper Gore's band

The Wildcats

[Nocturnes]

21. Great Ones

The Clash
The Cure
The Ramones
The Misfits

Great Bands without "the"

Bauhaus
Joy Division
Nine Inch Nails

[Spider Jerusalem]

32. Not to mention...

The Pixies
The MC5
The Sex Pistols
The Pogues
The Bad Seeds (Nick Cave's band)

Of course, as noted already, there are plenty of just BAD groups whose name is "The Whateverthefucks", too.

[TroubleMan]

20. The Backstreet Boys - I can't believe you forgot that one

Don't tell me anybody here likes them.

[St. Jarvitude]

27. They're not a band

If they play the instruments (or at least WRITE THEIR OWN FUCKING MUSIC!!!) then they're not a band.

Besides, my sister says they went by BSB in their later days anyway :shrug:

[Misunderestimator]

28. The Dave Matthews Band

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

33. So right. Any band with the words "Dave Matthews" sucks

Also, The Phish suck.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

34. Um

It's not "The Phish". It's just Phish.

[St. Jarvitude]

37. They still suck :)

I was about to point that out, though.

[donheld]

41. How dare you diss Dave Matthews

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[tarkus]

35. The White Stripes, The Offspring, The Rolling Stones, The Hives, etc. NM

[bleedingheart]

36. how about The The...

Infected was their album...don't think they did anything else...

[sundog]

38. Dusk, Mind Bomb just to name a few... good band

[neuvocat]

39. THE ELECTRAS!!!

C'mon, people! That's the first one you should have thought of on this board.

http://www.kerryrocks.com/

:)

(Note: I can't vouch for how good/bad they are since I haven't really heard any of it yet.)

[HEyHEY]

40. The Damned

[CO Liberal]

42. The New Vaudeville Band

Link to play this song:
http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/aaa/oldcodgers/wince.mid

Winchester Cathedral
You're bringing me down
You stood and you watched as
My baby left town

You could have done something
But you didn't try
You didn't do nothing
You let her walk by

Now everyone knows
Just how much
I needed that gal
She wouldn't have gone
Far away
If only you'd started ringing your bell

Winchester Cathedral
You're bringing me down
You stood and you watched as
My baby left town

A-Voh-de-oh-Doh
A-Voh-de-oh-Doh
A-Voh-de-oh-Doh Be-Doh-Doh!!

http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/aaa/lyrics/wince.htm

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

43. The Monkees --- suck The Plastic Ono Band --suck

The Starlight... suck

The Lawrence Welch Orchestra... suck