# Bands whose middle name is "the" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660 "2017-07-07T00:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/1 "2017-07-07T00:26:31Z")
Mott the Hoople Cage the Elephant Young the Giant Others? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/2 "2017-07-07T00:29:11Z")
Pedro the Lion Walk the Moon Foster the People Toad the Wet Sprocket (does that count?) Chance the Rapper (maybe? Not so much a “band” though) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/3 "2017-07-07T00:36:23Z")
Portugal. The Man ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/4 "2017-07-07T00:43:04Z")
At the Gates Orion the Hunter Fields of the Nephilim Lords of the New Church New Riders of the Purple Sage I’m guessing names like “Huey Lewis and the News” don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/5 "2017-07-07T00:50:15Z")
Del tha Funky Homosassa Chico the man ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/6 "2017-07-07T01:11:54Z")
Walk Off the Earth ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/7 "2017-07-07T01:17:30Z")
Fight the Bear Protest the Hero ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/8 "2017-07-07T01:23:47Z")
Within the Ruins ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/9 "2017-07-07T01:27:58Z")
Minus the Bear ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/10 "2017-07-07T01:42:34Z")
Ethel the Frog Maximum The Hormone ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/11 "2017-07-07T01:52:32Z")
Rage Against the Machine. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/12 "2017-07-07T01:58:25Z")
Queens of the Stone Age ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/13 "2017-07-07T02:35:41Z")
Happy the Man Donna the Buffalo ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/14 "2017-07-07T02:50:27Z")
At the Drive-In ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/15 "2017-07-07T02:50:47Z")
Riders of the Purple Sage ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/16 "2017-07-07T03:13:15Z")
Beats The Hell Out Of Me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/17 "2017-07-07T03:14:32Z")
[Pantheon](https://www.facebook.com/PantheonMetal/)? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/18 "2017-07-07T03:24:01Z")
Excellent work, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/19 "2017-07-07T03:38:14Z")
[Sixpence None The Richer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc) ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/20 "2017-07-07T03:51:25Z")
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