# Bands whose middle name is "the"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660>\
**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:** 14\
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**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/41 "2017-07-07T19:30:53Z")

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Don’t think anyone’s gotten this yet… I can’t name one of its rings but I love that there was a band called:

…And You Will Know By The Trail Of Dead  
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**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/42 "2017-07-07T21:01:27Z")

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> [@johnspartan](#):
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> Don’t think anyone’s gotten this yet… I can’t name one of its rings but I love that there was a band called:
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> …And You Will Know By The Trail Of Dead

Amazingly, [it’s not death metal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hOq5do9q8).

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**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/43 "2017-07-07T21:31:59Z")

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Intercourse The Penguin

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**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/44 "2017-07-10T21:21:16Z")

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Stone The Crows!

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/45 "2017-07-10T21:48:37Z")

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Sniff’n the Tears

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/46 "2017-07-10T21:52:42Z")

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Queens of the stone age.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/47 "2017-07-11T21:49:41Z")

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I’m an old dude and rarely pick on new stuff, but JEFF the Brotherhood’s [Sixpack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZPMWCZLII) wowed me when it came out a few years ago.

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/48 "2017-07-12T04:46:50Z")

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Sleepy the Beef. oh wait.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/49 "2017-07-12T20:10:07Z")

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> [@Dr.Strangelove](#):
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> [The The](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_The) (hey, if “A the B C” and “A B the C” count, then so does this…).

How is this pronounced?

Thu Thee  
Thu Thu  
Thee Thu or  
Thee Thee

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/50 "2017-07-12T20:19:08Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Panic at the Disco

Ahem. It’s Panic! At the Disco.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/51 "2017-07-12T20:26:52Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> Ahem. It’s Panic! At the Disco.

A name which you are required by law to say by yelling “Panic” at the top of your lungs, followed by a pause, followed by “At the Disco” in a normal voice, whenever you have to say the name. That’s how everybody does it, right?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/52 "2017-07-12T21:02:36Z")

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> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> A name which you are required by law to say by yelling “Panic” at the top of your lungs, followed by a pause, followed by “At the Disco” in a normal voice, whenever you have to say the name. That’s how everybody does it, right?

Same with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

And !!! can just be 3 sharp screams.

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**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Real\_Ribeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Real\_Ribeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Real_Ribeye)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/53 "2017-07-13T11:42:35Z")

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I was in Only The Ghost with some guys who went on to form [Fight The Bear](https://open.spotify.com/album/65hTxozTMazV9zm5awRXHa).

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-whose-middle-name-is-the/790660/54 "2017-07-13T13:26:59Z")

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[Doctor and The Medics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_and_the_Medics)

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