# Trivia Help — Band Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700 "2012-09-14T15:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/1 "2012-09-14T15:59:23Z")
I can’t recall seeing a post like this here before, but I thought I’d give it a shot because you guys are the smartest people I ever come in contact with.\* I post a biweekly trivia question on my company’s Facebook page. Yesterday I was going to go with: What do these groups have in common? The Black Eyed Peas The Eurythmics The Dixie Chicks The actual band names do not include “the.” But I did some quick research before posting (important step), and found that the Black Eyed Peas only fit some of the time, depending on which album you’re talking about or which part of their website you’re looking at. So, can anyone suggest another band that fits in this group? I could always stick in Smashing Pumpkins (which is the inverse, of course), but I’d like to have one more. Thank you for the help. \*Suck up? Me? ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/2 "2012-09-14T16:02:39Z")
Talking Heads comes immediately to mind. One that definitely does NOT fit: [Matt Johnson’s “band”](http://www.thethe.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/3 "2012-09-14T16:04:36Z")
The Talking Heads is another one. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/4 "2012-09-14T16:07:04Z")
They may be the definitive example of this phenomenon, even going so far as to release [this album](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-mw0000199932) as a teaching exercise 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/5 "2012-09-14T16:32:03Z")
Pink Floyd, though I have seen them billed as “The Pink Floyd.” It may have been a one-shot. System of a Down Spirit Smith Spanky and Our Gang Blue Oyster Cult Mountain Led Zeppelin Traffic Jethro Tull Nirvana ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/6 "2012-09-14T16:33:52Z")
Buzzcocks ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/7 "2012-09-14T16:38:48Z")
Talking Heads could work. **Chuck** (may I call you “Chuck”?) - I’m looking, not just for bands that don’t have “the” in their names, but bands that don’t have “the” in their names and most people think they do. _Everyone_ says “The Dixie Chicks,” and lots of people say “The Eurythmics.” Thank you for the help, folks. I’m still listening. Err … reading. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/8 "2012-09-14T17:04:18Z")
Grateful Dead Buffalo Springfield Red Hot Chili Peppers Or keep The Black Eyes Peas and add others that use “The” some of the time on album covers but not all of the time, like The Eagles and The Kinks. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/9 "2012-09-14T17:12:03Z")
Squirrel Nut Zippers I like **Exapno** ’s too…except Buffalo Springfield I guess. Never heard them with “The”. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/10 "2012-09-14T17:12:15Z")
Melvins ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/11 "2012-09-14T17:28:08Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I like **Exapno** ’s too…except Buffalo Springfield I guess. Never heard them with “The”. [Happens a lot.](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+Buffalo+Springfield%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) [The Buffalo Springfield on “Mannix”!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sAcoXVXvA%22) Live versions of “Bluebird” and “For What It’s Worth”! I didn’t know that existed. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/12 "2012-09-14T17:28:57Z")
**Edie Brickell & New Bohemians** are often referred to as Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. Well, that is, when they’re referred to at all… ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/13 "2012-09-14T17:37:52Z")
> [@ptr2void](#): > > They may be the definitive example of this phenomenon, even going so far as to release [this album](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-mw0000199932) as a teaching exercise 🙂 And I have heard/seen that album referred to as _The Name of This Band Is the Talking Heads._ :rolleyes: Jefferson Airplane is an ensemble that frequently has the definite article erroneously appended to its name. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/14 "2012-09-14T17:40:12Z")
Foo Fighters ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/15 "2012-09-14T18:12:06Z")
Electric Light Orchestra (though their first album was entitled “The Electric Light Orchestra” for its UK release). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/16 "2012-09-14T18:24:32Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > [Happens a lot.](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+Buffalo+Springfield%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) > > [The Buffalo Springfield on “Mannix”!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sAcoXVXvA%22) > > Live versions of “Bluebird” and “For What It’s Worth”! I didn’t know that existed. Ah. I shoulda added to my post “but I didn’t grow up in the time of The Buffalo Springfield, so really I’m lucky to have heard their name at all” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/17 "2012-09-14T18:55:03Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > **Edie Brickell & New Bohemians** are often referred to as Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. > > Well, that is, when they’re referred to at all… Usually when someone is saying something like, “Hey, did you know that that girl from that band in the 80’s married Paul Simon?” ---
**Author:** ![Jenova\_Tokka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@Jenova\_Tokka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenova_Tokka)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/18 "2012-09-14T19:40:31Z")
To finally list a good band, 🙂 Backstreet Boys officially have no “the” in their title either. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/19 "2012-09-14T20:04:15Z")
Holy Toledo! I had no idea there were so many. Thank you, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700/20 "2012-09-14T20:09:04Z")
Although I enjoy Letterman, he’s got it wrong when he says: > [@](#): > > Hey kids, do you like \*the \*rock n’ roll? Oh, Dave… 😉 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-help-band-names/634700.md?page=2)