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How many can you name and why do they all suck ?

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 15:35

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Isness wrote:

The Coral
The Strokes
The Hives
The Vines
The Killers
The Shins
The Stills
The White Stripes
The Sounds
The Thrills
The Streets (well, kind of)

All I can think of at the moment. I like five of those.

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 16:08

#2

philzilla wrote:

Squall wrote:

why do they all suck ?

that’s a completely absurd thing to go and say. saying you don’t like a band just because of their name makes you sound retarded.

here’s what’s in the “the*” section of my music folder:

The Ataris
The Baldwin Brothers
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Beyond
The Butterfly Effect
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
The D4
The Dandy Warhols
The Datsuns
The Dead Milkmen
The Distillers
The Doors
The Hives
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Kills
The KLF
The Libertines
The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mars Volta
The Misfits
The Music
The Neptunes
The Orb
The Posies
The Prodigy
The Roots
The Skatalites
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
The Streets
The Strokes
The Sugarhill Gang
The Tea Party
The The
The Transplants
The Vandals
The Vines
The White Stripes
Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan
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Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 16:42

#3

Denim Demon wrote:

some more:

The Cure
The Decemberists
The Flexible
The Gathering
The Radios
The Raveonettes
The Scabs
The Smiths
The Walkmen
The Young Gods

btw: I like ‘em all

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 17:23

#4

White Psycho wrote:

philzilla wrote:

that’s a completely absurd thing to go and say. saying you don’t like a band just because of their name makes you sound retarded.
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I think you missed the point. He’s asking why bands like this seem to just sucks these days. He said nothing about judging them based on the name.

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 18:02

#5

Krisken wrote:

Hm…

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Cars
The Beta Band
The Eyeliners
The Anniversary
The Caulfields
The Violent Femmes
The Guess Who
The Beastie Boys
The Moody Blues
The Devlins
The Get Up Kids
The Police
The Rolling Stones
The Weakerthans
The Who
The Verve
The Verve Pipe
The Rentals

um…

The The

ok, I’m out.

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 18:09

#6

allroy wrote:

They Might Be Giants
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The Woodentops
The Wildhearts
The Who
The Weather Prophets
The Walkabouts
The Velvet Underground
The Vaselines
The Triffids
The The
The Swingin’ Neckbreakers
The Strokes
The Streets
The Strangemen
The Stone Roses
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Sinister Six
The Setters
The Sea And Cake
The Schramms
The Sabres Of Paradise
The Richies
The Rentals
The Prodigy
The Presidents Of The U.S.A.
The Palace Brothers
The Orb
The OKra All-Stars
The Offspring
The Nozems
The Notwist
The New Christs
The New Bomb Turks
The Muffs
The Monkeywrench
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Meices
The Magnetic Fields
The Lemonheads
The Leather Nun
The Lazy Cowgirls
The Killer Shrews
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Jazz Butcher
The Housemartins
The Hellacopters
The Hanson Brothers
The Grabbers
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Golden Palominos
The Go-Betweens
The Get Up Kids
The Fluid
The Fellow Travellers
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Edsel Auctioneer
The Dubrovniks
The Drum Club
The Doors
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
The Devil In Miss Jones
The Devil Dogs
The Cure
The Cranberries
The Cramps
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coolies
The Chills
The Chemical Brothers
The Chainsaw Hollies
The Cellophane Suckers
The Breeders
The Blisters
The Birthday Party
The Birdy Num Nums
The Bionaut
The Beck Session Group
The Beck Session Group
The Beautiful South
The Beasts Of Bourbon
The Beach Boys
The Amps
The Afghan Whigs
The Abs
The (International) Noise Conspiracy

That’s the ‘The’ part in my record collection, so don’t believe THE hype.

By the way, a nice thread to use the quote function. :)

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 18:32

#7

Isness wrote:

Oh, are we talking about any band with The in the name? I thought he just meant the trend of all these ‘the somethings’ retro bands.
Well, if we’re doing that :p :

The Future Sound Of London
The Flaming Lips
The Shadows
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (depending on the album)
The Divine Comedy
The Incredible String Band
The Magic Band
The Rasmus
The Lightning Seeds
The Bluetones
The Pretty Things
The Yardbirds
The Zombies
The Neon Philharmonic
The Doors
Hell, even Pink Floyd started off as The Pink Floyd

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 19:38

#8

Citizen Erased wrote:

What about The Beatles, the Clash, the Damned, the Sex Pistols etc? Ots not that modern a doobrey!

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 21:14

#9

screamin melvin wrote:

the bleedin gypsies

Posted on Mon, 14 June 2004 at 21:29

#10

Charlie wrote:

I WAS talking about all those new garage rock THE bands that are all rubbish and all the same and all dress and look the same.

The worst of them all, and absolutely the WORST band of all time is

The Libertines.

Not even a hint of talent amongst them. Absolutely awful.

Posted on Thu, 17 June 2004 at 19:34

#11

Bad Karma wrote:

Yeah The Libertines are awful but their debut single What A Waster is quite good.Which other bands do you mean?The White Stripes,The Strokes,The Vines?

Posted on Thu, 17 June 2004 at 20:31

#12

Krisken wrote:

The Darkness. Bah, I must be old. I just don’t get it.

Posted on Fri, 18 June 2004 at 02:46

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