Definite article before a band's name?

At 09:54:55 on Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Paul (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]A friend of mine used the phrase "Worship and Music by 13 A.D." Here 13 A.D. is the name of the band. Shouldn't it be "Worship and music by the 13 A.D. ?[/nq]
No. The band's name is its name, and may or may not include the definite article, depending on what the band decided its name should be. Therefore,

[nq:2]A friend of mine used the phrase "Worship and Music ... it be "Worship and music by the 13 A.D. ?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. The band's name is its name, and may or may not include the definite article, depending on what the band decided its name should be. Therefore, "The Beatles" and "The Shadows", but "Marmalade" and "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark".[/nq]
Indeed. The name of a band is no d

[nq:1]A friend of mine used the phrase "Worship and Music by 13 A.D." Here 13 A.D. is the name of the band. Shouldn't it be "Worship and music by the 13 A.D. ?[/nq]
Not normally. If "The" is part of the name of a band then it should be used: The Beatles, The Stone Roses, The Who;
but: Guns and Roses, AC/DC, etc.
However, if you add "band" to the name of the group then you can use "the"

[nq:2]A friend of mine used the phrase "Worship and Music ... it be "Worship and music by the 13 A.D. ?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. The band's name is its name, and may or may not include the definite article, depending on what the band decided its name should be. Therefore, "The Beatles" and "The Shadows", but "Marmalade" and "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark".[/nq]
And who can forget The The.

At 20:04:16 on Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]And who can forget The The. [/nq]
I'd forgotten them - but I could never forget Them. ;-)
Molly Mockford
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[nq:1]Good name for a band "The Definite Article".. but it would mean that you were always on first.[/nq]
Unless "An Indefinite Article" were also on the bill.
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

So when refering to the band 'The The', you could say "the The The band?" ;o)

[nq:1]So when refering to the band 'The The', you could say "the The The band?" ;o)[/nq]
T he, T he, T he.

Peter Duncanson, UK
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[nq:1]So when refering to the band 'The The', you could say "the The The band?" ;o)[/nq]
One might well say "the band The The".