After a bit of a shouting match bands starting with “The” are all going under “The”.
But this is just wrong!
It gets worse when some bands have the definit article added through common usage, when it was never part of their actual name, like Arcade Fire and Pixies.
I used to sort my CD’s in alphabetical order, including solo artists, who would be by surname, but lack of shelf space, and ongoing acquisitions mean that there are disorderly piles of CD’s stacked wherever I can find somewhere to put them.
Fortunately the fact that the great majority have been ripped means they’re easy to find using Remote on the phone or pad.
There’s a reason the discs haven’t been relegated to boxes in the loft; every so often an artist who’s albums I’ve been buying for years does a tour that’s at small venues, and a signing opportunity presents itself, cue an archaeological dig to find the old discs! 😀
