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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Rainard, you should probably ask Black Francis and Kim Deal to stop referring to the band as "The Pixies" as well.
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If you call a band "Pixies", there doesn't seem any more point in referring to them at
The Pixies than there is in referring to Queen, Slayer or Metallica as "The Queen", "The Slayer" or "The Metallica".
Saying that, I understand why people do it: because, as a title noun in the plural, one is inclined to see it as referring to the band members. So, if each one of them is
a Pixie, then together they are Pixies, and also, in the definite, The Pixies. So it's not totally nonsensical. Same deal with Arctic Monkeys. It seems that Arctic Monkeys is a reference to the band members: each one is an Arctic Monkey, so together they are The Arctic Monkeys.
But it only works if that was the intent behind the name. If "Pixies" was not supposed to refer to the band members but to actual Pixies, e.g. in the same way that Nirvana refers to a philosophical concept, then calling them
The Pixies would be idiotic.
But if you are correct in saying that the band members themselves refer to the band as "The Pixies", then I suppose that shows their intent and leaves no further room for argument.
