It once seemed that when most indie bands first got together; rehearsing in their parents garage amongst spiders webs and rusty bilkes, this conversation came about -
'What shall we name our band?'
It seemed almost redundant that the first word of the bands name would be 'The',
For example:
The Libertines
The Stone Roses
The Verve
The Wombats
The Beatles
The Ting Tings and so on
However now bands have decided to abandon the humdrum 'THE' and try out 'AND THE'
For example:
Noah AND THE Whale
Joe Lean AND THE Jing Jang Jong
Pet AND THE Pirates
Florence AND THE Machine
Whatever next? OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN?