Then how about The Who? Or The Doors?"The The" is a formal name of the band.
Then how about The Who? Or The Doors?"The The" is a formal name of the band.

I would remove the The from these. It is very simple. If you were to put 'The Doors "Baby Light My Fire"' in your list and sadchild pub 'Doors "Baby Light My Fire"' in his, they would both be there and not filtered out by my duplicate check. Neither would likely make the eventual top 256 list as the vote would be split. Therefore, I would simply ask that you drop the "The" from the front of all bands except for "The The" or a band called just "The" for the sake of duplicate checking. You guys really don't make anything easy.Then how about The Who? Or The Doors?
Seems like you've found your North Star on this.I would remove the The from these. It is very simple. If you were to put 'The Doors "Baby Light My Fire"' in your list and sadchild pub 'Doors "Baby Light My Fire"' in his, they would both be there and not filtered out by my duplicate check. Neither would likely make the eventual top 256 list as the vote would be split. Therefore, I would simply ask that you drop the "The" from the front of all bands except for "The The" or a band called just "The" for the sake of duplicate checking. You guys really don't make anything easy.
This will happen, right after you've made the Whitney Houston cover of Horse With No Name your #1 song.and sadchild put 'Doors "Baby Light My Fire"' in his
the Whitney Houston cover of Horse With No Name
I agree that a band simply called "Firm" sounds very different.The only time I leave a "The" in a band name is 1) if it's a phrase 2) it looks/sounds bizarre without it.
Here are all of my "the" artists:
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Firm
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Plot In You
The Pursuit Of Happiness
The Sound Of Arrows
The Time
I liked those guys. "I'm an Adult Now" was a fun track.The Pursuit Of Happiness
I just looked it up. Thank god it wasn't a 90's song I missed.I liked those guys. "I'm an Adult Now" was a fun track.