if it matters my friend

i would say THE arcade fire

who cares? It's 'the' and not 'the', doesn't make any difference.
Only things that do matter are when people say The Editors, or The Manic Street Preachers, both of whom have never had a 'the'.

Used to really bug me until I MTFU.

[insert tedious story about "The Delays"]

I actually noticed myself say 'the arcade fire' a few days ago. I didn't kill myself for it. I'm happy with how it all panned out really.

and have now lost the article. In the way that The Dillinger Escape Plan are now just Dillinger Escape Plan.

So there's your answer. I would use The Arcade Fire, probably

if you look in the sleeve of Funeral, it says The Arcade Fire too.

they're just trying to conjure up an indie snob-esque answer. when in reality, it just feels like a name that should have a 'the' at the start of it, so people are compelled to say 'the arcade fire'. albeit that they're wrong.

it really pissed me off a wee while ago with wikipedia, when you'd type in "arcade fire" and it would say "redirected from 'arcade fire'". so, hating the "redirected from..." as i do, i'd go back and type in "the arcade fire" and it would reply "redirected from 'the arcade fire'". RRRRRRRRRWIKIRGAYBUTAWESOME

Some bands have "The" at the start of their name. "The" is also a conjunctive word used in sentences.

Someone might say "I really like the Manic Street Preachers" even if they know there is no "the" in their band name. It doesn't flow properly without "the".

Although I have no opinion on whether or not Arcade Fire have a "the", I would say not but I really don't know.

Anyone who say The Buzzcocks is clearly deranged.

apparently once came fifth in a poll of "Best bands beginning with 'The'", which is hilarious because a) their name does not include a "The", and b) they don't really deserve fifth in any poll of goodness, no matter how stupid.

http://www.last.fm/music/Arcade+Fire

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Arcade+Fire

for some reason, even though all my mp3s are tagged just as "Arcade Fire", certain songs appear on my charts as "The Arcade Fire". WHHFDHDFJJFJRRAAARGGH

are a good 'The' band.

But me, I likes The Foals, they roolz!

Does anyone else delete the "the" from all bands they stick on their MP3 players/iPods so there isn't loads of bands beginning with the letter t, that don't really begin with t?

It would really annoy me otherwise.

is the worst at adding an extraneous 'the'. I've never heard anybody else refer to 'The Doves'.

Find something else to worry about.
The EP was by "The Arcade Fire", the lyrics book inside Funeral has "The Arcade Fire" everywhere, including credits.
Last.FM has 5 million plays for "Arcade Fire" and "The Arcade Fire" have 22 million.
"Although there has been speculation over whether a preceeding 'The' is necessary before the band's name, during their 2007 Glastonbury Festival set, Win introduced the band as "The Arcade Fire", which suggests that this is the name the band favour."
Do you really think people are that sad that they care about the exact name as much as you?

that this thread has garnered 50 replies, 51 now, damn!

always put 'the' in front of my band's name. I dislike it, but what can you do. It doesn't help that our myspace address had to have 'the' as some git was squatting in the one we wanted (and has now left it free again... much to our chagrin)

One of you geniuses posted Funeral tracks a couple months before it was released.

This here forum board is entirely responsible for the band's popularity (not that silly 9.7 by that other zine).

Re: The AF or AF. Who cares.

You are a DiSer. You can feel smug knowing you were there first. OK, there it is. :)

they don' have a 'the' either.
but with arcade fire, if they had a 'the' to start with it's totally understandable that people still refer to them as that.

the live radio show thingy they did - KRCW?

The presenter asked them the same thing,( "the, or no the") as one of his colleagues had interviewed Cocteau Twins and had made a mistaske. At the start of the interview his colleague had introduced them as THE Cocteau Twins; they apparently only gave one word answers after that.

Except it sounds so unnatural saying just 'Editors'. Sounds like you come from the north when said properly.

I've just checked on my ipod and it has everything down as 'THE Arcade Fire' (even Neon Bible). This must be how they are known on the 'gracenotes' programme therefore which must be officially endorsed.

But... I don't really care.

Internet Archaeologists will unearth this thread in 500 years time and go 'WHAT THE FUCK???'

It's just that the name sounds as though it should have a "The" prefix. It sounds awkward and clunky without it. As does (do?) Editors, Klaxons etc.

hahahhahahahahaaa

tard

'Panic! at the Disco' I still say it with the explanation mark... I know I'm an indie snob.

The thing is my iPod automatically put it as "The Arcade Fire", even though it is just "Arcade Fire". I only realised after 200ish scrobbles on Last.fm though. Now I just can't be arsed to change it as I don't want two versions of the same band in my list.