singular or plural (1 Viewer)

[Anthony]

Do you refer to bands in the singular or plural?
eg:
Groom is an odd band.
Metallica are a popular band.

 

[Gambra]

If the band has distinct member personalities it becomes plural. Otherwise it's singular.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Yeah, it's a funny one. If you associate a bandname with a 'leader' or one essential figure, then it's single.
Like 'NIN is a crock of shit'.

 

[worthit]

I thought referring to bands in singular was an american thing.

 

[jonah]

I always refer to them in the plural, unless I know theres... well only one member. Or if the band name itself is a plural, it sounds pretty weird when you use 'is'

 

[Moods For Mallards]

I thought referring to bands in singular was an american thing.

It is.
However, Americans will refer to a band with a plural 'The' name in the plural, e.g. The Beatles.

 

[egg_]

Yeah, it's a funny one. If you associate a bandname with a 'leader' or one essential figure, then it's single

Redneck Manifesto are playing the Electric Picnic
So is Jape

 

[Moods For Mallards]

That's because you're not classifying Jape (or Final Fantasy or whatever else) as a band name, rather a stage-name for the person in question (it doesn't matter if this is accurate or not).
Basically, the name Jape, in the mind of non-American people who use the singular, is in the same category of identification as Prince.

 

[Deleted member 3435]

I'm with Moods on this one.

Americans would say RUSH is amazing because they're talking about a single thing, the band RUSH.

I would say RUSH are amazing because I'm referring to the group of people who comprise the band RUSH.

 

[ann post]

http://www.pubquizhelp.com/animals/groups.html

my grammer is bad, how does looking at other groups eaffect this?

a colony of ants is approaching
a colony of ants are approaching
a colony of adam ants is approaching.

 

[ann post]

a poster of malkoviches
a mall of goths
a gaslight of smokers

 

[Lili Marlene]

Fact is "Adam Ant and the Ants" would have just been too hard to say

 

[ann post]

what does microsoft word spelling and grammar check have to say about all this?

 

[Lili Marlene]

That paper clip guy is a jerk.

Anyway, here

http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/

I'm sure there's a collective noun generator knocking about the internet somewhere

 

[washingcattle]

A minge of models

 

[GO]

A shower of wankers

 

[Jill Hives]

Moods is spot on but confuse people ever further, I just replace surname with band names.

Mike Groom gave a lovely dedication.
Ruan Groom plays a plastic block.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Jill, as an American, are you a fan of The Clashes?

 

[ann post]

It is.
However, Americans will refer to a band with a plural 'The' name in the plural, e.g. The Beatles.

thats a terrible example, as the beatles has and 's' at the end.

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[ann post]

if there were two of the beatles band or comapring the beatles 1965 to 1968 then you should be able to say beatleses.