wait a mintue.

you used "the" in those sentences.

is SY really The SY?

wow man. what a heated debate!

i say you guys just have a break-dance competition. and the winner will automaticly be right.

alex vs. hayden let's get it on!

god, i'm not even listening to my own argument. this shit DOES NOT MATTER.

well...i guess we're both right. if we refer to them as Sonic Youth, "is" should be used, but if we refer to them as the Sonic Youth, "are" should be used.

Thats one album out of fourteen or whatever though, power in numbers.

We're all losers.

agreed.

more power to ya, man.

shit, i dunno.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music_standards#.22is.2 2_versus_.22are.2C.22_regarding_band_names

Good ol' wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki pedia.

hmm, that didn't help much.

Yeah, I think the point is that there isn't a good rule - just say what sounds right. The Beatles are.....Sonic Youth is.....whatever

What about Was Not Was?

Was (Not Was) is.

EDIT: ok, after a visit to allmusic.com, Was (Not Was) was (not is).

Well, I try to be pretty nice to everyone, but I can't do anything about it if someone interprets something negatively.
I'm really not sure how you got 'asshole' from my question.

i believe AssBlaster said that in jest.

Maybe you're right.
I was all ready for a messageboard fight, but clearly he got scared and ran away.

lol
That's exactly what I meant.
What did I win!

new development: my father (a newspaper editor) thinks that it should be "Sonic Youth are" and "the Sonic Youth is".

hahaha fucking laaaaame thread

this thread is stupid.