Is or Are?
 

When talking about bands, do you say is or are?

Sonic Youth is an awsome band...

or

Fallout Boy are an awful band...

I think both are correct. It's very debatable.

But what do you use?

...damn, I messed up the poll and I can't add one anymore.

I don't see what difference it makes though. Honestly.

i say is. but, like you said it is debatable.

you gonna be on xbox live later?

Is. The subject is singular. One band.

hayden is right...1 band not many sonic youth's

i've got a dislexic heart; so don't ask me

That depends on what you consider to be Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth as a single entity (is) or as a group of people (are). I think it can go either way.

No! Our wireless router is fucked up, and we have to use the cable that plugged into my xbox to plug into the very computer that I am on now. So I won't be on in a while.

Sonic Youth = A BAND

A BAND. NOT NUMEROUS PEOPLE.

Hayden is right, grammatically speaking. but, in the whole scheme of things, does it really fuckin' matter?

YES. IT DOES.

I still say it can go either way.

Do you refer to a football team that way?

"The Raiders is crap"?

A TEAM. NOT NUMEROUS PEOPLE.

"Raiders" is not a collective noun. "Youth" is. "Team" is, too.

So....Raiders are a collective pro-noun?

no, "Raiders" is a plural noun, like "members" or "guitars".

Right on.

Mmmhmm. Once again, who cares?

The White Stripes are
Sonic Youth is
The Flaming Lips are
Pavement is

Grammatical losers.

hmm, good point. but, in the case or our beloved Sonic Youth, i still think that Hayden got it right.