The unGoogle-ables: They didn't see the Internet coming
Double up with The The.
Can you Google them them?
Good luck with that that.
Who are they they?
The The is British songwriter Matt Johnson, backed by a revolving cast of musicians, including Johnny Marr in his quest to be in every band ever. Beginning in 1979 with a first gig supporting Scritti Politti, The The have released a fistful of albums and even flirted with mainstream success with The Beat(en) Generation in the mid-90s.
What were they they thinking?
Growing up in an East End pub where he was surrounded by live music, we wouldn't put it past Johnson to be both continuing and subverting the grand tradition of dad-confusing names like The Band and The Who. Very post-punk.
Did it do them them any harm?
Not really. The The are still ticking over and are known for being an innovative and challenging yet accessible act with a particular penchant for multimedia performance. In 1986 the Infected album was supported by the first album-length music video. Nowadays, a search on Google will ask you if you want to see results for Matt Johnson.
Top hit for The The?
NASA image of the day
A slideshow of NASA-related images, which shows up due to a typo in the page title. That's more in our wheelhouse, we'll admit.
How do we find them them?
Employ some search syntax by sticking "speech marks" around your "search term", and you'll find thethe.com, which is so much more than a band Web site, with a political 'newspaper' called This is The Day.
Image: Johanna Saint Michaels
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