Pretty sure I’ve heard / read Charles explain that it’s just “Pixies,” no the. That said, it’s very weird to call them just “Pixes.” Hey we’re going to see Pixies tonight…? No. We’re going to see THE Pixies tonight.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings.
I've seen numerous articles with band members over the years where they were who cares about whether 'The' was included or not. Certainly very few people made a thing about in the late 80s/early 90s.
The t-shirt / complilation 'Death to the Pixies'sounds a lot better and more specific than 'Death to Pixies' - that sounds like needless Disney genocide!