bandhood

English

Etymology

band +‎ -hood

Noun

bandhood (uncountable)

1. (informal) The state of being a musical band.
   • 2008 June 27, Nate Chinen, “A Close-Knit Trio Turns Itself Into a Quartet for a Night”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Since officially declaring bandhood around the turn of the millennium, the Bad Plus has convincingly modeled a closed society.

   • 1996 June, SPIN, volume 12, number 3, page 64:

     Traditionalists turned rockers turned rocking traditionalists, Los Lobos have forged strong family ties that have succored them for more than two decades of bandhood.