Array Sort

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Sort Array Without Articles</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css"/>
</head>
<body>
  <h1 class="title">Array Sort</h1>

  <ul class="band-list"></ul>

  <script src="./scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat|BioRhyme+Expanded:800');

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-evenly;
  align-items: center;
  flex-direction: column;
  background: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1476514525535-07fb3b4ae5f1?auto=format&fit=crop&w=2850&q=80') no-repeat;
  background-size: 1500px;
  background-position-x: center;
}

.title {
  color: #55D1B8;
  font-family: 'BioRhyme Expanded', serif;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

.band-list {
  width: 420px;
  height:  80%;
  padding: 25px 60px;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
  opacity: .7;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  background: #FFF;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
}

.band-list .band {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 10px 0;
  border-top: 3px double #e5e5e5;
  margin-bottom: 1px;
}

.band-list .band:last-of-type {
  border-bottom: 3px double #e5e5e5;
}

.band-list .band:before {
  content: '●';
  color: #d18639;
  margin-right: 20px;
}

@media screen and (max-height: 550px) {
  .band-list { height: 80vh; }
}

const bands = [
  'The Plot in You', 'The Devil Wears Prada', 'Pierce the Veil', 'Norma Jean',
  'The Bled', 'Say Anything', 'The Midway State', 'We Came as Romans',
  'Counterparts', 'Oh, Sleeper', 'A Skylit Drive', 'Anywhere But Here', 'An Old Dog'
];

const bandList = document.querySelector('.band-list');

function strip(str) {
  return str.replace(/^(a |an |the )/gi, '').trim();
}

let sortedBands = bands.sort((a, b) => strip(a) < strip(b) ? -1 : 1);

bandList.innerHTML = sortedBands.map(band => {
  return `<li class="band">${band}</li>`;
}).join('');