“What do you call a group of musicians who stole all of their instruments?”/“Bandits.”

A music riddle is:
   
Q: What do you call a group of musicians who stole all of their instruments?
A: Bandits.

 
The word “bandits” is meant to be a pun on the word “band.” “What do you call a group of musicians who steal all their instruments? Bandits” was posted on Twitter on May 22, 2017. “What do you call a group of musicians who stole all of their instruments? Bandits” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on November 3, 2017.
     
 
Twitter
Sarah‏
@Saralysis
@Michael5SOS what did the police man said after the boy band stole ice cream? “Darn those band-its”
3:07 AM - 20 Nov 2014
   
Twitter 
watana 🦇‏
@pinkishway
bandit’s band: The Band-Its
10:04 AM - 5 Mar 2017
 
Twitter
Goose‏
@BrookoverMatt
What do you call a group of musicians who steal all their instruments?
Bandits.
4:53 PM - 22 May 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
What do you call a group of musicians who stole all of their instruments?
submitted November 3, 2017 by Fwafy
Bandits.