Is this sentence missing an article?

Question

Carly DuHain, the lead singer for local soulful, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll band Drop Dead Red, has a tattoo on her right arm of a pinup girl that says Drop Dead Red. (source)

I find the sentence strange without the definite article before "local souful, bluesy rock 'n' roll band". Shouldn't it be:

Carly DuHain, the lead singer for the local soulful, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll band Drop Dead Red, has a tattoo on her right arm of a pinup girl that says Drop Dead Red.

I am trying to compare it with, say, these sentences:

Bezos, the CEO of company Amazon, has a tattoo. (strange, ungrammatical)

Bezos, the CEO of the company Amazon, has a tattoo. (grammatical)

Am I correct to think the original sentence is incorrect and missing an article?

Answer 1

I think it is OK. Basically, you are describing a proper name which otherwise would not need any article.

the lead singer for (local soulful, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll band) Drop Dead Red

So if you leave out such descriptor, then you get:

the lead singer for Drop Dead Red

which clearly would not use any article.

But I think some people would use an article, based on proximity, where the thought process focuses on:

the lead singer

by itself.

As for your second example, I don't think "of company Amazon" is normal phrasing. Just "of Amazon".

Either way, it depends on what your mind is keying on, "Amazon" (no article) or "the company (named Amazon)" (article).