They Might Be Giants
From Homestar Runner Wiki
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| Origins | Brooklyn, New York |
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| Genre(s) | College rock Alternative rock Indie rock |
| Members | John Flansburgh John Linnell |
| Discography | Extensive listing at TMBW.net |
| Producer | Pat Dillet |
They Might Be Giants is an alternative rock band that has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps on several occasions. The two members of They Might Be Giants are John Flansburgh and John Linnell. They currently record and tour with Dan Miller, Danny Weinkauf, and Marty Beller.
The story of the the Homestar Runner collaboration:
"It was very circuitous. ... A photograph was taken of me wearing a Homsar shirt, which is one of the more obscure characters in Homestar. I was at an in-store thing wearing this shirt and a fan had taken a photograph of me signing their book or whatever, and the photograph of me showed up in some blog, and somebody made them aware of it. They were like, 'Hey look, they're wearing your shirt, you guys,' and so [the Brothers Chaps] knew that we were fans. And I guess Linnell kind of reached out to them and said, 'You know, if there's anything you want us to do, if you have any musical needs for your site or whatever, we'd be certainly happy to help you guys out,' and they took us up on that offer. We did a bunch of things with them — we did a jam session with the Homestar puppet, and they did this video for 'Experimental Film' — and it's kind of a mutual admiration society. We really enjoy what they do." — John Flansburgh from an interview in the Tucson Weekly, 19 August 2004
Appearances
- They composed and performed the music for the email different town.
- John, John, and Marty jam with Homestar Runner in the Puppet Jam series.
- The Brothers Chaps animated the video for Experimental Film, one of the songs from their 2004 CD The Spine and The Spine Hits The Road. This video was listed as the official music video for the song, and it aired once on MTV.
- Strong Sad quotes They Might Be Giants lyrics for the song "Don't Let's Start" in his journal; "Everybody dies, frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful".
- Puppets Homestar and Marshie joined They Might Be Giants onstage in Atlanta for their September 25, 2004 concert.
- Puppet Strong Bad joined They Might Be Giants onstage in Atlanta for their May 3, 2006 concert.
- In Thy Dungeonman 3, there is an excerpt from Fingertips when you type something that doesn't compute with the game (beginning with "I don't understand you...").
See Also
External Links
- tmbg.com - Official site
- TheyMightBeGiants.com - Official online music store
- This Might Be A Wiki - Unofficial knowledge base
- tmbg.org - Unofficial site
- Dial-a-Song
