They Might Be Giants
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| Origins | Brooklyn, New York |
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| Genre(s) | Alternative rock College rock Children's music |
| Members | John Flansburgh John Linnell with: Marty Beller Dan Miller Danny Weinkauf |
| Discography | Extensive listing at TMBW.net |
| Producer | Pat Dillett |
| Label | Idlewild Recordings |
From a 2004 interview in the Tucson Weekly:
JOHN FLANSBURGH: 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.
They Might Be Giants is an alternative rock band, comprising of John Flansburgh on guitar, and John Linnell on accordion and keys, that has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps on several occasions.
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[edit] Collaborations
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- They composed and performed the music for the Strong Bad Email different town. Linnell's vocals for the song appeared on the different town DVD commentary.
- The Johns and Marty jam with Homestar Runner in the Puppet Jam series.
- They performed intro song 200 Sbemails for email thunder, with Linnell as the voice of The Poopsmith. It was later released on They Might Be Giants' 2011 B-sides compilation Album Raises New and Troubling Questions.
- They collaborated on a new song with the Brothers Chaps called Crystal Fortress. The song features Strong Bad and Limozeen-style vocals and guitars, and has a Powered by The Cheat music video.
- Linnell reprises his role as the voice of the Poopsmith in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2.
- Henry Linnell, John Linnell's son, playtested Trogdor!! The Board Game and is credited in the instruction manual.
[edit] TMBG
- The Brothers Chaps animated the official music video for Experimental Film, the lead track on their 2004 album The Spine. It aired on MTV.
- The Brothers Chaps also animated the video for Figure Eight for the band's children's album, Here Come the 123s.
- A preview of the video was presented at the Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007 event.
- Puppet characters have joined They Might Be Giants onstage during several of their shows in Atlanta:
- September 25, 2004: Puppets Homestar Runner and Marshie
- May 3, 2006: Puppet Strong Bad
- March 15, 2008: Puppet Homestar
- March 5, 2010: Puppet Homestar
- On April 28, 2022, They Might Be Giants put a drawing made around 2004 of Homsar and Homestar as the Johns in their Instant Fan Club Mailing List installment that introduced Gab On to the world.
[edit] Fun Facts
- 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...").
- Strong Sad quotes lyrics from They Might Be Giants' song "Don't Let's Start" in his blog: "Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful".
- On January 30, 2008, They Might Be Giants "took over" Y-Rock on WXPN 88.5 as DJs, and featured An Important Rap Song.
- At TMBG concerts on February 23 and July 29, 2008, drummer Marty Beller wore a Coach Z T-shirt.
- In Halloween Hide & Seek, Strong Bad makes a reference to "They'll Need A Crane" saying "YOU'LL NEED A CRANE" when you try to find him without using the skateboard.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- They Might Be Giants — Official site
- This Might Be A Wiki — Unofficial knowledge base
