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Brooklyn NY, United States (1982 – present)

They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative/college rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh. Known for their music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation as “ rock” or “” thanks to their music’s unconventional subject matter, which often features allusions to history, science, film, literature, and other artists’ music. Despite being billed as a band they have in recent years expanded greatly from such and now have a wide following among young and old alike. The band has maintained a loyal following since its formation in 1982, enough that fans rushed an online poll and got John Linnell voted one of People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” in 1998. In recent years TMBG have worked on children’s albums and have toured to promote both their children’s albums and their “adult” albums by playing two shows a day.

TMBG began as a band comprising the Johns - school acquaintances from Lincoln, Massachusetts, but did not become good friends until they moved to the same Brooklyn, New York apartment on the same day - and the mysterious third member - a drum machine that allowed them to expand their sound beyond anything they imagined. However, after a bike accident that broke Linnell’s wrist and a robbery that stripped Flansburgh’s apartment of nearly everything, the band was rendered useless. They then began Dial-A-Song, a machine that allowed a caller to listen in on demos and other recordings. Originally just an answering machine, “13” contains a recorded message. The phone line was disconnected in 2006.
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Saturday TMBGs FREE family show in Brooklyn!

9 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theymightbegiants

Tell your friends! It's a FULL SET with an EIGHT PIECE BANDIt's a FREE FAMILY SHOW with They Might be Giants!At 3pm doors open for a 4 o'clock show in Prospect Park
9th Street and Prospect Park West, . …

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