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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
New York, USA
* 1985

Line-Up (2011):

John Flansburgh - voc,g
John Linnell - voc,ac,sax

Former Members:

Dan Miller (g, cca 7/09)
Tony Maimone (bg, cca 1992); Dan Weinkauf (bg, cca 7/09)
Brian Doherty (ds, cca 1992)
Marty Beller (cca 7/09)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	They Might Be Giants	10/1987	Bar None
2.	Lincoln	12/1988	Bar None			89
3.	Don't Let's Start	11/1989	Rough Trade
4.	Flood produced by: They Might Be Giants/Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley	2/1990	Elektra/WEA		14	75
5.	Miscellaneous T (rarities)	1991	Bar None/Restless
6.	Apollo 18	23.03.1992	Elektra			99
7.	John Henry	13.09.1994	Elektra			59
8.	Factory Showroom	08.10.1996	Elektra			89
9.	Then: The Early Years	1997	Restless
10.	Severe Tire Damage	07.09.1998	Cooking Vinyl			186
11.	Long Tall Weekend	19.07.1999	mp3 only
12.	The Best Of The Early Years	1999	BMG Special Products
13.	Mink Car produced by: Adam Schlesinger	11.09.2001	Restless			134
14.	Holidayland	06.11.2001	Restless
15.	No!	11.06.2002	Idlewild/Rounder
16.	Dial-a-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants (2CD)	03.09.2002	Rhino
17.	Indestructible Object (mini LP)	06.04.2004	Barsuk
18.	The Spine produced by: John Linnell/John Flansburgh/Pat Dillett	13.07.2004	Idlewild/Rounder			130
19.	Here Come the ABCs	15.02.2005	Disney
20.	A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity	03.05.2005	Rhino/Elektra
21.	They Got Lost (rarities)	25.10.2005	Zoe/Rounder
22.	The Else produced by: Dust Brothers	10.07.2007	Idlewild/Zoe/Universal
23.	Here Come the 123's	05.02.2008	Disney
24.	Venue Songs	10.06.2008	3d
25.	Here Comes Science	22.09.2009	Idlewild			91
26.	Join Us	19.07.2011	Concord			32
27.	Nanobots	05.03.2013				58
28.	Idlewild	26.05.2014	Idlewild
29.	Glean	20.04.2015	Idlewild			67
30.	50 Million They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be	23.10.2015
31.	Why?	27.11.2015	Lojinx			181
32.	Phone Power	08.03.2016	Lojinx			122
33.	I Like Fun	1/2018				108
34.	Book	11/2021				87

John Linnell:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	State Songs	26.10.1999	Rounder

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Don't Let Start / We're The Replacements 12" + When It Rains It Snows / The Fabulous Polka	6/1988	Bar None
2.	They'll Need A Crane / I've Got A Match / Kiss Me, Son Of God / I'll Sink, Manhattan	1/1981	Bar None
3.	Ana Ng / Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon / It's Not My Birthday / Lie Still, Little Bottle	3/1989	Bar None
4.	Birdhouse In Your Soul / Hot Cha 12",CD + Hearing Aid / Ant	2/1990	Elektra	3
5.	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / James K. Polk 12",CD + Stormy Punkness	5/1990	Elektra	61
6.	Don't Let's Start (remix) / Letterbox 12",CD + Your Racist Friend (remix)	9/1990	Elektra
7.	Ana Ng / They Need A Crane 12",CD + (She Was A) Hotel Detective / Don't Let's Start	5/1991	Elektra
8.	The Statue Got Me High / She's Actual Size 12",CD + I'm Def / Which Describes How You're Feeling	03.02.1992	Elektra
9.	The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) / The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) remix 12" + Larger Than Life CD + Cabbage Town / Siftin'	06.04.1992	Elektra
10.	Back To Skull EP (Snail Skull / She Was A Hotel Detective / Mrs. Train)	10/1994	Elektra
11.	Working Undercover For The Man EP (Working Undercover For The Man / Rest A While / I Am A Human Head / Empty Bottle Collector / The Drag / Robot Parade)	16.05.2000
12.	Boss Of Me	7/2001	Play It Again Sam/Restless	21
13.	Holidayland EP (Santa Claus / Santa's Beard / Careless Santa / Feast Of Lights / O Tannenbaum)	06.11.2001
14.	Indestructible Object EP (Caroline, No / Am I Awake? / Memo to Human Resources / Au Contraire / Ant)	06.04.2004	Barsuk
15.	The Spine Surfs Alone EP	7/2004
16.	Birdhouse In Your Soul	7/2010	Elektra	70

Videos:

1. Direct From Brooklyn - 27.04.1999
2. Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) - 18.11.2003, Plexifilm, documentary

Awards:

2008 Grammy Awards - Best Musical Album For Children ("Here Come The 123s")

WWW Links:

http://www.theymightbegiants.com
http://www.tmbg.com

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Gordon Gano: Hitting The Ground (2.9.02, Cooking Vinyl)

Compilation Appearances:

"Ram" on tribute LP "Listen To What the Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney" (9.10.01, Oglio)
"Baroque Hoedown" on compilation "Disneymania 2" (27.1.04, Walt Disney)
"Put Your Hands Inside the Puppet Head" on compilation "Twentieth Anniversary" (3.2.04, Rykodisc)
"Bangs" on OST "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" (18.3.04, Shout! Factory)
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" on compilation "Future Soundtrack for America" (10.8.04, Barsuk)
"John Lee Supertaster" on compilation "For The Kids Too" (19.10.04, Nettwerk America)
"Birdhouse In Your Soul" on compilation "TBS Tunes: Fun Tracks Wisecracks" (10.1.06, Rhino)

John Linnell:

appeared on the LP:

Frank Black: Frank Black (8.3.93, 4AD)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	30.06.1990	22	Live!	gig review
1992	5	01.02.1992	5	News
1992	7	15.02.1992	25	Live	gig review
1992	15	11.04.1992	27	Singles	single review
1992	19	09.05.1992	32	Albums	album review
1992	20	16.05.1992	12	Live	gig review
1994	34	03.09.1994	41	Reading 94
1997	7	15.02.1997	52	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	4		108	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2007	5		14	Rock & Top - News
Rock 88
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
	9		13		album review
Sounds
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	30.06.1990	38	Lives