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A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' CAREER

Brooklyn's They Might Be Giants have cut a crazy and singular swath through popular culture during their 20-year career, continuously producing vital and scarily intelligent rock music that's also catchy and enjoyable art. They have been recognized variously as art-rock pioneers, college rock kings, MTV groundbreakers, prolific musical stuntmen, commercially successful pop icons, and, in recent years, as a true legend.

The band formed in Brooklyn, NY, in 1982 and launched their Dial-A-Song service in 1984 (still going strong at 718 387-6962 and on-line at dialasong.com). The band worked locally in the emerging East Village performance scene of the mid-80's performing as a duo with a drum machine accompaniment. TMBG released their first album on the independent Hoboken label Bar/None in late 1986. Collaborating with young video director Adam Bernstein the band created a series of low-budget videos in '87-89 that boldly broke away from the limitations of the early MTV video aesthetic. TMBG began to tour nationally and a succession of breakout songs on the burgeoning college radio and alternative formats began to establish them a following. The band scored a top ten hit in the UK in 1990 with the song "Birdhouse in Your Soul" and the album "Flood" became a platinum album in the US. The band expanded to a full rhythm section in 1992.

In the late '90 the band began a number of long-term collaborations and began writing music for television and film. They have worked with NPR's This American Life, and Dave Eggers' McSweeney's literary journal. They have created the music for numerous television programs including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Malcolm in the Middle. Their song "Doctor Evil" is featured in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. They have also worked with the homestarrunner.com website on a number of projects.

TMBG have sold over 3 million records. They've made over 30 appearances on various network television shows. They won a Grammy in 2002 for "Boss of Me," the theme to Fox TV's Malcolm In The Middle.
Their children's disc No! was a smash with a debut at #1 on Billboard's Children's Chart, and exposed TMBG to an entirely new audience. 2003 found Linnell and Flansburgh collaborating with fine artist Marcel Dzama on a illustrated book and CD set entitled "Bed, Bed, Bed" for Simon and Schuster. The book is now in it's fifth printing.
TMBG's 10th full-length rock album "The Spine" will be released in July on Idlewild/Rounder/Universal.