The two attended separate colleges after high school and Linnell joined The Mundanes, a new wave group from Rhode Island. They began writing songs together while attending Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School but did not form a band at that time. John Linnell and Flansburgh first met as teenagers growing up in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
JSTOR ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "They Might Be Giants" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. In total, the group has sold over 4 million records. They were nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Flood has been certified platinum, while their children's music albums Here Come the ABCs, Here Come the 123s, and Here Comes Science have all been certified gold. They have also found success in children's music with several educational albums, and in theme music for television programs and films. Over their career, they have found success on the modern rock and college radio charts. The group have been noted for their unique style of alternative music, typically using surreal, humorous lyrics, experimental styles and unconventional instruments in their songs. The duo has been credited as vital in the creation and growth of the prolific DIY music scene in Brooklyn in the mid-1980s the duo's current backing band consists of Marty Beller, Dan Miller and Danny Weinkauf. In the early 1990s, TMBG expanded to include a backing band. 
During TMBG's early years, Flansburgh and Linnell frequently performed as a duo, often accompanied by a drum machine.
They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.
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