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d when cartoon music videos for istanbul not constantinople and particle man were created by warner bros animation for tiny toon adventures 32 in 1991 bar none records released the b sides compilation miscellaneous t in early 1992 they might be giants released their fourth album apollo 18 the heavy space theme coincided with tmbg being named musical ambassadors for international space year 33 singles from the album included the statue got me high i palindrome i and the guitar the lion sleeps tonight apollo 18 was one of the first albums to take advantage of the cd player s shuffle feature the song fingertips comprised 21 separate tracks that add up to 4 35 with the longest one being 61 seconds 34 recruiting a band 1993 1998 edit following apollo 18 for live shows flansburgh and linnell decided to move away from recorded backing tracks and recruited a supporting band kurt hoffman of the ordinaires on reeds and keyboards longtime pere ubu bassist tony maimone and drummer jonathan feinberg in 1993 brian doherty joined the band on drums the band s fifth album john henry was released in 1994 influenced by their more conventional lineup this album marked a departure from their previous releases with more of a guitar heavy sound not dissimilar to the grunge music of the time 35 it was released to mixed reviews amongst fans and critics alike dan levine trumpet also joined the band and in 1995 bassist graham maby joined the band following john henry tmbg s sixth album factory showroom was released in 1996 it also is the last album they released through elektra and their first album produced by pat dillett who has co produced every album with them since then 36 in 1995 1996 and 1997 maimone doherty and maby left the band respectively in that year which eric schermerhorn guitar joined and left the band and dan hickey drums and hal cragin bass joined tmbg in 1998 they released a mostly live album severe tire damage from which came the single doctor worm a studio recording 37 in 1998 danny weinkauf bass 38 and dan miller guitar were recruited for their recording and touring band both had been members of the bands lincoln 39 and candy butchers which were previous opening acts for tmbg weinkauf and miller continue to work with the band to the present day beyond elektra and move to restless records 1999 2003 edit in 1999 they released their seventh album long tall weekend 40 their first studio album since their departure from the major label elektra 41 it made they might be giants the first major label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format also in 1999 the band contributed the song dr evil to the motion picture austin powers the spy who shagged me over their career the band has performed on numerous movie and television soundtracks including the oblongs the abc news miniseries brave new world and ed and his dead mother they also performed the theme music dog on fire composed by bob mould for the daily show with jon stewart 42 43 boss of me sample of the band s grammy award winning theme song to malcolm in the middle problems playing this file see media help contributing the single boss of me as the theme song to the hit television series malcolm in the middle as well as to the show s compilation cd brought a new audience to the band not only did the band contribute the theme but songs from all of the band s previous albums were used on the show boss of me became tmbg s second top 40 hit in the uk which they performed on long running uk television program top of the pops and in 2002 won tmbg a grammy award 44 in 2001 the band also worked on a project for mcsweeney s a publishing company and literary journal an album titled they might be giants vs mcsweeney s the disk appears in issue no 6 45 of timothy mcsweeney s quarterly concern 46 45 on september 11 2001 they released their eighth album mink car on restless records it was their first full album release of new studio material since 1996 and their first since parting ways with elektra in 2002 they released no their first album for the entire family 47 they followed it up in 2003 with their first book an illustrated children s book with an included ep bed bed bed in 2003 mark pender trumpet joined the band they might be giants got a documentary film directed by a j schnack titled gigantic a tale of two johns that was released on dvd in 2003 48 podcasting independent releases and children s music 2004 2006 edit they might be giants performing a free show at amoeba music in hollywood ca on march 25 2005 in 2004 the band released its first new adult rock work since the release of no the ep indestructible object this was followed by they might be giants ninth album the spine and an associated ep the spine surfs alone it was at this time that dan hickey was replaced by marty beller who had previously collaborated with they might be giants for the album s first single experimental film the band teamed up with homestar runner creators matt and mike chapman to create an animated music video the band s collaboration with the brothers chaps also included several puppet jam segments with puppet homestar and the music for a strong bad email titled different town in 2008 they recorded a track for the 200th strong bad e mail where linnell provided the voice of the poopsmith 49 following the spine on the hiway tour of 2004 the band announced that they would take an extended hiatus from touring to focus on other projects such as a musical produced by flansburgh and written by his wife robin goldwasser titled people are wrong 50 in 2005 they might be giants released the children s album here come the abcs the band s follow up to the successful children s album no the disney sound label released the cd and dvd separately in february 2005 later in october 2005 the two disc cd dvd set in november 2005 venue songs was released as a two disc cd dvd set narrated by john hodgman it is a concept album based on all of the venue songs from their 2004 tour they might be giants performing at bar none in brooklyn ny 2006 the band contributed 14 original songs for the 2006 dunkin donuts ad campaign america runs on dunkin 51 also in 2006 stan harrison saxophone joined they might be giants horn section children s and independent releases 2007 2011 edit they might be giants composed and performed the theme song for the disney channel programs mickey mouse clubhouse 52 53 and higglytown heroes 53 they also composed the ending theme of mickey mouse clubhouse titled hot dog 52 in 2007 curt ramm trumpet joined the band that year the band recorded a cover of the disney song there s a great big beautiful tomorrow for the film meet the robinsons and wrote and performed the theme song for the drinky crow show their 12th album the else was released in july 2007 on idlewild recordings and distributed by zoë records for the cd version with an earlier digital release on may 15 at the itunes store advance copies were made available to stations by mid june 2007 54 in 2008 they rerecorded the song take out the trash from the else in simlish for inclusion in the sims 2 freetime 55 56 the band was recruited to provide original songs for the henry selick directed film adaptation of neil gaiman s children s book coraline but most were dropped during the creation process only one song titled other father song was kept for the film with linnell singing as the titular other father 52 a they might be giants logo the band s 13th album here come the 123s a dvd cd follow up to 2005 s critically acclaimed here come the abcs children s project was released in 2008 in 2009 the album won the grammy award for best musical album for children during the 51st annual grammy awards 57 the band s 14th album here comes science is a science themed children s album 58 in september 2009 citation needed the album was nominated for a grammy award on december 1 2010 59 this album introduced listeners to natural formal social and applied sciences in november 2009 they might be giants stated that the avatars of they a set of sock puppets the johns manipulated for shows would have an album in 2012 suggesting another children s album however their 15th album titled join us was released in 2011 60 in october 2011 artix entertainment announced that the band would be performing in game for a special musical event to commemorate the 3rd birthday of their popular mmorpg adventurequest worlds they were featured in adventurequest world s special third birthday event as john and john 61 continuing independent releases 2012 2019 edit in march 2013 the band released their sixteenth adult studio album nanobots on their idlewild recordings label in the us and on british indie label lojinx in europe 62 after nanobots they released a studio album glean in april 2015 63 dial a song was revived in 2015 with a new phone number website and a radio network 64 flansburgh and linnell in 2016 the band released their newest children s album why in november 2015 65 it released as their fifth children s album 66 and the first children s album to be released under their own label idlewild recordings 65 in march 2016 the band released phone power their nineteenth studio album and the third containing songs from the 2015 revival of their dial a song service this was the first tmbg album to be sold as a pay what you want download available ahead of the physical release on june 10 67 in 2016 they might be giants were involved in the spongebob squarepants musical they contributed the song i m not a loser 68 the band s 20th album i like fun was released in january 2018 69 their 21st and 22nd studio albums my murdered remains and the escape team were both released on december 10 2018 my murdered remains contains songs from dial a song in october 2019 the band recorded a new version of their song hot dog for the third season of the disney channel preschool series mickey and the roadster racers re titled as mickey mouse mixed up adventures for that season that premiered on disney junior independent releases and grammy nomination 2020 present edit in august 2020 the band recorded a song for a cnn documentary about the electoral college called who are the electors 70 they might be giants was touring for the 30th anniversary of flood starting in 2020 while initially only including songs from flood it expanded to include tracks from other albums the tour included the eight piece band members and shows sold out throughout the tour 71 in november 2021 they might be giants released an album titled book some lyrical themes in the album seem to have been inspired by the covid 19 pandemic 72 they might be giants continued their book tour called the big tour into late 2025 which included songs from much of their discography these shows also sold out internationally 73 the band announced a 30th anniversary flood tour for 2020 however it was postponed and dates were rescheduled several times due to the covid 19 pandemic shortly after resuming live tours again in june 2022 john flansburgh was involved in a car accident while on his way home from the june 8 concert he suffered several broken ribs but had a positive prognosis from doctors several tour dates were again postponed while he recovered the tour was later resumed after he healed 74 75 in november 2022 book was nominated for a 65th annual grammy awards in the category of best boxed or special limited edition package 76 they might be giants performed brontosaurus on jimmy kimmel live in support of book in april 2023 77 john linnell in 2025 john flansburgh in 2023 in mid january 2026 they might be giants released a four song ep titled eyeball 78 79 the ep includes a remix from elegant too of the title track a few weeks later on february 9 the band released the single wu tang that day they announced that their upcoming 24th album is called the world is to dig 80 81 on march 3 they released another single from the album sleep s older sister 82 they might be giants released the single outside brain on march 16 2026 83 on march 31 2026 they might be giants released a cover of overnight sensation hit record as a single 84 the world is to dig was released on april 14 2026 85 solo projects edit in 1995 john flansburgh formed a side project called mono puff the band consisted of a core lineup of flansburgh bassist hal cragin and drummer steve calhoon mono puff released two albums unsupervised 1996 and it s fun to steal 1998 86 in addition to four eps and one single in 2023 flansburgh released a solo ep under his name titled forest trees john linnell released a five song solo ep in 1994 the ep was later expanded into the state songs album solo project in 1999 87 which peaked number 18 on the cmj 200 chart and was on the chart for four weeks 88 during the covid 19 pandemic in 2021 john linnell also released another solo ep roman songs which has four songs that are entirely sung in latin linnell stated that a latinist and friend of his who he calls schoolmaster smith helped him translate english lyrics into latin with him for the project 89 in 1993 john flansburgh started hello cd of the month club a subscription service for monthly issues of eps on cd 90 both mono puff and john linnell released eps on hello cd of the month club they might be giants issued their 1985 demo tape and a 1994 live performance through the service hello cd of the month club went defunct at the end of 1996 music style edit the group has been noted for its unique style of alternative music typically using surreal humorous lyrics experimental styles and unconventional instruments 91 their music is often described as quirky by listeners 92 shervin lainez in an imdb news article about the band said they might be giants have been releasing music that s both snarky and sweet morbid and whimsical a little pop and a little avant garde 93 members edit principal members john flansburgh lead vocals guitar 1982 present bass guitar 1982 1992 john linnell lead vocals accordion keyboards woodwinds 1982 present current backing band members dan miller guitar keyboards backing vocals 1998 present danny weinkauf bass guitar keyboards 1998 present marty beller drums percussion 2002 present part time 2002 2003 dan levine trombone euphonium tuba 1994 present stan harrison saxophone clarinet bass clarinet flute 2006 present mark pender trumpet 2003 present former backing band members kurt hoffman keyboards woodwinds 1992 1994 tony maimone bass guitar 1992 1995 brian doherty drums 1993 1996 graham maby bass guitar 1995 1997 eric schermerhorn guitar 1996 dan hickey drums 1997 2003 part time 2002 2003 curt ramm trumpet valve trombone euphonium 2007 2022 former touring band members jonathan feinberg drums 1992 hal cragin bass guitar 1997 1998 timeline edit discography edit further information they might be giants discography throughout their career they might be giants have released 24 studio albums 18 compilations 20 live albums 25 eps and 40 singles main albums edit they might b...