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Marty Beller

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They Might Be Giants
Band Members:John Flansburgh | John Linnell
Backing Band:Marty Beller | Dan Miller | Danny Weinkauf
The Next President of the United States of America - Mr. Marty Beller!

Marty Beller (born July 10th, 1967) is the current drummer for They Might Be Giants. He replaced Dan Hickey full-time in early 2004. Prior to becoming the band's full-time drummer, he played with TMBG's Other Thing and drummed for TMBG during some bookstore performances. He also provided the drums for "Impossible" on the Bed, Bed, Bed book in 2003.

Marty's Beardo 2006 Tour drumhead, featuring his initials.

As an official member of the band, Beller wrote and sang "Alphabet Lost And Found" on the Here Come The ABCs album, as well as "High Five!" on Here Come The 123s.

Marty is married and has a daughter named Violet, born September 12, 2005, and a son named Noah, born January 18, 2008. In addition to those two children, Mr. Beller also has two 1999 solo albums.

As of 2008, Marty uses a ddrum Dios Bubinga drum set in a Blue Black Burst Finish, Zildjian cymbals, a Roland SPD-S, and various Latin Percussion instruments in his live set up.

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