Mark Pender
Mark "The Loveman" Pender plays the trumpet. He was a member of Conan O'Brien's band on Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan. He also led the appropriately named Mark Pender Band. Mr. Pender first entered the realm of They Might Be Giants playing trumpet on Doctor Worm.
Pender recorded with TMBG and appeared in live shows as part of TMBG's Other Thing and the Velcro Horns. He played trumpet on Stalk Of Wheat and various songs from Here Come The ABCs and Here Come The 123s. Pender appeared with TMBG at three live shows in early 2012, and later reappeared during the Australia shows as well as the JoCo Cruise show of the same year. He is currently touring with TMBG playing trumpet as part of the Tricerachops Horns starting from August 2022 onwards, filling Curt Ramm's place as he had began resuming touring duties with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. However, Pender was unable to join during the UK tour dates, and his trumpet role was temporarily filled in by Jordan Katz.
