Velcro Horns

The Velcro Horns are an eight-piece horn section originally led by Dan Levine and Jim O'Connor who occasionally tour with They Might Be Giants. TMBG collaborated with the Velcro Horns to record "Too Cool Girls" in 2001 and again worked with Levine and O'Connor as The Velcro Horns for the Mink Car track "Mr. Xcitement."

In 2006, a new incarnation of The Velcro Horns joined They Might Be Giants onstage at the Mohegan Sun for several sets of songs. The musicians were Scott Harrell on trumpet, Stan Harrison on saxophone, and Dan Levine on trombone. Linnell first renamed them the Horns of Babylon, then later on called them the Towel of Shower Horns. In 2007, they performed at three Bowery Ballroom shows as a three-piece consisting of Stan Harrison on tenor sax, Dan Levine on trombone, and Mark Pender on trumpet. For the fall 2007 tour, a West Coast Velcro Horns group formed to accompany TMBG at a number of shows. This group consisted of Bill Dowling on trumpet, Jim Honeyman on tenor sax, and Dan Levine, reprising his role on trombone. However, Jim Honeyman received a finger injury before the show on October 3rd and his place was taken by George Shelby.