Velcro Horns

The Velcro Horns are an eight-piece horn section 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. In 2006, they 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.

On the current Fall 2007 tour, a West Coast Velcro Horns group has been touring with TMBG. This group consists of Bill Dowling on trumpet, Jim Honeyman on tenor sax, and Dan Levine, reprising his role as trombone. However, Jim Honeyman received a finger injury before the show on October 3rd and his place was taken by George Shelby.