Fans In Bands

This is a page for bands featuring TMBG fans, as per request on the newsgroup. Feel free to add any musical projects you're a part of, because Giants fans making music can't be a bad thing.

• Amélie - Singer-songwriter and member of Question of the Century. Posts frequent covers on Instagram, including TMBG songs. (See also User:Sunnyliemelody)
• Beau McClelland - Acoustic anti-folk. Does frequent covers in addition to original material. Has covered "She's An Angel" in a music room on Paltalk. (See also User:Beau99)
• Big Apple Chorus - An 80-man barbershop chorus out of New York City.
• Blink 182 - Specifically, Mark Hoppus, who gave a commentary for Gigantic.
• Bomb the Music Industry! - Disbanded in 2014.
• Susan Bricker
• Rob Cantor - Member of Tally Hall; follows TMBG on Twitter
• Cassette Fighter - Your friendly neighborhood Apollo and her pal Nicky make tunes!
• Catscan!
• Jordan Cooper - Short melodic pop songs! Also see: Sally
• Corn Mo
• Jonathan Coulton - Singer-songwriter. Covered Flood in its entirety in Chicago in 2009.
• The Deli Dude's Band - Have done numerous covers; consists of a guitarist and an accordionist.
• Geology
• The Harold Balsagna Project - Three guys playing music with a computer on drums.
• Eric Herman and the Invisible Band
• Icosahedron - Synth-pop stuff from some kid in the UK. See also Moo06
• James K. Folk - James has been covering TMBG songs since 1997. In 2010, James decided to try to market himself a one-person TMBG tribute act.
• Lemon Demon - See also Trapezoid
• Lo-Fi Misery
• Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club - One-man band with TMBG influence; covered "Weep Day". Tragically passed away in 2006.
• Los Doggies - Indie rock band from NY that sounds like a mix of TMBG, Ween, Nirvana, Weezer, Zappa, and Gentle Giant. They also run a website that features interactive music theory lessons and other stuff.
• Luke Hennisch - Inventor of nifty indie pop, alternative rock, synth pop and folk rock tunes; has covered “Mr. Me”, “Wicked Little Critta”, and “I Am A Ring”, among many others. See also: Lukehennisch
• Machine Grove - An alternative band with pop, electronic, and rock influences
• Charles Michael - Has sampled, covered, and referenced multiple TMBG songs.
• My Version of It
• Ninja Sex Party - Both Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht are fans of the band.
• Nuclear Bubble Wrap - See also User:Weirdojace
• Outdoor Velour - the band of Greg from the "This Might Be A Podcast" podcast.
• Palm Trees - See also HearingAid, BlarJotunn (NOTE: the web site is inactive but the user pages are still valid)
• Paper Towels - Electronic pop/alt-rock project from Chicago. The mastermind behind the project, Brendyn Wirtz, is known to be a huge TMBG fan, covering their songs live on many occasions.
• Pat and Brendan - Does several TMBG covers; there's a cover of TMBG's cover of "Istanbul" on YouTube
• Paul and Storm - Comedic folk duo. Covered Flood in its entirety in Chicago in 2009.
• Rabid
• Rubix Cuba - Ska band from Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Has done covers, and frontman Stu Cuba claims TMBG to be "geniouses".
• Sawtooth - Has finished a demo album featuring a cover of "Pet Name".
• School for the Dead - Featuring members of The Gay Potatoes, side project of Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne
• Sewage Lagoon - User:Robot Parade's band, mostly grunge and alternative rock vibes.
• Ski School - Electro/space/dance/funk/wizard rock from Montana
• Smash Tacklers - Rock/rap/experimental/whatever the heck else duo from State College, PA. UhaugMan is a founding member. They did a cover of "Particle Man" and have played "Dirt Bike" live.
• TIZONINE - Musical demo project of user Mrsomebodyelse, whose "Demo Of The Week" is inspired by TMBG's Dial-A-Song Direct 2015 project.
• Triangleman
• View Finder - Folk rock out of Philadelphia, PA. Several songs featuring accordion.

See Also

• Famous Fans
• Other Bands You Might Like If You Like TMBG