TMBG Music
TMBG Music (as TMB Music, before 1987) is a label and publisher through which They Might Be Giants self-released early demos. After signing to major record labels, they began using it to release promos and samplers. While TMBG Music stopped publishing releases shortly after the formation of TMBG's record label Idlewild Recordings in 2002, TMBG Music continues to be credited as the publisher for some of They Might Be Giants' releases on certain streaming platforms.
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Release history
| Year | Name | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1984 Promotional Demo Tape | Demo | unmarked |
| 1985 | Wiggle Diskette | Demo | as TMB Music |
| 1985 | 1985 Promotional Demo Tape | Demo | |
| 1995 | 1985 Demo Tape | Demo | as TMB Music |
| 1986 | They Might Be Giants - Joshua Fried Split Single | EP | as TMB Music |
| 1999 | Dr. Evil (Promo) | Single | |
| 1999 | Kids Sampler | Sampler | |
| 1999 | What We Did This Summer | Sampler | |
| 1999 | Long Tall Weekend | Album | Wired disc |
| 2000 | Boss Of Me (Hornblow Promo CD) | Single | |
| 2001 | No! Preview | Sampler | |
| 2001 | 2001 Sampler | Sampler | |
| 2003 | Man, It's So Loud In Here (Promo EP) | Single |
Other names
Ouida Bailey Music
Up to and for part of 1986, TMBG published their songs under the name TMB Music, and in 1987 and thereafter as TMBG Music or They Might Be Giants Music. However, on the initial releases of the Pink Album, the name Ouida Bailey Music can be found. In The Giants Interview Each Other, the band explains the origins of the name:
Linnell: What was up with our high school science teacher Ouida Bailey? Elaborate.
Flansburgh: I was just explaining Ouida Bailey to my friend last night, and how we named our publishing company after her until our lawyer told us we would just get sued later, and changed it. She was really a character, with completely shaved eyebrows that had been replaced by what looked like orange magic marker, and a voice which resided in one very low octave and one really high, making everything she said seem insane. She was the head of the science department, and in my sophomore year I got into a pointless argument with her over her concept of evolution, which seemed completely and impossibly under-informed to me.
Linnell: She was kind of wise to everything, so she must've known that everyone thought she was bizarre. The first day or two of a semester, everyone in the classroom would just be falling over every time she opened her mouth. It didn't seem to bug her. Eventually we got used to her.
Flansburgh: I never got used to her.
They Might Be Records
All of the band's monthly releases of TMBG Unlimited through eMusic were released through "They Might Be Records". These were the only releases to use that name.
