Amoeba Music

They Might Be Giants has never been an easy band to categorize. From their earliest beginnings as a music/performance art act in the early 1980s, they’ve been fiercely independent and completely unique. They’ve never fit comfortably into a popular “niche” of rock music without heavy-toothed shoehorning, but their fans cross over from those of punk, metal, new wave, ‘80s college radio and absurdist comedy (they once named a B-side collection Miscellaneous T [1991 Bar/None] after the place where record stores put their albums). Their music typically combines upbeat, cheerful instruments and techniques from the pre-rock era (like the accordion, which is used without a smidge of irony), energetic rock & roll chord... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie, Kids

City Of Origin:

Brooklyn, ,New York United States

Formed Date:

1982