List Of Artists That Have Opened For They Might Be Giants

The following is a list of every single band or artist that has opened for They Might Be Giants in their 40 year history. This list does not include co-headlining acts with They Might Be Giants, or any major festivals.

Musical Artists

These are bands and musicians that have performed as an opener for They Might Be Giants. Not all have wiki pages.

• .357 Lover
• 10,000 Maniacs (Wikipedia)
• $1.07 Band
• 1910 Fruitgum Company (Wikipedia)
• 3 Boxes
• 5 Fish
• 70 Gwen Party
• The A-Bones (Wikipedia)
• The Affordable Floors
• Afroman (Wikipedia)
• Agitpop (Wikipedia)
• Amjam
• Animal X and the Amazons
• Apollo Sunshine (Wikipedia)
• The Areolas
• Arson Garden
• Asobi Seksu
• Ata-tat
• A.T.S.
• The Bad Examples (Wikipedia)
• The Balancing Act
• Basiks
• Adrian Belew (Wikipedia)
• The Ben Vaughn Combo (Wikipedia)
• Betty In Black
• Betwixt
• Bhopal
• Bicycle Thief (Wikipedia)
• Bigger Thomas
• Charles Bissell (Wikipedia)
• Birdsongs of the Mesozoic (Wikipedia)
• Frank Black (Also with Pixies)
• Black 47 (Wikipedia)
• The Black Tights
• Blake Babies (Wikipedia)
• Blood Oranges (Wikipedia)
• Blotto (Wikipedia)
• The Blue Aeroplanes (Wikipedia)
• Blue World
• Blurt New Judgement
• BMX Bandits (Wikipedia)
• The Boogey Men
• Boss Hog (Wikipedia)
• Adam Brodsky (Wikipedia)
• Brothers Figaro
• Butthole Surfers (Wikipedia)
• Buzz Zeemer
• The Candy Butchers (Wikipedia)
• Carry Nation
• Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (Wikipedia)
• Peter Case (Wikipedia)
• Catchers (Wikipedia)
• Center of the Earth
• Eugene Chadbourne
• Chainsaw Kittens (Wikipedia)
• Chaintown
• Connie Champagne (Wikipedia)
• Chemistry Set
• Children's Playground
• Choo Choo Soul (Wikipedia)
• The Churchills (Wikipedia)
• Cibo Matto (Wikipedia)
• Citizen Cope (Wikipedia)
• Cinema Prague (Wikipedia)
• Clang
• Cloudbreak
• Andrew Collberg (Wikipedia)
• Collective Soul (Wikipedia)
• Common Rotation
• Completely Grocery
• The Conformists
• Corn Mo
• Core of Resistance
• Jonathan Coulton
• Cousteau (Wikipedia)
• Cowboy Dick
• The Cowpokes
• The Cows (Wikipedia)
• Cracker (Wikipedia)
• Cub
• The Cucumbers
• Danger Bob
• The Dark Fair
• The Darrows
• Das EFX (Wikipedia)
• Das Fürlines (Wikipedia)
• The Davenports (Wikipedia)
• Kimya Dawson (Wikipedia)
• Death Cab for Cutie (Wikipedia)
• Deep Six
• Deeply Felt Puppet Theater
• Deja Voodoo (Wikipedia)
• The Del-Lords (Wikipedia)
• The Deloreans
• The Del Rubio Triplets (Wikipedia)
• Brian Dewan
• Diane Ponzio Band
• Dick Destiny and the Highway Kings
• The Diniros
• Dishwalla (Wikipedia)
• The Divine Comedy (Wikipedia)
• Divine Weeks
• Dixie Cinema
• Allen Dobb
• The Doberman Gang
• Doghouse
• David Dondero (Wikipedia)
• Double Dong
• Gregory Douglass (Wikipedia)
• Mike Doughty (also with Soul Coughing)
• Drink Me
• David Driver (with Driver Quartet)
• Dr. Theopolis (Wikipedia)
• Dumela
• The Early Evening
• John Easdale (Wikipedia)
• Ed's Redeeming Qualities (Wikipedia)
• Eek-A-Mouse (Wikipedia)
• Eggplant
• Tom Elias
• Eskimo
• EVE 6 (Wikipedia)
• Family Gotown
• Fat Amy
• Fat Elvis
• Atticus Fault
• Fear of Falling
• The Feelies (Wikipedia)
• Flash To Bang Time
• Flat Duo Jets (Wikipedia)
• Flat Stanley
• The Flying High O's
• Carmaig De Forest
• Fountains of Wayne (Wikipedia)
• The Four One and Only's
• The Fraidy Cats
• Frente! (Wikipedia)
• Joshua Fried (Also with RADIO WONDERLAND)
• Frieda
• Fred Frith (Wikipedia)
• Funk Buffalo
• The Furors
• Don Futterman
• Gag
• Galaxie 500
• Galen
• Michael Gandry
• George Squier Orchestra
• Glass Eye (Wikipedia)
• Go Van Go
• Goatboy
• Golden Dawn
• Goldfinger (Wikipedia)
• Gold Motel (Wikipedia)
• Robin Goldwasser
• The Graffics
• The Gravel Pit (Wikipedia)
• Julia Greenberg
• The Guggenheim Grotto
• Guitar Pete
• John Wesley Harding (Wikipedia)
• Harvey Danger
• The Hasbros
• Leah Hayes (with Michael Leviton)
• Head Cleaner
• Helmet (Wikipedia)
• Hiding In Public
• Kurt Hoffman (with Les Chauds Lapins)
• Robin Holcomb (Wikipedia)
• The Homestead Greys
• Honeybunch (Wikipedia)
• Horny Genius
• The Incredible Moses Leroy (Wikipedia)
• Inflatablemen
• Irration
• Island Park
• Ivy (Wikipedia)
• The Jack Rubies
• J.C. & The Microtones
• Jellyfish Kiss (Wikipedia)
• J.J. Jumpers
• The Jickets
• The Jody Grind (Wikipedia)
  • Also performed as Kick Me and as Kelly Hogan & Bill Taft
• John Trubee And The Ugly Janitors
• Freedy Johnston
• Jonathan Gregg & The Lonesome Debonaires
• Pluto Jonze
• Josh Joplin (Wikipedia)
• Joydrop (Wikipedia)
• J. Roddy Walston and the Business (Wikipedia)
• Julius Klein and the Pirates of Technohell
• The Jung Archetypes
• Juniper Lane (Wikipedia)
• Kevin Tihista's Red Terror (Wikipedia)
• The Keys
• Kilkenny Cats
• Kill Hannah (Wikipedia)
• Kitchens Of Distinction (Wikipedia)
• Mark Kleiner
• Lake Trout (Wikipedia)
• Tom Lark
• The La's (Wikipedia)
• The Last Car
• Last Roundup
• Ben Lee (Wikipedia)
• Lee Nashville & Felicity
• The Lemonheads (Wikipedia)
• League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, or LEMUR
• Les Chauds Lapins
• Let's Go Sailing (Wikipedia)
• Michael Leviton
• Life In A Blender
• Lincoln
• Liquid Liquid
• Living Colour (Wikipedia)
• London Calling
• The Long Winters
• Lucky Boys Confusion (Wikipedia)
• Madness (Wikipedia)
• The Magnetic Fields (Wikipedia)
• The Malarians
• Man Or Astro-man? (Wikipedia)
• Cheech Marin (Wikipedia)
• The Martinis (Wikipedia)
• The Maul Girls
• Michael Maxwell
• John Mayer (Wikipedia)
• McCarthyizm
• Charles S. McVey
• Patrick McGrath
• MDMA
• Me First
• Natalie Merchant (Wikipedia)
• Messer Chups (Wikipedia)
• Mick Milk
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Wikipedia)
• Amy Miles (Wikipedia)
• Kate Miller
• Miniature Tigers (Wikipedia)
• Minimal Contact
• The Minimalist Jug Band
• Miracle Legion (Wikipedia)
• Missing Hittites
• Mixel Pixel (Wikipedia)
• Mofungo (Wikipedia)
• The Moldy Peaches
• Mondo Boffo
• Moon Hooch
• Moon Maan (Wikipedia)
• Jake Morley (Wikipedia)
• Travis Morrison (Wikipedia)
• Motor Morons
• Muckafurgason
• The Murmurs (Wikipedia)
• Danny Mydlack
• The Naked Ramblers
• The Natives
• Nighttime Gallagher (Wikipedia)
• No Doubt (Wikipedia)
• NRBQ (Wikipedia)
• Roger Nusic
• NYCSmoke
• of Montreal (Wikipedia)
• OK Go
• OK Savant
• One Fell Swoop
• Oppenheimer
• The Ordinaires
• The Original Sins (Wikipedia)
• Ostrovsky
• Otis Ball And The Chains
• Paging Grace
• Anna Palm
• Jedediah Parish
• Patient Little Sister
• Paul And Storm (Wikipedia)
• Pedestrians
• Pedro the Lion (Wikipedia)
• Pee Shy (Wikipedia)
• Pere Ubu
• Paul Pesco (Wikipedia)
• The Pigs
• The Presidents of the United States of America (Wikipedia)
• Poi Dog Pondering (Wikipedia)
• Steve Poltz (Wikipedia)
• The Posies (Wikipedia)
• Popinjays (Wikipedia)
• Poster Children (Wikipedia)
• The Postmarks (Wikipedia)
• The Potato Eaters
• Pound (Wikipedia)
• Jess Powers
• Mary Prankster
• Psyche Origami
• Psychowelders
• Pure Joy
• Q Lazzarus (Wikipedia)
• RADIO WONDERLAND
• The Rad Trads
• Rage to Live
• Raise
• Ralph's World (Wikipedia)
• Rash
• The Ray Mason Band
• The Raymond Scott Orchestrette
• Reckless Sleepers (Wikipedia)
• Redheaded Stepchild
• The Reejers
• Reel Big Fish (Wikipedia)
• The Reaganomics
• Reluctant Debutantes
• Rogue Wave (Wikipedia)
• The Roots (Wikipedia)
• Rotondi
• Route 66
• Ruben Kincaid
• Darius Rucker (Wikipedia)
• Ruff, Ruff And Ready
• Rustic Overtones (Wikipedia)
• Audrey Ryan
• Kevin Salem
• Salem 66
• Peter Salett (Wikipedia)
• Satellite Boyfriend
• The Scene Is Now (Wikipedia)
• Scout
• Second Step
• Seeds-N-Soil
• Elliott Sharp (Wikipedia)
• Shazork
• Michael Shelley
• Michelle Shocked (Wikipedia)
• Shrimp Boat (Wikipedia)
• Tara Simmons (Wikipedia)
• Skeleton Key (With Chris Maxwell and Erik Sanko) (Wikipedia)
• Smaal Cats
• Patti Smith (Wikipedia)
• Jill Sobule (Wikipedia)
• Sonia Dada (Wikipedia)
• Soul Coughing
• Speedball Baby
• Spiral Jetty
• The Splinters
• Spongehead Experience
• Spray Paint Star
• SR-71 (Wikipedia)
• Chris Stamey (Wikipedia)
• Peter (and Zoe) Stampfel
• Steven Kellogg Band (Wikipedia)
• Stranger To Stranger
• Syd Straw
• Stregona
• Surfin' Sid & The New Music Moguls
• Swales
• Matthew Sweet
• Swing
• Tall Tales and True (Wikipedia)
• Tally Hall
• Tanya's Dolphin Show
• Team Us
• Teenage Heroes
• Tempura Nights
• Think Jet
• David Thomas (also with Pere Ubu) (Wikipedia)
• Those Pesky Indians
• Throwing Muses (Wikipedia)
• Glenn Tilbrook (Wikipedia)
• Time For Three (Wikipedia)
• Tiny Lights (Wikipedia)
• The Tone Ales
• Toad the Wet Sprocket (Wikipedia)
• Christopher Tolle
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
• The Trashcan Sinatras (Wikipedia)
• Treefight for Sunlight (Wikipedia)
• Tribe (Wikipedia)
• Tsunami (Wikipedia)
• Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom (Wikipedia)
• Two Party System
• Two Siberians (Wikipedia)
• Tyranny Pop
• Ugly Rumor
• Uncle Bonsai (Wikipedia)
• Uncle Green (Wikipedia)
• Underworld (Wikipedia)
• Unmiryka
• Vandaveer (Wikipedia)
• Suzanne Vega
• Noe Venable (Wikipedia)
• Venus Envy
• Victoria's Real Secret
• Mike Viola (also with The Candy Butchers)
• Visitors
• Sarah Vowell
• Wampire (Wikipedia)
• Wank
• Washboard Jungle (Wikipedia)
• Watchface
• The WayOuts
• The Weekenders
• Ween (Wikipedia)
• Steve Westfield
• The Whirling Dervishes (Wikipedia)
• Wild Strawberries (Wikipedia)
• Wonder Villains
• Woo
• Brian Woodbury
• Woven (Wikipedia)
• Wyld Stallyns
• The Yardapes
• Garo Yellin (Also with Les Chauds Lapins)
• Yo La Tengo (Wikipedia)
• You Were Spiraling
• Young Fresh Fellows
• Young Rivals (Wikipedia)
• Zebrahead (Wikipedia)
• The Ziggerants
• ZOX (Wikipedia)
• Zozo

Performers

These are performers who are not a musical act. Essentially all non-musicians.

• The Aerodance Group - Dance group
• Todd Barry - Comedian (Wikipedia)
• David Cross - Comedian (Wikipedia)
• Ethyl Eichelberger - Drag performer (Wikipedia)
• Karen Finley - Performance Artist (Wikipedia)
• Ellen Fisher - Performance Artist^[1]
• John Hodgman - Deranged Millionaire
• Ishmael Houston-Jones - Dancer (Wikipedia)
• Kill That Car Out Of This Box - Puppeteer
• Claudia Marshall - Journalist
• Demetri Martin - Comedian (Wikipedia)
• McSweeney's - Authors of the sixth issue of McSweeney's
• Stuart Sherman - Performance Artist (Wikipedia)
• Michelle L'Amour And Her Chicago Starlets - Burlesque group
• Uzi Parnes - Performance Artist^[2]
• Shanahan School of Irish Dance - Dance group
• Hal Sirowitz - Spoken word poet
• Tabboo - Drag performer (Wikipedia)

Mono Puff

These are the bands that have opened for John Flansburgh's solo project, Mono Puff

• Todd Barry (Comedian)
• The Candy Butchers
• Brian Dewan
• Double Dong
• Generica
• The Ghost of Tony Gold
• Golden Basics
• Helicopter Helicopter
• Hospital
• Jennifer Jackson
• Kate Jacobs (Wikipedia)
• J.T. and Wayne
• Lincoln
• Arto Lindsay
• of Montreal (Wikipedia)
• The Pathways
• Pizzicato Five (Wikipedia)
• Hal Sirowitz (Poet)
• Spondee
• Tadanoshin
• The Weekenders
• You Were Spiraling

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Opening For Themselves... These are the two John's other projects, or stage personas that are just They Might Be Giants

• Count Drinkalot
• John Linnell And The Statesmen
• Mono Puff
• People Are Wrong!
• Sapphire Bullets

See also

• Category:Opening Acts
• Shows Opened By They Might Be Giants