― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:08 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:08 (twenty years ago) link
In fact, no-one's even mentioned Wham! yet...
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:10 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago) link
ownzzz!!
― ddb, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago) link
(probably the only time there will ever be a reason to list them together in a single ILM post)
― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:29 (twenty years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:39 (twenty years ago) link
― M Specktor, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link
― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link
― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:41 (twenty years ago) link
― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― pauls00, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago) link
― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Mog, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:14 (twenty years ago) link
I was going to suggest TLC on the same grounds.
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:25 (twenty years ago) link
Have the Flat Duo Jets been mentioned yet?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:26 (twenty years ago) link
― gmn, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:27 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link
― BarbarityItself, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:54 (twenty years ago) link
Heavens to BetsyScrawl (just Marcy and Sue last time I saw them)Courtney Love (and various other bands featuring Lois Maffeo)Alison Statton & SpikeSecret StarsBest WishesNik-L-NipKicking GiantThe NeedTokidokiPipas
― mike a, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link
I wonder how many of the above are reductions from previously bigger bands. So many bands start with two best friends -- others drift in and then away, and you're left, hopefully, with two best friends again.
It's the "best friends" aspect, I think, that makes the Band of Two format so interesting -- a focus and intensity that may become diluted when others enter the mix.
― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
etc. etc. etc.
― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
Although they're usually a trio, there are many Nomeansno songs in which the guitarist lays out entirely, leaving only the brothers Wright (John & Rob) on bass/drums.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
Mr Airplane Man
― kephm, Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:58 (twenty years ago) link
VIOLA!
― eeegpo, Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link