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A two-girl Scrawl sounds awesome somehow -- what's their status nowadays?

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 (nineteen years ago) link

Bassholes
Noggin
Glands Of External Excretion
The German Shepherds
Mecca Normal
People Of The North(Kid and Fat Bobby, of Oneida)
The Dave
DQE(still a duo, I believe, could be wrong)
Doo Rag
Voice Crack and Moslang/Guhl(Knut Hamson was on percussion for I think only "earflash", but not a member)
Dos
Strength Through Joy

etc. etc. etc.

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Kings of Convenience
Bel Canto (after Geir Jenssen left to be Biosphere)
DAF

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Curve

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 3 June 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link

ATTILA!
Doug Snyder/Bob Thompson

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 (nineteen years ago) link

Flat Duo Jets, of course!
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
Prick Decay

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Dresden Dolls

Mr Airplane Man

― kephm, Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link

People of the North!!

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Mouse on Mars
Lamb
Two Lone Swordsmen
Dusted
Alter Ego
Air Liquide
Hardfloor
310
Global Communication / Reload / Jedi Knights
Aphex Twin (originally)
Secret Knowledge / Delta Lady

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Its the different instrumentation, whatever the number of people, that's interesting (noxagt=> violin/bass/ drums, boredoms=> three drummers).

VIOLA!

― eeegpo, Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

JAPANTHER
death from above
ayatollah momma please

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link

POX

Flipper's Guitar
Missy and Tim
Latyrx
Neil And Iraiza
The DFA
Ike and Tina Turner
The Dust Brothers
Salon Music
Lemon Jelly
Black Star

Destroy - The White Stripes

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link

the jesus and mary chizain

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Skeleton Crew (first album & tour)

― (Jon L), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link

black keys, dudes.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Wow, that took a long time.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Puffy AmiYumi
The Psychonauts
Cibo Matto
Dots and Borders
The Silures
Shakespeare's Sister

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Chromeo
Oxide and Neutrino
Cornershop
7 Hurtz
Meth and Red
Ghost and Rae
All Natural
Masters At Work
Propellerheads
The London Boys
The Wiseguys (once upon a time)
Alan Braxe and Fred Falke

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Jolly Music
PJ and Duncan
Zig and Zag

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Backing up Phil Freeman on Godflesh.
Also:
Bodenstandig 2000
Bowery Electric

― Josh Anomaly (josh_anomaly), Friday, 4 June 2004 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Eyeless in Gaza
Boards of Canada

What's up with ILM? If I can come up with these around 120 posts in, the Borg must be sleeping!

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 4 June 2004 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Sin Ropas

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 4 June 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Low, just for a few days, when Zack Sally apparently quit.

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 4 June 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Underworld

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Friday, 4 June 2004 11:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Diatribe
Prime Time
Runners From 1984
Two Butchers
The Seize (sometimes)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 4 June 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link

The Pastels? Stephen and Katrina are the only current full-time members, right?

― mike a, Friday, 4 June 2004 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Vaz
Black Forest/Black Sea
Ground Monkeys

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 5 June 2004 01:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Blancmange, you slackers! Or "the mange" as they were affectionately known among their three US fans. Sorta like the Brewer & Shipley of the new wave. Glad tah godforsaken Go West got mentioned: they were an air-brushed major label version of a Wacky Brit Synth Pop Duo.
Michigan & Smiley from JA, too...or were they alter-egos of Eastwood & Saint?

― lovebug starski, Saturday, 5 June 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link

tah=that. I'm every copy editor's headache.

― lovebug starski, Saturday, 5 June 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link

STARS OF THE LID

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 5 June 2004 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Oasis

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 5 June 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

the only mention of doug snyder i could find on here. this is absolutely wonderful and insane, lightning bolt drumming and scuzzy PSF style guitar with gamelan interludes. 1972! i love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6IAVLO_Hs

― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 19 May 2018 05:45 (five years ago) link

this is some of the best stuff i have heard in a long time

― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 19 May 2018 05:46 (five years ago) link

i hope someone listens to this because i gotta talk about it with someone. good god this is great

― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 19 May 2018 06:01 (five years ago) link

I wish I had something interesting to say about it but I will say holy shit this is so good thank you so much for posting it

― cwkiii, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link

GIRLPOOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDprSv9DjxY

my favorite band of the '10s

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link

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