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Hey not bad, it always took him half an hour to find his piano.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Black Lace

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Carter USM (bleurgh, give me Millican & Nesbitt any day of the week)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Haysi Fantayzee

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Charles & Eddie
Eric B & Rakim
ALTHEA & DONNA!!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Fresh Maggots

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Go West

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Pinky & Perky

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Silver Apples!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Roxette

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Do Status Quo not count, since no-one has a clue if the line-up behind Rossi & Parfitt actually do anything?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Wendy & Lisa
Pepsi & Shirlie

In fact, no-one's even mentioned Wham! yet...

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:09 (nineteen years ago) link

The Style Council

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Milli Vanilli

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

2 Unlimited ("No no / No no no no / No no no no / No no no more lyrics")
Gemini
UK 2003 Eurovision entrants Jemini

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Hue and Cry (?)

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Dollar

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Sonny & Cher
Elton John & Kiki Dee

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link

GODFLESH

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Secret Square

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Tears For Fears

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link

<h>gODHEADSILO</h>

ownzzz!!

― ddb, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Earth
EPMD

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Slimie-Fisher

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Orange Juice (1983-85 just Edwyn and Zeke Manyika)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Daft Punk
Air

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Gang Starr
The Proclaimers

(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 (nineteen years ago) link

nearly 80 posts until we reach zager and evans. we could claim duos don't count, but that would be inaccuurate and petty.

― matthew james (matthew james), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I suppose Run-DMC could now proclaim 'There's two of us but we ain't the Beatles'.

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Nearly every band I've been in has consisted of 2 people. We/I could never bother to find a third....

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Spacemen 3. (I mean sure, there were occasional bassists and/or drummers, but practically speaking...)

― M Specktor, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

how could i forget godHeadSilo

― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Destroy twice, just to be sure: Aztec Two-Step.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Battles in the North-era Immortal

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Deja Voodoo!

― pauls00, Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link

It's Immaterial

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link

The Lotus Eaters? Or do I mean The Wild Swans? Some crap 80s Liverpool band anyway.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Shack (yes, I know they come from Liverpool but this is not intended as an answer to Dadaismus' question!)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link

In Guy Peellaert's penultimate Stones fantasy: just Mick & Keith.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:59 (nineteen years ago) link

oh and Scarce of course!

― Mog, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I suppose Run-DMC could now proclaim 'There's two of us but we ain't the Beatles'.

I was going to suggest TLC on the same grounds.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm sure my faves have all been mentioned already, dangitall. Oh well...

Have the Flat Duo Jets been mentioned yet?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Spinanes.

― gmn, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Gastr Del Sol

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

The Aluminum Group

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

The Handsome Family

― BarbarityItself, Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Sneeze
The The (original line-up)

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 3 June 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

I love the two-person band format:

Heavens to Betsy
Scrawl (just Marcy and Sue last time I saw them)
Courtney Love (and various other bands featuring Lois Maffeo)
Alison Statton & Spike
Secret Stars
Best Wishes
Nik-L-Nip
Kicking Giant
The Need
Tokidoki
Pipas

― mike a, Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link

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

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