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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

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

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