John Conant Flansburgh (born May 6, 1960, Lincoln, Massachusetts) is an American musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar. He is left-handed.
Commonly referred to by the nicknames "Flans" or "Flansy", he is married to writer/singer/puppeteer Robin Goldwasser, with whom he occasionally performs. His father, Earl Flansburgh, was a ...
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John Conant Flansburgh (born May 6, 1960, Lincoln, Massachusetts) is an American musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar. He is left-handed.
Commonly referred to by the nicknames "Flans" or "Flansy", he is married to writer/singer/puppeteer Robin Goldwasser, with whom he occasionally performs. His father, Earl Flansburgh, was a retired successful architect and former principal of his own firm. His mother, Polly Flansburgh, is the founder and president of Boston By Foot. His brother, Paxus Calta (born Earl Schuyler Flansburgh), is an anti-nuclear activist and political organizer.
Flansburgh co-founded They Might Be Giants, with longtime friend John Linnell, in 1982 while a student at Pratt Institute. The two share singing and songwriting duties, with Flansburgh on guitar, in addition to performing a variety of instruments when the need arises. In the 2002 documentary...
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