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by msarnoff 454 days ago
When I was in kindergarten or very early elementary school (maybe 1991/1992) there was an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures with animated music videos for Particle Man and Istanbul. It still lives in my head today.

I didn’t even know they were a real band until I was older and knew I recognized those songs from somewhere.

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Don't forget years later that they had a music video for Dr. Worm air on the Nickelodeon show, Kablam!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVHdUkMJdk&pp=ygUIZHIuIHdvc...

I found a real Dr. Worm:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmbg/comments/1f31sx5/hes_a_real_dr...

(I don't know if he plays the drums)

That was a surreal episode and probably the one that was cemented in my head the most. I had a friend who was a big fan and had introduced me to them before that.

My copy of flood might have been the first music I ever bought with my own money.

They also did an animated music video with the Homestar Runner folks: https://youtu.be/ZUgMpG1I_o8
I was in fifth grade when that episode came out, and told my aunt about those songs. She was a big fan of theirs and played their albums for me.
My kid brother watched TTA and that was also my introduction to them.