Jonathan Coulton

Film & TV

Jonathan Coulton, often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are "Code Monkey", "Re: Your Brains", "Still Alive" and "Want You Gone" (the last three being featured in games developed by Valve: Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, and Portal 2 respectively). He has been the house…

Known for

• The Candlenights 2021 Special — Self2021
• Um, Actually... — Self - Guest2018
• Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever. — Self2009
• RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space — Self2009
• The Good Wife — DUI2009
• FourCast — Self - Guest2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1970-12-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

400,091

Total plays

12,213,017

Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures. Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podca

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jonathan

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Brooklyn

Occupation

guitarist

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Notable work

Still Alive

Genre

folk rock

Instrument

guitar

Official website

www.jonathancoulton.com

Image

Jonathan Coulton 13 November 2009.jpg

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