Jonathan Coulton

A number of Jonathan Coulton’s songs have become full-fledged internet hits: his folkrock cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back the unrequited love of a mad scientist in
Skullcrusher Mountain, and Code Monkey, the anthem of software designers everywhere. The office zombie song Re: Your Brains made the Dr. Demento Funny 25 countdown for 2006. But beneath the geeky comedy there is real heart. “I’ve always been a math and science guy, so I think about robots and fractals all the time. But on a deeper level, there’s a thread running through my songs about how it feels to be a nerd – this kind of alienation, a sense of not belonging, not being accepted. And it’s not just limited to actual nerds – I think we’re all familiar with that feeling, no matter how popular we were in school,” says Coulton. Coulton releases all his music under a Creative Commons license that allows for legal file sharing and copying, as well as non-commercial derivative works. His worldwide community of fans has rallied around him to generate airplay on hundreds of podcasts, create a library of music videos, and arrange gigs around the United States.