Jim's Big Ego is a Boston, Massachusetts-based band formed in 1995 under the leadership of singer/songwriter Jim Infantino, who was named as the best new artist of 1995 by the National Academy of Songwriters.Eugene Register-Guard. "Jim's Big Ego, Kemp play tonight at Sam Bond's". February 17, 2006, p. 4 (special). Retrieved on May 30, 2013.
Among the band's songs are "The Ballad of Barry Allen," about the DC superhero Barry Allen/The Flash, a character co-created by Infantino's uncle Carmine Infantino; "Asshole", a song about the George W. Bush administration that went viral, and "New Lang Syne" (sometimes also called "Thank God It's Over"), a new New Year's Eve song featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in 2001.
Discography (as Jim Infantino) Strawman (1993) The World of Particulars (1995) Utopia Revisited (2023)
Members Jim Infantino – guitar, lead vocals Jesse Flack – double bass, vocals Dan Cantor – drums, vocals Josh Kantor – Keyboards, vocals
Discography 1996 – Titanic 1996 – More Songs About Me 1998 – Don't Get Smart 1999 – Y2K – Hooray! (EP) 2000 – Noplace Like Nowhere 2003 – They're Everywhere! 2005 – Support the Truth (EP E-Album) 2008 – free* 2012 – Stay
External links
"New New Year Song" from NPR's All Things Considered December 31, 2001
Jim's Big Ego collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive The Ego & The Oracle : Stage show featuring Jim's Big Ego in an experiment of "musical fortune-telling."
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