IMAGINE"the"BAND / PRESS
LA Record
Imagine The Band is a one-clearly-visible-man act consisting of many band members neither seen nor heard without the aid of the imagination. Egos Personos—singer, songwriter, choreographer, ventriloquist, motivator and presidential candidate for 2020—gave a short interview recently before he realized he was being secretly taped. Comedy act or case study in schizophrenia? You be the judge. This interview by John Henry.
I really love 'The Commercial Song' and the whole car theme—what kind of cars are you into?
Egos Personos: I love cars in general. I mainly love the asses of cars—I judge most cars by their ass probably because I’m an ass man. ... Read More
The Onion/Austin Decider
Imagine "The" Band
Silence is the preferred surrounding for Eric William Pierson, but he'd never let you know it. That's because when Pierson is onstage as Egos Personos, the frontman of Imagine "The" Band, he's in the middle of the biggest, balls-out rockingest concert you'll never see. There's no band, no music, just Pierson in an ill-fitting wetsuit and beat-up headphones giving 350 percent. It's like a live version of those David Lee Roth a cappella tracks, minus any shred of self-awareness. Imagine "The" Band closes out the Friday bill, after which Pierson will drag "the band" over to the See.Hear.Speak afterparty at Club Deville.
Blog Of New Orleans
The fun, smiling crowd at Beauty Bar (trendy haircuts and tight clothes be damned, Austin people are super nice, like in New Orleans) reacted in the universally typical way: seeing E.P. up there jumping around sweating in his wetsuit alone, half the attendees crowd around. Within 15 seconds most walk away, unable to understand the long silences that make up E.P.'s "bandmates" "solos." Ten minutes in though, everyone's back at the stage-front laughing and bobbing along to a beat that isn't there. ... Read More
Austin Chronicle
. . . and the indescribably out-there Imagine the Band, with the wetsuit-clad Eric William Pierson belting out original songs to backup musicians you have to conjure in your own cranium. - robert faires Austin chronicle
Party Ends
Next up is Los Angeles' IMAGINE "the" BAND, an excellent one-man act who pretends that there is a band backing him; (you have to "imagine the band", get it?) This is Austin's chance to see an act that has had clubs coast to coast cracking up trying to wrap their minds around the strangeness. - Party ends
OCWeekly
IMAGINE "THE" BAND From LA, a fucked-up performance art/a cappella ambient comedy ordeal... - Dave Segal, OC weekly
Live New Orlens Jason Songe
Voted One of The Top 10 Shows of 2005!